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Sustainability event to focus on solutions and best practices
for corporate energy-efficiency
AUSTIN, TX - June 2, 2008 - Site Controls, the leading provider of enterprise energy management, facilities intelligence and grid efficiency solutions, today announced its sponsorship of The Virtual Energy Forum, a unique, online-only event, June 10 and 11. The Virtual Energy Forum will connect thousands of corporate executives with sustainability experts, innovators in energy-efficiency and conservation, and providers of cleantech products and services, all in a live, interactive online environment. The event is designed to serve corporate energy executives and facility managers in an atmosphere that cannot be duplicated with physical events or webinars.
"We are excited to have Site Controls, a thought leader in the enterprise energy management space, participating in the Virtual Energy Forum to discuss the latest energy management technologies and best practices for the enterprise," said Robert Rosenbloom, CEO of PlatformQ and producer of the Virtual Energy Forum. "The forum provides an unprecedented way to learn how leading companies and institutions are adopting better energy management practices to cut costs, while simultaneously adopting clean energy alternatives."
"The Virtual Energy Forum provides a valuable opportunity for industry collaboration and dialog on sustainability issues in a carbon-neutral fashion," said Dan Kubala, Vice President of Marketing, Site Controls. "We look forward to participating in this ground-breaking event and demonstrating how Site Controls can help significantly lower energy consumption and environmental impact for our customers."
Highlights of the event include:
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Keynote from Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich. Mr. Gingrich's address will be broadcast live on the Web at 11:00 AM ET on June 10. The keynote will focus on his ongoing clarion call for mainstream and entrepreneurial environmentalism and on examples of business partnerships formed on behalf of the improving the environment.
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Featured tracks: "Cases in Corporate Sustainability," "Green IT," "Putting Renewable Energies to Work," "Investing in Alternative Energy," and "Energy Management Best Practices."
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The Forum will allow attendees to join live video presentations and interact with more than two dozen world-class thought leaders in the fields of energy-efficiency and sustainability, including senior energy executives from the private and public sectors such as: Marriott, Volvo, Harvard University, Raytheon, Hewlett Packard, Macy's, the U.S. Department of Energy, KeySpan/National Grid, Constellation Energy, United Technologies, Dell, Arizona State, Boulder Community Hospital, Good Energies, American Wind Energy Association and many others.
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Users can visit Site Controls' 'virtual booth' to download important documents, access relevant links, and communicate live with company representatives via real-time text chat.
About Site Controls
Site Controls provides enterprise-wide energy management, facilities intelligence, and grid efficiency solutions to commercial customers and power suppliers. The company's solutions incorporate energy efficiency, corporate social responsibility, comfort and controls, operational intelligence, and demand response services. Site Controls' proven record of delivering value is demonstrated at over 2,000 client sites representing hundreds of megawatts of electrical load under management. For more information, visit www.sitecontrols.com.
About Virtual Energy Forum
The Virtual Energy Forum is a unique virtual event designed to allow people interested and involved with sustainable energy management operations to connect and successfully interact with one another in ways that are impossible at physical events, through powerful Web-based software and services. PlatformQ, the producer of the Virtual Energy Forum, is a company whose mission is to leverage the accessibility of online events to connect individuals, companies and organizations, across North America and internationally-- who might otherwise not be able to travel to physical events or communicate with leading experts or thought leaders. http://www.virtualenergyforum.com
Virtual Energy Forum and PlatformQ are trademarks of PlatformQ, LLC. Site Controls is a registered trademark of Site Controls, LLC. All other trademarks or service marks are property of their respective owners.
Media Contacts:
Patrick Rafter
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617-901-2697
Kellie Thomas
Site Controls
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512.306.9400
Catherine Seeds
KetnerBarnes (for Site Controls)
[email protected]
512.794.8876
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