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Control4® Energy Systems Receives 2009 SmartGrid.TMCnet.com Product of the Year Award

The Control4® Energy Management System 100 Honored for Outstanding Innovation

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, announced today that the Control4® Energy Management System 100 (EMS 100) has received a 2009 SmartGrid.TMCnet.com Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Intelligent Communications Partners.

The Control4 EMS 100 is a platform that is designed to empower consumers and utilities to better manage energy use and costs. The EMS 100 is a bundled solution that includes back-end software to enable utilities to manage and update a network of home energy management systems. The Control4® EC-100 Energy Controller, an easy to use program Control4® WT-100 ZigBee Thermostat, is an engaging software interface and fun application that help consumers understand and manage their energy consumption.

“It is crucial that consumers have the tools to reap the full benefits of the smart grid roll out,” said Richard Walker, President, Control4 Energy Systems. “The Control4 EMS 100 is designed to provide homeowners with easy to comprehend usage data that demystifies their monthly bill, along with automatic control over many energy-consuming devices in the home, helping consumers maximize savings.”

“SmartGrid.TMCnet.com is pleased to grant a 2009 Product of the Year Award to Control4 for their EMS 100. Control4 has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “We’re proud to honor their accomplishments in the advancement of the smart grid technologies.”

The First Annual SmartGrid.TMCnet.com Product of the Year Award winners are featured on the SmartGrid Web site and published in its e-newsletter.

For more information about the 2009 SmartGrid Product of the Year Awards or any of the TMC media properties, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

About Control4

Control4, a leading provider of the operating system for the smart home, delivers intelligent control of consumer electronics products, appliances and networking systems through an easy-to-use and intuitive software interface. Founded in 2003, the company delivers affordable automation and control of lighting, music, video, HVAC, security, and energy management systems to the broad market through more than 1,600 custom integrators, retail outlets, and distributors in over 40 countries. Control4 is the platform of choice for major consumer electronics companies, hotels, businesses and utilities that require an intelligent, open and affordable control solution.

About Smart Grid

The Smart Grid portal on TMCnet serves as a resource for the rapidly developing technologies that enable and harness Smart Grids, with particular emphasis on applications, products and software for improving residential, business, institutional and facilities’ power consumption.

TMCnet’s Smart Grid Web portal offers free resources for anyone interested in researching, purchasing and applying smart grid technologies. It includes Smart Grid industry news and expert analysis by Jon Arnold and Shidan Gouran of Intelligent Communications Partners. Additionally this portal encompasses Global Online Communities and Channels, blogs, feature articles, videos and more. Visitors can be regularly updated on what is happening across a spectrum of organizations involved in hardware, wireless communications for video, phone and data and other niches in the Smart Grid market.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation’s top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO); SmartGrid Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners). For more information about TMC, visit http://tmcnet.com/.

TMC also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, 4G-wirelessevolution.TMCnet.com, M2M Evolution.com, Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com, Smart Products Ecosystem, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, and Education.TMCnet.com.

For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.