New solutions partner program from Echelon to promote energy efficiency solutions

Echelon has announced a new solutions partner program to promote a global channel of partners targeted at providing energy management and efficiency solutions using Echelon's family of smart energy managers, the i.LON SmartServers.

Echelon's LonWorks technology is used in energy management applications including remotely controlled streetlight systems, automated demand response systems and building automation systems. The typical energy savings from installing a LonWorks-based solution in these applications ranges from 20 to 70 percent.

LonWorks Infrastructure products extend the smart grid, powering tens of millions of energy aware, everyday devices made by thousands of companies connecting them to each other, to the electricity grid and to the Internet. LonWorks based products work together to monitor and save energy, lower costs, improve productivity, and enhance service, quality, safety, and convenience in utility, municipal, building, industrial, transportation, and home area networks.

"We are excited to work more closely with our partners to deliver best-of-breed energy management solutions and services. We believe companies who leverage Echelon's open technology to create unique, multi-enterprise solutions have a competitive advantage over other companies, offering the best solutions at lower cost," said Chris Yelton, Echelon's vice president of channel sales and market development, LonWorks infrastructure business.

"Echelon's Solutions Partner Program will help us to expand our presence in the buildings market at an important time. Energy efficiency solutions are being supported by both government stimulus funding and new energy savings regulations," said Terry Reynolds, Partner, Control Technologies, Inc. "We've provided solutions based on LonWorks technology for over 23 years and it has contributed to our success, helping us to win high-profile projects like the New York City Schools and Fletcher Allen Health Care."

For more details visit www.echelon.com