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GridPoint Inc Unveils First Intelligent Energy Management Appliance for
Renewable Energy Customers
To provide instant, automatic, silent back-up power during outages.
Claims to be the first energy management and backup power appliances to
seamlessly combine advanced battery storage with power electronics into a single
"plug-and-play" cabinet.
WASHINGTON,
DC, USA -- GridPoint, Inc, a provider of intelligent energy management (IEM)
appliances, announced Wednesday the availability of GridPoint Connect,
enabling customers to easily integrate renewable energy, and to leverage
instant, automatic, silent backup power.
GridPoint says that their products are the first energy management and backup
power appliances to seamlessly combine advanced battery storage with power
electronics into a single "plug-and-play" cabinet, designed for use
inside a home, business or government building. During a power outage, GridPoint
Connect customers continue to live and operate without interruption; businesses
can keep point-of-purchase terminals running and perishables from spoiling; and
government entities can protect critical assets.
Made especially for renewable-energy customers, GridPoint Connect is a grid-tied
battery-backup product that integrates and converts energy from solar panels
into electricity that can be used immediately by the customer or stored within
the product for future use. GridPoint Connect uses BRLA gell type Telco
grade lead acid batteries.
The product can also determine the amount of energy used from solar panels
versus the utility company, as well as peak usage throughout the day. In
addition to providing backup power during outages, GridPoint Connect also
enables users to sell excess energy back to the utility.
"GridPoint Connect allows energy-conscious consumers and businesses who are
using or considering solar power to further increase the benefits of using a
renewable energy source," said Peter L. Corsell, President and CEO of
GridPoint. "With GridPoint Connect they gain backup power as well as
intelligence about the type and amount of energy being consumed. It also allows
users to participate in the emerging smart grid and become more proactive in
making energy choices."
Unlike any other residential or light commercial energy technology, GridPoint
products uniquely incorporate advanced software coupled with communication
technologies and network controls (e.g. plugs into your phone line). This allows
the appliance to automatically execute intelligent decisions to improve power
reliability and management as well as actively communicate with the company's
performance monitoring and customer care center, GridPoint Central(SM), to
ensure maximum efficiency and early detection of maintenance needs.
"Since GridPoint Connect is a self-contained unit, it was easy to install.
Within five simple steps, I was able to connect the product to my own home's
solar energy and electrical systems, giving me the ability to integrate solar as
well as manage energy for my entire home," said Lee Bristol, President of
LBA Renewable Energy Systems, Inc. "I especially like the fact that it
gives me insight into how I'm using energy throughout the day. I will definitely
recommend this product to my customers."
GridPoint Connect's features are the type of advanced metering and
communications technology the new federal energy law encourages. Home and
business owners who purchase GridPoint Connect can take advantage of tax credits
allowed for commercial and private solar-related equipment. The product will
also help government agencies comply with mandates to implement technologies
that support renewable energy, as well as energy efficiency, waste reduction and
net metering goals the new law also requires.
GridPoint handles all service and support after installation and provides a
comprehensive warranty. GridPoint Connect as well as GridPoint Protect,
GridPoint's product for the traditional energy user, are marketed through
premium home builders, utilities, retail chains and government entities as well
as installers and contractors of electrical, heating, air-conditioning, home
automation and renewable energy systems.
About GridPoint
GridPoint builds intelligent energy management (IEM) products to reduce
electricity costs, improve power reliability and itemize energy consumption for
the home and business. GridPoint IEM appliances provide traditional and
renewable energy users with instant, automatic backup power based on clean,
high-capacity, battery-based technology. GridPoint products also offer the
renewable energy user a superior way to integrate alternative energy sources.
GridPoint's single cabinet, "plug-and-play" appliances are easy to
install and sold through a network of premium home builders, utilities, retail
chains and government entities as well as installers and contractors of
electrical, heating, air-conditioning, home automation and renewable energy
systems.
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SOURCE:
- GridPoint, Inc(TM) press release published by BusinessWire;
Sept. 21, 2005
CONTACT:
GridPoint, Inc.
www.gridpoint.com
2020 K Street NW
Suite 550
Washington, DC 20006
1-800-998-GRID
202.903.2100
202.903.2101 Fax
info@gridpoint.com
Cragon Communications
Suzanne Cragon, 703-862-3137
suzanne@cragon.com
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D. Allan Sept. 22, 2005
Last updated September 23, 2005
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