GridConnect Voted Leading Software by Green Building Community
-Environmental Design + Construction (ED+C) and Sustainable Facility readers honor GridConnect integrated demand response platform -
EnergyConnect Group, Inc. (OTCBB: ECNG - News), a leading provider of smart grid demand response services and technologies,announced the company’s flagship technology, GridConnect™, won the top software for green building applications in the third annual Environmental Design + Construction (ED+C) and Sustainable Facility Readers’ Choice awards. GridConnect’s unified web-based portal and powerful informative dashboard allows customers to actively participate in demand response, providing unprecedented opportunities for energy savings and earnings.
“GridConnect informs and motivates our customers to increase demand response participation while enhancing grid reliability,” said Kevin Evans, EnergyConnect’s president and CEO. “This award further emphasizes the benefits of an integrated platform that provides large-scale electricity users with actionable intelligence to make informed decisions about their energy use. We are honored to be recognized as a technology leader by the green building community.”
Via an online contest on the magazine’s website, Environmental Design + Construction (ED+C) and Sustainable Facility readers voted for the green building products that best combine sustainable attributes with ease of use and installation. Winners were announced at the Greenbuild Conference and Expo in Chicago on November 16, 2010.
EnergyConnect’s innovative demand response technology empowers customers to proactively participate in energy markets and the fast-evolving smart grid. Beyond just traditional capacity programs, GridConnect subscribers gain easy access to an integrated suite of demand response and energy management tools including the award-winning FlexConnect™ price-responsive load management system.
About EnergyConnect
EnergyConnect delivers industry leading Demand Response technologies and services to commercial, institutional and industrial consumers enabling them to manage their use of electricity in response to market prices or regional power shortages. EnergyConnect’s GridConnect technology platform provides a scalable, cost-effective, clean technology to enhance the grid’s efficiency and reliability. For more information about this leading edge technology or about investor relations, visit http://www.energyconnectinc.com.
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Rich Quattrini
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