ecobee is Awarded With a Prestigious Green Toronto Award for Energy Conservation by the City of Toronto and Green Living Enterprises

TORONTO, April 17, 2012 /CNW/ - ecobee Inc., makers of the award-winning Smart thermostat, Smart Si thermostat and EMS (Energy Management System), were awarded a prestigious Green Toronto Award in the Energy Conservation category on Friday April 13th, 2012.

The City of Toronto in partnership with Green Living Enterprises announced the winners at a ceremony in Toronto on Friday evening. The City's environmental awards of excellence recognize the individuals, organizations, and companies helping to lead the way to a cleaner, greener Toronto.

ecobee's President and CEO, Stuart Lombard was there to accept the award on behalf of ecobee. "We are honored to receive this distinguished award, and we'd like to thank The City of Toronto and Green Living Enterprises for recognizing ecobee's ongoing commitment to energy conservation and environmental leadership. We're thrilled that our products continue to help our customers significantly reduce their environmental impact and save money," said Lombard. He continued, "We were certainly in good company, and were very impressed by the outstanding accomplishments of the other esteemed nominees and award winners."

ecobee's mission is to help their customers conserve energy, save money and reduce their environmental impact. Thanks to ecobee's innovative, user-friendly Wi-Fi-enabled smart thermostats, more than 80% of ecobee customers run an energy saving program on their thermostat, in contrast to the North American average of 23%. The result is that the average ecobee customer achieves an impressive annual energy savings of 26%.

ecobee delivers intelligent energy management solutions. Installed in homes and businesses across North America, the ecobee Open Energy Management Platform is the easiest way for residential and commercial customers to understand, manage and reduce their energy consumption. Servicing both the Utility and HVAC markets, ecobee's line of Wi-Fi enabled thermostats, online web portals and smart phone apps are the products of choice for ease of use, energy efficiency and demand response programs. ecobee has also won significant industry awards which include the ASHRAE/AHR Innovation Award for Building Automation, the Dealer Design Gold and Silver Awards and the Deloitte Green 15, among others. ecobee is supported by a network of over 2,000 quality HVAC contractors and distributors across North America.

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Steph Clarke, Manager, Marketing & Communications, ecobee Inc., [phone], [email protected]

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