Special Charges, Net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Special charges for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 are described in more detail below and in the applicable sections that follow:



	Years Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Employee termination costs	$	16.0	$	8.7	$	17.3
Facility consolidation costs	1.4		0.3		—
Other cash costs, net	0.1		0.3		0.3
Non-cash asset write-downs	0.3		—		0.3
Total	$	17.8	$	9.3	$	17.9

2013 Charges:



	Employee Termination Costs		Facility Consolidation Costs		Other Cash Costs, Net		Non-Cash Asset Write-downs		Total Special Charges
HVAC segment	$	0.6	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	0.6
Detection and Measurement segment	0.5		—		0.1		—		0.6
Power segment	16.1		—		—		—		16.1
Corporate	0.1		—		0.2		0.3		0.6
Total	$	17.3	$	—	$	0.3	$	0.3	$	17.9

2015 Charges:



	Employee Termination Costs		Facility Consolidation Costs		Other Cash Costs, Net			Non-Cash Asset Write-downs		Total Special Charges
HVAC segment	$	0.9	$	0.1	$	(0.2	)	$	0.3	$	1.1
Detection and Measurement segment	0.9		—		—			—		0.9
Power segment	13.1		1.3		0.3			—		14.7
Corporate	1.1		—		—			—		1.1
Total	$	16.0	$	1.4	$	0.1		$	0.3	$	17.8

2014 Charges:



	Employee Termination Costs		Facility Consolidation Costs		Other Cash Costs, Net		Non-Cash Asset Write-downs		Total Special Charges
HVAC segment	$	0.7	$	0.2	$	—	$	—	$	0.9
Detection and Measurement segment	1.2		—		—		—		1.2
Power segment	6.1		0.1		0.3		—		6.5
Corporate	0.7		—		—		—		0.7
Total	$	8.7	$	0.3	$	0.3	$	—	$	9.3

The following is an analysis of our restructuring liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:



	December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Balance at beginning of year	$	5.1		$	8.9		$	4.6
Special charges⁽¹⁾	17.5			9.3			22.0
Utilization — cash⁽²⁾	(10.9		)	(13.2		)	(18.0		)
Currency translation adjustment and other	(0.4		)	0.1			0.3
Balance at the end of year	$	11.3		$	5.1		$	8.9

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⁽¹⁾	The years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 included $0.0, $0.0 and $4.4, respectively, of charges that related to discontinued operations for which we have retained the related liabilities, and excluded $0.3, $0.0 and $0.3, respectively, of non-cash charges that impacted special charges but not the restructuring liabilities.


⁽²⁾	The years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 included $0.0, $0.6 and $3.6 of cash utilized to settle retained liabilities of discontinued operations.