Echelon Accelerates Smart Grid Adoption As a leading provider of smart grid meters, Echelon (ELON) is well positioned in the rapidly growing advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) market. On July 7, 2009, Echelon, in partnership with ROMlight International, announced that it would install its LonWorks control networking technology at the Kelly Western Services Ltd. aircraft hangar in Winnipeg for high bay lighting systems, which are particularly used in buildings. Echelon has been growing through customer wins and also has footprints in Germany, Denmark, France, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Australia, Austria, The Netherlands, and the United States. This deal is its first win in Canada. Smart control networking provided by Echelon helps in cost savings for utilities by reducing labor costs and increased meter reading accuracy, through capabilities such as early detection of failing streetlights, forewarning about outages, light output balancing and dimming services. Kelly Western ...

Today, the very large and rapidly growing number of electric motors, many that are highly inefficient, consume nearly 50% of the world’s electricity. In the USA alone, the Department of Energy (DoE) reports that electric motors consume almost 60% of all generated electrical power. A rather surprising statistic shows refrigeration for homes and offices consumes nearly 10% of the world’s energy. Electric motors powering the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems in commercial buildings account for approximately 50% of the building’s total electric costs.

Axial Vector Engine Corp (AXVC.PK) is a publicly traded global solutions company that owns, develops, and licenses revolutionary combustion engine and electric power generator technologies for use in automotive, power generation, appliance, and military application. Their patent-pending “axial flux” engine and generator set (GENSET) technologies produce highly efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally sensitive multi-fuel engines

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