Scientific Conservation Receives Frost & Sullivan 2009 Enabling Technology of the Year Award

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Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:00am EDT

SCIwatch Automated Continuous Commissioning Platform Slashes Commercial Building
Energy Spending Up to 25%
BERKELEY, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Scientific Conservation Inc., (SCI), a leading provider of energy efficiency
solutions for the $5 billion commercial building market, today announced that it
has received the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Enabling Technology of the Year Award in
the Automated Continuous Commissioning (ACC) market. SCI was cited by the
research and consulting firm for its accomplishments in successfully
commercializing the industry`s first ACC software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution
that is scalable, cost-effective and yields measurable returns. The company`s
SCIwatch software solution represents a premiere breakthrough in ACC, which
enables building owners to reduce annual energy costs by up to 25 percent. 

"Through its disruptive technology, SCI enables customers to reap the benefits
arising from integration of automation and control systems and maximize the
value of time sensitive information in a building," explained Jorge Moreno,
program manager in Frost & Sullivan`s environmental & building technologies
practice. "This revolutionary concept not only facilitates simplification of the
process of connectivity and integration, but also makes building management
easier for the end users, thereby creating powerful solutions and sound
technology to build bridges between systems and devices." 

The Frost & Sullivan Enabling Technology of the Year Award is presented to a
company that has developed a technology that can benefit or revolutionize the
industry. Before considering the recipient of this award, Frost & Sullivan`s
analyst team tracks market participants' technology innovations through ongoing
market research, market interviews, and extensive secondary and technology
research. In addition, there are specific criteria used to determine the final
rankings including:

* Degree of technology adoption in industry product lines or strategies 
* Potential of technology to become an industry standard or degree of acceptance
in the market place 
* Impact of technology in terms of shifting market R & D focus 
* Industry participant recognition of the company`s leadership in this
technology 
* Established capabilities of the company to deliver this technology to the
market 
* Market share growth through the successful introduction of technology to the
market 
* Dissemination of information on technology benefits and potential for quick
acceptance by the market 
* Transition of end users to this technological advancement

"It is indeed an honor to be the recipient of this prestigious industry award,"
said David Wolins, chief executive officer at SCI. "It also serves to validate
what we are hearing from our customers: SCIwatch persistently and automatically
provides precise and actionable fault detection before potential problems can
spiral out of control, therefore cutting energy costs substantially and avoiding
system failures upon deployment." 

About Scientific Conservation, Inc.

Scientific Conservation Inc., (SCI) is a leading provider of energy efficiency
and system optimization solutions for the $4.5 billion commercial building
market. The company`s SCIwatch continuous commissioning solution is the
industry`s first software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to help cut annual energy
spending up to 25 percent by comparing predicted energy and system efficiencies
against real-time operation. The company is headquartered in Berkeley, Calif.,
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