Emerson Climate Technologies has announced that it is building a fully operational commercial kitchen to research and develop solutions to food service industry challenges, including connected kitchen concepts, new refrigerants and food safety. The kitchen is one of five modules currently under construction at The Helix innovation centre, a nearly 40,000 square-foot facility on the University of Dayton campus. When completed, The Helix will employ about 35 people and focus on five HVACR industry markets: supermarket refrigeration, food service operations, residential connected homes, data centre cooling, and light commercial buildings. Emerson plans it to be a global hub of HVACR industry education. In addition to the five modules, the facility includes three learning labs. The company plans to host industry meetings and hold forums for HVACR professionals on-site. For more information on The Helix, see the YouTube video at http://tinyurl.com/PurvisVideo (Source: ACHR News, April 6, 2015)