Yet Few Believe Their Homes Are Very Energy Efficient

OCEANSIDE, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Home energy efficiency is valued by the vast majority of American homeowners, with 89 percent of national survey respondents indicating that making their home more energy efficient is important to them personally.

Key findings from the September 2010 national survey include:

• Less than one in three homeowners believe their homes are “very” energy efficient
• While the majority reported knowing “a lot” about how to make their homes energy efficient, they mistakenly identified  ”older windows” as the top energy-loss culprit
• 90% said it is important to have a professional energy auditor who is “certified by an independent national organization”

“These findings are a call to action to the industry to help consumers tap into the true value of an independent energy audit,” said Steve Baden, executive director, RESNET. “While the benefits of window replacement are obvious, it is often a less visible and less expensive repair – for example, sealing cracks around air conditioning and heating ducts – that can significantly improve a home’s energy efficiency and cut homeowners’ utility bills.”

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D.C.-based Clarus Research Group, a Qorvis company, conducted a market survey of 800 U.S. homeowners(1) on behalf of RESNET, an industry leader in the energy efficiency marketplace. The sample was defined as adults over 21 years of age who currently own a home or plan to purchase one within the next year. The survey was conducted by Ron Faucheux, Ph.D., president of Clarus and a nationally recognized research and polling expert.

Key among other survey findings:

• 86% of homeowners would trust an energy audit performed by someone who was “certified by an independent national organization” over someone who was not
• 80% of those surveyed said that if they were in the market to buy a home, an energy audit conducted by an “unbiased professional” would be important to them

About RESNET

RESNET is a national nonprofit organization that sets the standards for the inspection and testing of the energy performance of homes. RESNET saw 119,000 homes rated last year, and has had over 1,000,000 rated since its inception. RESNET is recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Energy Star Homes, the U.S. Department of Energy for the National Builder’s Challenge, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the federal tax credit for builders building energy-efficient homes. For more information, please visit www.resnet.us

(1) Poll conducted Sept. 1–4, 2010 via live telephone interviewing of a nationwide, scientifically-selected random sample. Margin of error: +/-3.46%.

SOURCE RESNET

GE Chooses EcoView Residential — a Feature Rich, Cost-Effective, Flexible and Scalable Wireless Energy Monitoring Dashboard That Helps Lower Homeowner Energy Usage, Utility Bills and Carbon Emissions

EcoView

SAN DIEGO, CA, Sep 14, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Advanced Telemetry (www.AdvancedTelemetry.com), developer of the EcoView(TM) smart energy management system for light commercial and residential applications, today announced that General Electric Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!ge/quotes/nls/ge (GE 16.19, -0.10, -0.61%) (“GE”) has adopted its “EcoView Residential” solution for select energy conscious home builders across North America.

General Electric is working with a select group of home builders and developers to design homes that are not only comfortable, but also achieve at least a 20% reduction in household energy usage, indoor water consumption and overall carbon emissions as compared to industry-accepted average new homes. Now a key component of the program, the EcoView Residential energy management system is integral in helping homeowners easily and consistently achieve this high level of energy efficiency — and also benefit from the related cost savings.

“EcoView Residential is an innovative solution addressing the rapidly growing smart grid industry, enabling homeowners to actively participate in taking the pressure off our overloaded grid infrastructure,” notes Advanced Telemetry President Gus Ezcurra. “This helps improve grid reliability and security, while reducing residential energy bills and environmental impacts.”

“We worked closely with GE’s builder and developer affiliates to deliver a feature rich, cost-effective, flexible and scalable product to meet their needs today and in the future,” continues Ezcurra. “We’re honored to partner with General Electric and its esteemed builder and developer partners from coast to coast to help homeowners reduce resource usage, utility costs and their overall environmental footprint.”

In addition to EcoView Residential, all homes being built by the GE customers are equipped with an array of GE products that address today’s environmentally conscious consumer values. These include GE’s ENERGY STAR(R) appliances and Energy Smart(TM) compact fluorescent lighting package. Homeowners can now maximize benefits with these products when used in combination with the EcoView Residential energy monitoring touch screen, which gives them the power to measure and control utility use and better understand the true value of their home’s energy-efficient features.

About EcoView Residential EcoView Residential provides homeowners with an array of world-leading features, including real time information on energy and resource usage that allows owners and tenants to pinpoint and minimize consumption from devices ranging from flat screen televisions to computers to light bulbs. The system, which is easily installed by a qualified professional in under 2 hours, may be readily connected to wireless control devices like thermostats and light switches, enabling users to quickly, easily, and even remotely make adjustments to a home’s energy consumption.

EcoView Residential’s high resolution, flat screen interactive touch-screen communicates wirelessly with metering devices that measure a home’s electricity and water consumption, providing real-time, graphical illustrations of-and control over-energy usage or generation. The system also takes advantage of an existing broadband Internet connection enabling homeowners to remotely access their system to view current consumption and make adjustments to settings and schedules for thermostats, lighting controls and other appliances from any Web-enabled device outside the home.

About Advanced Telemetry, LLC With a corporate belief that energy and fiscal conservation begins with an awareness of wasteful consumption habits as they occur, Advanced Telemetry offers EcoView(TM) — a proprietary, smart energy and resource management system for both residential and small commercial applications. Server-based and entirely Web accessible, EcoView is the most cost-effective, future-proof system available that — completely independent of a utility company — enables users to easily view, manage and reduce their resource consumption — and thus utility bills and carbon footprint — in real-time. These are among the many reasons Advanced Telemetry’s has been chosen as a General Electric Co. Ecomagination(SM) program partner. Founded in 2007, Advanced Telemetry is headquartered in San Diego, California. More information may be accessed on the Advanced Telemetry blog at http://at-cto.blogspot.com or through the company’s Web site at www.AdvancedTelemetry.com.

EcoView is a trademark of Advanced Telemetry, LLC. Other product, program and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2009 Advanced Telemetry, LLC. All rights reserved.

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