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Control4® Energy Systems and itsa North America Join Forces to Bring Automation and Control to Multifamily, Commercial, and Military Industries
Collaboration Will Integrate ista’s Energy Intelligence Platform with the Control4® EMS 100 to Increase Value Proposition for Power Marketers
Tampa, FL – DISTRIBUTECH 2010 Booth #2121 – March 22, 2010 – Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, and ista North America, one of the world’s largest providers of submetering, utility expense management and retail energy services, today announced plans to integrate the Control4® Energy Management System 100 (EMS 100) with ista’s Energy Intelligence SM Platform (EIP). The integration will empower ista customers with real-time information about their energy usage and deliver the ability to control thermostats and other smart devices for further savings.
The ista Energy IntelligenceSM Platform is a distributed application infrastructure that provides data analysis on customers’ consumption and energy cost patterns, and how they match up to their unique financial and usage-based Energy Plans. Where other services and products have focused primarily on providing customers visualization of their electric consumption throughout a day, the Energy Intelligence Platform leverages ista's advanced competitive market billing capabilities to make it easy for customers to understand the financial impacts of their lifestyles - even if a customer is on an electric rate that is derived from the real-time market price of energy. By integrating ista’s EIP with the Control4® EMS 100, ista can optimize its energy efficiency programs, particularly during peak load or pricing periods.
“Our Energy Intelligence Platform has made a real impact for our customers, allowing them the opportunity to see their energy use in real time and make behavioral changes that have positively impacted their bottom line,” said Ruediger Neubauer, CEO of ista North America. “Partnering with Control4, we will afford them the added benefit of control over energy use right from an easy-to-use touch screen device. We anticipate even greater savings for our users as a result.”
“The EMS 100 was designed with the consumer and service provider in mind, which will allow us to easily integrate with a partner’s back-end system to enable them to manage and optimize energy management programs across a network of residential or commercial units” said Richard Walker, President, Control4® Energy Systems. “By partnering with ista, we can deliver the compelling consumer experience of the EMS 100 to a whole new set of consumers. We’re confident that the integrated solution will deliver practical savings and a sense of pride in controlling energy usage in a home or business to ista customers when it matters most.”
For consumers, the EMS 100 includes an in-home energy controller, the Control4® EC-100, and a ZigBee HA wireless thermostat, the Control4® WT-100. Powered by Control4® ADVANTAGE software, the Control4® EMS 100 empowers consumers with real-time information about their energy usage and costs. Coupled with intelligent automation and control of ZigBee HA thermostats and other smart devices throughout the house, the EMS 100 is designed to drive further savings for homeowners. By delivering a new standard for consumer engagement, Control4 can secure broader participation in efficiency and demand response programs, facilitating a network effect across thousands of households, for maximum impact.
For more information on Control4® Energy Systems, please visit www.control4.com/energy. For more information on ista North America, please visit www.ista-na.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 ista North America
ista is the world's leading company in the metering, billing and management of energy, water and ancillary costs. ista North America serves multifamily, privatized housing, manufactured housing, commercial and retail energy clients throughout the entire process chain. The company addresses the unmet need for energy cost management expertise with a broad scope of services and proven technology to help customers recover, manage and optimize their utility costs.
By leveraging its 100+ years of experience in submetering and utility expense management, ista is uniquely positioned to support both consumers and businesses in the budgeting, management and control of energy and utilities. The global company operates in 25 countries and services more than 11 million meter points.
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Lisa Gonzales, SutherlandGold for Control4
415-848-7169 / [email protected]
Art Siegert, ista North America, Corporate Marketing Director
678.336.2248 / [email protected]
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