Cimetrics Wins a GridWise Applied Award

Cimetrics wins an award from the GridWise Architecture council
by John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM
Energy Control Inc.
GridWise Architecture Council Chairman

Cimetrics Inc. received the GridWise Applied award for implementation of GridWise AC principles in the development of consumer-side tools that will allow their resources to respond to electricity market signals and to synergistically integrate this response with other business functions to provide greater customer value. Jim Lee, CEO of Cimetrics Inc. thanked the GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC) in honoring the company for advancing interoperability between intelligent systems in electric power. Less said "We are grateful for the GridWise Architectural Council's recognition of our ongoing efforts to promote energy efficiency and interoperability. Cimetrics looks forward to continuing our development of advanced tools and services to enable building owners to reduce energy consumption."

Cimetrics, a supplier of systems integration technology to the building automation industry, received the According to GWAC Chairman Jack McGowan, the Council recognizes that Cimetrics is involved in transforming the electric power infrastructure into one that is intelligent, transactive, and supports a high degree of interoperability between the multitude of systems that constitute it.

According to their Web site www.cimetrics.com, Cimetrics develops tools that allow consumers' resources to respond to electricity market signals and to integrate those responses with other business functions. Headquartered in Boston, Cimetrics has been a pioneer in open system communication for building automation for more than a decade. The company is involved in efforts to establish communication standards targeted at enabling utilities to communicate directly with building systems, allowing them to initiate, monitor and verify Demand Response events.

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