New GridPoint Energy Manager Software Provides Comprehensive Visibility, Analysis and Control of Energy Endpoints

ARLINGTON, Va., June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart energy solutions, today announced the release of GridPoint Energy Manager, a unified platform delivering the future of enterprise and utility energy management today. The software-based solution complements existing hardware and service offerings to manage the deployment and operation of energy endpoints, such as building management systems, solar arrays, electric vehicle and home energy management technologies.  

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"The integration of software, hardware and services is critical to the success of a customer's energy management strategy.  GridPoint Energy Manager is designed to be the central nervous system of enterprise and utility energy management programs, delivering a new level of insight into a customer's energy and efficiency efforts," said John Spirtos, Chief Executive Officer of GridPoint. "Through a single dashboard, a wide variety of customers can immediately impact energy cost saving issues with the ability to integrate, aggregate and manage energy endpoint information."

The comprehensive suite of products and services provides customers visibility into, and analysis of, energy information, seamlessly integrating and enabling control of critical energy endpoints. With this insight, customers can intelligently develop and execute long-term energy strategies that result in significant energy and operational savings.

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After six months of demonstrating the real-time value of GridPoint Energy Manager's key features and performance capabilities with numerous beta customers – including Siemens Metering Services, a global leader in engineering and technology services - GridPoint has begun to rollout the new cloud-based software platform to more than 7,000 existing sites under management.

"Successful energy management depends on a combination of reliable, accurate data and tools that are instinctive to use," said Lee Jones, Product Manager, Energy Management with Siemens Metering Services. "During our beta trials of this product, both Siemens and our customers have been very impressed with the graphical interface and the dashboard functionality - we have been looking forward to the full product launch."

Today's news follows GridPoint's recent announcement with Siemens Metering Services about the establishment of their reseller partnership to deliver smart energy management solutions for business.  The partnership, with primary focus on the UK and European markets, enhances Siemens' existing smart energy metering portfolio, designed to drive major cost and efficiency savings in customers' operations.  

Enterprise Managers Drive Capital and Operational Savings

Every day, enterprise facility, sustainability and energy managers are asked to achieve greater energy savings on a smaller budget, manage multiple sites efficiently and cost effectively, extend the useful life of equipment and invest in technology that has a strong return on investment.

The GridPoint Energy Manager is designed to respond to industry-specific needs with dynamic energy diagnostic tools, control algorithms and comprehensive analytics, giving energy management stakeholders the ability to design and engineer intelligent energy management programs. The powerful combination of alarms, reports and control capabilities delivers a ground-breaking user experience, connecting diverse facility networks and multi-site energy endpoints, thus extending the capabilities of these managers by allowing them to:

• Gain insight and control to continuously manage energy consumption and ensure predictable spend;
• Manage multiple sites and applications efficiently through one user-friendly interface;
• Validate capital expenditures, and avoid unnecessary maintenance and equipment costs;
• Realize energy and operational savings of 20 percent or more annually; and
• Achieve an 18-24 month payback of the system cost.

For utility customers, GridPoint offers a suite of smart grid applications, designed to assist program managers meet efficiency and renewable integration requirements, add customer value and reduce grid strain. With increased data visibility, the GridPoint Energy Manager enables utilities to sponsor and manage energy efficiency programs and improve communication with commercial and residential customers.  

GridPoint Energy Manager is now available for new and existing GridPoint customers, including government, utility and Fortune 500 customers. For more information on GridPoint Energy Manager, please visit www.gridpoint.com.

About GridPoint

GridPoint is a leading provider of software, hardware and services for consumers and producers of energy. The newly released cloud-based platform, the GridPoint Energy Manager, provides visibility into and analysis of mission-critical energy information, seamlessly integrating and enabling control of critical energy endpoints, ranging from HVAC, boiler, chiller and lighting systems to solar, electric vehicle and home energy management solutions.  The comprehensive suite of integrated products and services help utilities, government entities and Fortune 500 retailers develop and execute smart energy strategies that improve operational efficiency and maximize savings.

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