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Special Charges, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Special Charges by Expense Type | Special charges for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are described in more detail below and in the applicable sections that follow:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Employee termination costs | $ | 1.8 |  |  | $ | 3.1 |  |  | $ | 3.7 |
Facility consolidation costs | — |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | — |
Other cash costs, net | 1.0 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Non-cash asset write-downs | 0.4 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 3.2 |  |  | $ | 4.4 |  |  | $ | 3.7 |
Schedule of Special Charges | 2020 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Facility Consolidation Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC reportable segment | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.5 |
Detection and Measurement reportable segment | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |
Engineered Solutions reportable segment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other | 0.8 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.8 |
Corporate | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 1.6 |
Total | $ | 1.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | 3.2 |
2019 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Facility Consolidation Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC reportable segment | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.8 |
Detection and Measurement reportable segment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Engineered Solutions reportable segment | 0.1 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.8 |
Other | 2.6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2.6 |
Corporate | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |
Total | $ | 3.1 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | 4.4 |
2018 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Facility Consolidation Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC reportable segment | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.8 |
Detection and Measurement reportable segment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Engineered Solutions reportable segment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other | 2.4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2.4 |
Corporate | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.5 |
Total | $ | 3.7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3.7 |
Schedule of the Analysis of the Company's Restructuring Liabilities | The following is an analysis of our restructuring liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018:
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |
Special charges(1) | 2.8 |  |  | 3.6 |  |  | 3.7 |
Utilization — cash | (2.8) |  |  | (2.9) |  |  | (3.2) |
Currency translation adjustment and other | (0.2) |  |  | (0.1) |  |  | — |
Balance at the end of year | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |
___________________________________________________________________ (1)The years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 excluded $0.4, $0.8 and $0.0, respectively, of non-cash charges that impacted special charges but not the restructuring liabilities.

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