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SPOTLIGHT CLIMATEMASTER Warm Up to Geothermal. Giant wind turbines look vivid on the horizon, and solar panels make striking statements on a rooftop about your efforts to conserve energy while decreasing your environmental impact. Geothermal, however, has none of these visual appeals, yet still yields dramatic savings for your bottom line. Are you warming up yet? With a geothermal heating and cooling system, your lawn becomes a permanent power plant for your home or business. It’s tried and true, can cut utility bills up to half, and does away with noisy air conditioning condensers. You’ll enjoy the benefits of the most comfortable, reliable, energy and cost-efficient heating, cooling and water-heating systems available on the market. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, ClimateMaster, Inc., is the world’s leading manufacturer of water-source and geothermal heat pumps. For more than 50 years, ClimateMaster has been focused on enhancing business and home environments around the world. ClimateMaster’s 387,000-square-foot production facility produces over 50,000 units per year using the most stringent quality control standards in the industry. Each unit is assembled under the close supervision of its Integrated Process Control System. This multi-million dollar computer system watches each unit as it comes down the assembly line. To back up the Integrated Process Control System, the Quality department is stationed on each line and performs random audits not only on the units, but also on component parts. All component parts must pass each and every quality checkpoint before a unit is packaged and shipped. These systems and processes are maximized due to the comprehensive and ongoing training every employee receives from the date they are hired. The newest addition to come off the ClimateMaster lines is the Tranquility 16 Compact (TC) Series water-source heat pumps with EarthPure HFC-410A zero-ozone-depletion refrigerant. The TC series is extremely environmentally friendly, boasts one of the smallest cabinets in the industry, is compatible with thousands of older water-source heat pumps, and utilizes scroll compressors to exceed ASHRAE 90.1 efficiency requirements. Ranging in available sizes from 1.25 to 5 tons and geothermal compatible, this series is extremely versatile for nearly any situation. Geothermal is now more affordable than ever with the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, H.R. 1424, which became law on October 3, 2008. The law contains longterm tax incentives to encourage the use of renewable energy technologies, including geothermal heat pumps, in homes and businesses. The bill also extends tax incentives for homes and commercial buildings that support the installation of highly efficient heating, cooling, and water heating systems, such as geothermal heat pumps until the year 2016. Offering a one-time tax credit of 30 percent of the total investment up to a maximum credit of $2,000 for all residential ground loop or ground water geothermal heat pump installations, a homeowner can now more easily afford the heating and air conditioning unit that will ultimately pay for itself. A credit of 10 percent of the total investment is also available without a maximum credit limit for a commercial installation. ClimateMaster, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of LSB Industries, Inc., whose common stock is traded over the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LXU. For more information, visit www.climatemaster.com. 28 ed+c J A N UA R Y 09 http://www.climatemaster.com

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