To expand market operations for its OEM (original equipment manufacturer) business, Leviton Manufacturing Company, a leading producer of wiring devices, has formed a new OEM Division. The charge of the new division is to build on Leviton's position as the premier vendor of electrical and electronic products to OEM customers. Key activities will be the acceleration of product development here and abroad, shortening time-to-market, improving responsiveness by realigning business processes and leveraging the company's manufacturing operations in North America, Mexico and China.
According to Christopher Doveala, Vice President and General Manager of the OEM Division, “We have restructured our OEM group to ensure that Leviton continues to provide exceptional service to all our customers in this key segment of our business. The restructuring initiative is being undertaken with the goal of distinguishing Leviton as a hallmark of innovative, state-of-the-art products that serve the needs the of the global OEM marketplace.”
Leviton's OEM Division offers a comprehensive line of incandescent, HID, and fluorescent lampholders; plugs, receptacles; switches; lighting controls and automation products; GFCIs; and surge protective devices to a wide range of manufacturers who integrate these devices into their products. Leviton is committed to Six Sigma Quality Improvement processes and is a registered ISO 9000 company. Leviton's custom-design engineering department helps customers meet their project requirements and develop unique solutions to special application needs. For more information, contact Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., 59-25 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY 11362-2591, 800-833-3532. Visit Leviton's website at www.leviton.com
LIN Installer Certification Program Expands with New Classes, Accreditation Partners and 20-Year Assurance Warranty
Leviton Integrated Networks, a leader in residential structured wiring systems and the pacesetter in training and certification for these systems, has expanded its popular Installer Certification Program with the addition of new courses developed around 
today's most popular home networking and audio distribution standards.
The newly revamped training program equips students with the vital skills needed to install these much sought-after whole-house networking systems. The program also enables students to receive accreditation for the coursework from leading training and certification organizations, including BICSI and the NBFAA. By successfully completing the program and the Category 5e testing requirements, students can offer their customers an industry-leading Twenty-Year Applications Assurance for Category 5e structured cabling and a Twenty-Year Extended Warranty on Leviton passive components used in their installation.
Says Brian Earl, National Sales Director for Leviton Integrated Networks,
“Today's homeowners want their homes fully connected, not just with multiple phone drops but with advanced home networking, high definition TV, whole-house audio and digital video technologies. Our revamped course of study will equip our graduates to do precisely this.”
The series of classes is ideal for beginners as well as seasoned professionals interested in expanding their knowledge of the latest home networking standards and applications. The training modules include: Structuring Wiring Essentials, Structured Wiring Planning and Installation, Advanced Video Applications, Advanced Residential Voice and Data Applications, Audio 1 System Essentials, Audio 2 Leviton â /Sound by Bose â and Audio 3 Marketing Audio Systems.
Instruction is offered by Leviton's staff of Corporate Regional Trainers, many with installation backgrounds and RCDD certification.
The Structured Wiring Essentials (morning) and Structured Wiring Planning and Installation (afternoon) modules are prerequisites for the other classes. While participants are encouraged to attend this course in its entirety, Leviton recognizes installers with industry experience and offers an option to test out of the morning session. Students who have attended a qualifying BICSI, CEDIA or CLI course, or are CompTIA HTI+ or NSCA certified can attend the afternoon session without taking the morning session test. More information about the training modules and a registration form are available at the Leviton website at www.leviton.com/lin . Those interested in testing out of the morning session should contact the program coordinator, Arsha Ghazaryans at 718-281-6107. Leviton Manufacturing Company, 59-25 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY 11362-2591, 800-323-8920, www.leviton.com .
CITY OF ORANGE TO SAVE NEARLY $13,700 ANNUALLY WITH TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADE
—City Partners with Public Energy Solutions to Install LED Traffic Signals—
Life has gotten even brighter in the City of Orange.
Public Energy Solutions (PES)—a leading lighting and energy services company specializing in the reduction of indoor and outdoor facility energy costs through lighting efficiencies and upgrades—recently partnered with the city of Orange to upgrade the city's traffic signals to more energy efficient technology.
PES proposed the re-lamping project, which offered an additional opportunity for savings via an upfront rebate of $11,860 from the New Jersey Clean Energy Program and will save the city close to $13,700 every year in energy costs. The company also supplied close to 350 Light Emitting Diode (LED) modules in order to upgrade traffic signals throughout the city from incandescent lighting to the more energy efficient, longer- lasting LED technology.
The project is complete and includes intersections such as North Day Street and Washington Street, South Essex and Main Street, Lincoln Avenue and Main Street, Hillyer and Main Street.
PES estimates that the city will realize a significant traffic signal electrical usage (kiloWatt hours) reduction of 90 percent, yielding an annual electric bill savings of nearly $13,700. The LED modules, manufactured by GELcore, a General Electric Company, burn brighter, last 10 times longer, and use 90 percent less power than the older incandescent lamps. They also provide safety benefits.
“In addition to electricity savings, the city anticipates maintenance savings,” says Paul Lasek, Municipal Engineer of Orange. “We don't have to replace lights as frequently or even at all because LED's are longer lasting than incandescent. These lights are more efficient; just by driving around the city you can notice the difference—the LED modules are brighter. And because they are brighter and burn longer, they will also help to reduce traffic accidents that may have been caused by too-dim or frequently burnt-out incandescent traffic lights. As a result of our partnership with Public Energy Solutions, the city of Orange's improved safety measures will contribute to a drop in liability exposure as well as a decrease in police overtime and municipal and maintenance labor, which means additional savings for the City of Orange.”
“We are pleased that the City of Orange has chosen to partner with us to update their traffic signals to LED technology,” says Steve Andelfinger, a PES NJ Clean Energy Representative. “The potential for substantial savings and multiple benefits that such an upgrade offers, coupled with increased safety for drivers and pedestrians is reason alone for any city to take advantage of an upgrade for all of its traffic signals.”
The city of Orange is one of many cities in New Jersey to partner with PES to initiate energy efficient traffic light upgrades. Other New Jersey cities include Paramus, Cranford, Newark, Fairlawn, Clifton, Kearny, Summit, Paterson and Cherry Hill.
“Every city should take advantage of a traffic signal upgrade,” says Keith Hartman, PES president. “It's easy, there are opportunities for immediate, up-front savings through rebate programs as well as financing opportunities, and the end result is significant savings and increased safety measures for the entire city. What's to lose?”
For more information about energy efficient upgrades, contact Steve Andelfinger, PES, tel: (201) 576-0866, ext. 111 or email: sandelfinger@publicenergysolutions.com or Keith Hartman, PES, tel: (201) 576-0866, ext. 106 or email: khartman@publicenergysolutions.com . Also visit the website at www.publicenergysolutions.com .
Active Power Doubles Energy of its Extended Runtime Product
Battery-Free Prototype Produces 80 kW for 15 Minutes; Remains on Milestone Track
Austin, Texas (June 9, 2004) -- Active Power, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) today announced that it successfully completed the second of five milestones for its new battery-free energy storage system by operating a proto
Active Power's extended runtime product is initially slated to replace lead-acid batteries in the 3-phase Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) market below 100 kilovolt-amps (kVA), which is approximately 45% of the overall $2 billion 3-phase UPS market. Follow-on versions of this technology platform will be directed toward the low power telecommunications sector and its approximately $4 billion backup power market.
“This new product opens up several low power market segments that our current products don't address,” stated Joe Pinkerton, Chairman and CEO of Active Power, Inc. “By delivering well over 20 times the energy of our current flywheel, the new battery-free product will allow us to satisfy the extended runtime demands of an entirely new set of customers.”
As outlined earlier this year, the company has set forth the following additional milestones to be completed over the remainder of 2004:
- Deliver 10 kW for 2 hours in Q3;
- Unveil extended runtime technology publicly in Q3; and
- Ship first alpha units to customers in Q4.
With over 500 units installed worldwide and more than 8 million hours of field operation, Active Power's products are a proven alternative to battery-based systems. The company offers the industry's broadest range of battery-free power quality solutions: the CleanSource DC product line, which is compatible with all leading UPS brands and is available in the 100 kW to 2000 kW range, and the CleanSource UPS product family, available from 65 kVA to 3600 kVA.
Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for its ability to satisfy customer needs with new and innovative products, Active Power continues to rapidly expand its product line to address the needs of new market segments and geographies. For more information visit www.activepower.com, e-mail sales@activepower.com or call 1-877-FLYWHEEL (359-9433).
Public Energy Solutions Becomes a Member of PJM Interconnection
—Membership with Electrical Transmission Organization Leads to Creation of Company's No-Risk, “Demand Response Program” for Customers' Benefit —
Paramus, NJ—June 15, 2004— Public Energy Solutions (PES), a leading lighting and energy services company specializing in the reduction of energy costs through energy-efficient lighting upgrades, as well as through lighting and HVAC controls, has just announced that they are now a member of PJM Interconnection, a regional electrical transmission organization and also the largest independent system operator for the electric grid.
The membership allows PES to aggregate load and create a “Demand Response Program,” which simply means that as people effectively lower their facility's energy consumption, they can then sell back the power they don't use. The program lets accepted registrants—facilities throughout New Jersey of all sizes—receive a payment based on the total value of electric costs that are ultimately avoided through electrical load reduction and curtailment efforts.
“We're very happy to be a member of PJM and appreciate this opportunity to show customers how to better manage their energy use,” says PES president, Keith Hartman. He explains that energy-efficient technologies can help a facility access flexible utility pricing by reducing facility energy consumption during peak demand.
“PES can implement base and peak load reduction systems which reduces load through upgraded energy technologies as well as curtailment programs,” Hartman explains. “Both serve to reduce energy consumption during peak demand periods when prices for electricity are highest.”
PJM ensures the reliability of the largest centrally dispatched control area in North America by coordinating the movement of electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Interested participants can simply log on to www.publicenergysolutions.com and click on the “Demand Response Program” section at the bottom of the company's home page. Visitors will be directed to a program overview as well as a brief registration form. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance in as soon as two weeks, at which time PES works with each facility to implement load reduction systems that work with the existing equipment to reduce electrical loads, especially during peak demand periods when electricity prices are the highest. The membership and related response program allows PES to provide customers with the opportunity to lower their energy costs. This also helps utilities avoid the costs of investing in new power plants.
“We work with the technology currently used in our customers' facilities, which translates to a no-risk scenario for them,” says Hartman. “Then we supply customers with documentation of their energy savings that allows them to receive a payment based on the total value of electric costs that are ultimately avoided through electrical load reduction and curtailment efforts.”
“Over the next couple of years, I expect our customer base to increase substantially,” says Hartman. “By working in tandem with PJM, our ‘Demand Response Program' contributes to making the electrical system more efficient and reliable and reduces energy costs for customers, all of which adds to the benefit of removing pollution from the environment. This membership reinforces our goal to continue to provide facilities with energy-efficient technologies through our dedicated involvement in the nation's electric system.”
About Public Energy Solutions
Public Energy Solutions, located in Paramus, New Jersey, is a leading lighting and energy services company specializing in the reduction of indoor and outdoor facility energy costs through lighting efficiencies and upgrades as well as through lighting and HVAC controls, that helps businesses realize greater energy efficiencies through a combination of time-tested skills and state-of-the-art technologies. With more than a decade of experience, Public Energy Solutions has helped thousands of leading companies and institutions in various industries to help make their operations work better while maximizing facility performance, managing costs and creating efficiencies. For more information, contact Keith Hartman at Public Energy Solutions, at (201) 576-0866, email khartman@publicenergysolutions.com , or visit www.publicenergysolutions.com .
