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Mon, April 25, 2011
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Siemens Ships One Million RXC Single-Room Controllers Based on Echelona?s LonWorks Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Echelon Corporation ([ NASDAQ ]: [ ELON ]) today announced that its customer, Siemens Building Technologies division has sold one million LonWorks® based Desigo RXC single-room controllers for improved building energy management. RXC controllers provide individual room control and monitoring of temperature, ventilation, air conditioning lighting and blinds for public buildings, offices and hotels and ensure optimal energy efficiency.
"Utilizing Echelona™s LonWorks platform as part of this product has been instrumental in delivering an energy-efficient, flexible building automation and control system."
One million units, installed in more than 6,000 customer projects: These figures underscore the benefits and quality of the proven Desigo RXC controllers from Siemens. These demand-based single-room controllers are cost-effective and easy to operate. In conjunction with room operator units, sensors and actuators, the eu.bac-certified RXC controllers allow for high-precision room temperature control. They provide power savings of up to 14% over standard controllers and meet the requirements for BACS energy performance class A as defined in EN152332.
aThis significant milestone speaks to the widespread customer adoption of our RXC controllers, delivering user-friendly control of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lights and blinds for all types of buildings and sizes,a said Olaf Mittrach, product manager for RX controllers for Siemens. aUtilizing Echelona™s LonWorks platform as part of this product has been instrumental in delivering an energy-efficient, flexible building automation and control system.a
Using Echelona™s LonWorks technology, RXC controllers are easy to integrate into building automation systems from Siemens and third-party suppliers. This makes it possible to expand and customize the functionality of room solutions to meet project-specific requirements. Siemens offers a wide range of standard room automation applications for fan coils, radiators, chilled ceilings, etc. In addition, Siemens supplies applications for lighting and shading control.
The Desigo RXC single-room controllers are part of Siemensa™ Environmental Portfolio. In fiscal year 2010, revenue from the portfolio totaled about a'28 billion, making Siemens the worlda™s largest supplier of ecofriendly technologies. In the same period, Siemens products and solutions enabled customers to reduce their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 270 million tons, an amount equal to the total annual CO2 emissions of the megacities Hong Kong, London, New York, Tokyo, Delhi, and Singapore.
About Siemens
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the worldwide leading supplier of environmentally friendly production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. With integrated automation technologies and comprehensive industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity, efficiency and flexibility of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility und Osram. With around 204,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal year 2010 total sales of approximately a'34.9 billion. [ http://www.siemens.com/industry ]
The Siemens Building Technologies Division (Zug, Switzerland) is the worlda™s leading provider of safe, secure and energy efficient solutions for buildings (Green Buildingsa) and building infrastructure. As a service provider, system integrator and product supplier Building Technologies offers building automation, HVAC, fire safety, security, low voltage power distribution and electrical installation technology. With around 42,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Building Technologies achieved a turnover of a'6.9 billion in fiscal year 2010. [ http://www.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies ]
About Echelon Corporation
Echelon Corporation ([ NASDAQ ]: [ ELON ]) is the world's leading open-standard energy control networking company, whose technologies manage energy for more than 35 million homes and 100 million devices. With more than 20 years of experience in energy control, Echelon delivers a wide range of innovative solutions to commercial and electric utility customers. More information about Echelon can be found at [ http://www.echelon.com ].
Echelon, LonWorks, and the Echelon logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release may contain statements relating to future plans, events or performance. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to market acceptance of Echelona™s products and the timing and level of customer orders; risks relating to the timing of availability of Echelona™s products; risks that Echelon offerings do not perform as designed or provide the expected benefits, and that liability may accrue as a result; risks relating to market acceptance of Siemensa™ solutions that incorporate Echelona™s products; and other risks identified in Echelon's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Echelon undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
