LonMark International Recognizes Achievements and Talents Among its Members Worldwide

November 16, 2009 - San Jose, CA, USA - LonMark International, a non-profit member trade association recognized as an industry authority for the creation and promotion of device networking interoperability standards, is pleased to announce the winners of its annual "Best of the Year" Awards in the following categories:

Multi-Vendor Project
This year's award went to Enerlon for their Energy Star-rated renovated building in Hollywood, CA, USA. The Energy Star rating means that the building outperforms 75% of comparable buildings based on energy consumption.

Certified Device
Infranet Partners UK was awarded this year for their InfraLED 400 Under-Canopy Lighting, which is a low-energy LED light fitting with integral controls for surface or recessed installation.

Infrastructure Product
Austrian company LOYTEC electronics GmbH won for their 15" Touch Panel LVIS-3E115, which is a flexible, graphical user interface that supports automation functions such as alarming, scheduling, and trending plus event-driven e-mail notification and mathematical/logical operations.

Software Solution
The winner in this category was ELMA Kurtalj from Croatia for their BrightCore Distributed Building Management Infrastructure, a distributed software system that successfully mediates between control networks and client programs.

Industry Initiative
The award went to the US organization GreenLink Conservation Alliance for their Federal Incentives for Retrofits. GreenLink Alliance is a non-profit trade association dedicated to promoting energy conservation though building retrofits that utilize innovative building automation and control technologies.

Visionary
In acknowledgement of his efforts, contributions, and commitment to the betterment of the organization and the industry, long-time member Christoph Brönnimann of Switzerland was presented with the Visionary award.

LonMark International wishes to thank all the members who submitted their projects and products for this year's award ceremony.

For more information about all the nominees, including the winners, please visit our website, www.lonmark.org.

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About LonMark International

LonMark International is a non-profit, mutual-benefit member trade association with over 400 members worldwide, dedicated to promoting open, interoperable products utilizing ISO/IEC 14908-1 and related standards.

Products that have been verified to conform to the LonMark International interoperability guidelines are eligible to carry the LonMark International logo.

LonMark and the LonMark Logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation in the US and other jurisdictions.