Site Controls, the leading provider of enterprise energy management, facilities intelligence and grid efficiency solutions, today announced the asset acquisition of Excel Energy Technologies, including its Ikanosphere™ energy management solution for retail chains. Site Controls currently operates at thousands of client locations, monitoring nearly 300,000 endpoints for leading retailers. Through its September 2007 joint venture with Ecolab, Site Controls is expanding its presence in the restaurant, fitness and hospitality markets. The acquisition of Excel Energy [...]

HelioVolt Corporation, a producer of highly-efficient thin film solar energy products, today announced that it has garnered an R&D 100 Award from Research & Development (R&D) Magazine for work performed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Known as the “Oscars of Invention,” the R&D 100 Awards celebrate the year’s most significant commercial innovations from around the world. HelioVolt and NREL received the award for demonstrating a simpler, faster [...]