Echelon Showcases Its Energy Control Networking Platform for Smart Buildings at the AHR Expo 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) will offer attendees of the AHR Expo in Chicago, Illinois, which runs from January 23-25, first-hand insight into how solutions for real world buildings can be architected using a mixture of the world's two leading building automation standards – LonWorks® and BACnet® – with Echelon's proven, open standard, multi-application energy control networking platform.

Demonstrations in Echelon's booth #3436 will focus on:

• Echelon's Proven Energy Control Networking Platform for Smart Buildings – Echelon will showcase case studies from more than 300,000 buildings that have trusted Echelon's energy control networking platform to deliver the intelligence needed to control smart devices, improve energy efficiency by up to 30% and reduce deployment and installation risks.
• Integration of Multiple Open Standards Within A Single Building – Echelon will lead a demonstration of how to maximize the strengths of the world's two leading building automation standards. With a single system that leverages both standards, Echelon will demonstrate how building owners can avoid being locked into single vendor solutions and architect best-in-class smart buildings for the real world where increasingly both standards and multi-vendor products are desired by specifiers and building owners.
• Benefits of a Multi-Application Platform – Echelon partners will demonstrate new exciting grid analytics and energy management applications working on Echelon's energy control networking platform that can manage and control energy all the way to the device level and respond to real-time grid events to maximize energy efficiencies, and reduce operational costs.

Speaking Engagements

Echelon representatives will be speaking at the LonMark® Americas Education Sessions at the AHR Expo in Room S103D of the McCormick Place Convention Center on topics related to LonWorks Technology and LonMark Systems in the following sessions:

• Monday, January 23 at 10:00 a.m. CT – Mike Gibson, applications engineer at Echelon, will participate in a panel discussion titled "Multi-System Integration Part I," highlighting ways to implement open building standards using a combination of LonWorks, Modbus, BACnet, DALi, KNX and others.
• Monday, January 23 at 1:30 p.m. CT – Rich Blomseth, product marketing manager at Echelon, will participate in a panel discussion titled "Multi-System Integration Part II," addressing how to create a single unified solution using LonWorks device networks and BACnet systems. The focus will be on maximizing the strengths of the world's two leading building automation standards in real world deployments.
• Tuesday, January 24 at 9:00 a.m. CT – Varun Nagaraj, senior vice president of Product Marketing and Product Management at Echelon, will participate in a discussion titled "Smart Grid Basics: Preparing Your Customers for Future Energy Changes."
• Tuesday, January 24 at 3:00 p.m. CT – Ron Bernstein, senior director, Commercial Programs and Business Development at Echelon, will present on "System Specifications: The Key to Successful Projects" focusing on what's needed in a specification to deliver lower life-cycle costs, long-term open vendor environments and open procurement processes.

Press and Analyst Meetings

Echelon executives will attend the conference and will be available to speak with press and industry analysts on a number of technology topics and market trends. To schedule an interview with Echelon, please contact:

• Amy Lee at +1 (408) 790-3019 or [email protected], or
• Emilie Salvagio at +1 (512) 638-5321 or [email protected].

About Echelon Corporation

Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) is the world's leading open-standard energy control networking company. Echelon technologies connect more than 35 million homes, 300,000 buildings and 100 million devices to the smart grid, and help customers save 20% or more on their energy usage. With more than 20 years of experience in energy control, Echelon delivers a wide range of innovative solutions to commercial and electric utility customers. More information about Echelon can be found at http://www.echelon.com.   

Echelon and the Echelon logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Press Contact:
Amy Lee
Echelon Corporation
+1 (408) 790-3019
[email protected]

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