Echelon Corp. Earns 2016 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report for Control Innovation

The Lumewave by Echelon ® PL-RF Gateway Receives the Distinction for Its Outdoor Lighting Control Hybrid Solution

Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON), a leading independent control networking company for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), today announced that the IES Committee has recognized The Lumewave by Echelon PL-RF Gateway for inclusion in the 2016 Progress Report for controls. Each year, products, research and activities that showcase significant technical advancement in the art and science of lighting are honored. Last year’s IES report described Progress Report honorees as a “microcosm of our industry. It reveals both an industry trajectory and the velocity of change.”

“This honor highlights the unique value of our Lumewave by Echelon intelligent lighting control platform. One key barrier that our Powerline-RF Gateway product overcomes is the ability to control lighting regardless of fixture type or location,” said Ron Sege, CEO and Chairman of Echelon. “We are thrilled to be included in the group of companies recognized for advancing the lighting industry.”

The Lumewave by Echelon PL-RF Gateway is the only commercially-available outdoor control solution that seamlessly integrates two of the most widely used lighting control connectivity technologies—powerline and wireless—to provide flexibility, reduce deployment costs, and ease maintenance. City-wide deployments in Bellingham, WA and Cambridge, MA are today utilizing this solution to intelligently manage their diverse LED streetlighting systems. The Lumewave by Echelon PL-RF Gateway enables the customer to mix and match connectivity options allowing Bellingham to control 500 decorative fixtures along with 3,100 cobra head fixtures. Similarly, Cambridge is coordinating control of more than 7,000 fixtures. Providing customers with the flexibility to control widely diverse lighting types across the entire city landscape enables them to realize energy efficiency goals without compromising occupant comfort and safety.

The IES Progress Report will be presented during the 2016 IES Annual Conference, October 23-25, and published in the January 2017 issue of LD+A.

About Echelon Corporation

Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON), a pioneer in developing open-standard control networking platforms, delivers elements necessary to design, install, monitor and control industrial-strength ‘communities of devices’ within the lighting, building automation, Internet of Things and related markets worldwide. Echelon sells its lighting products under the Lumewave by Echelon brand and its building automation and other IIoT-related products as part of its IzoT® platform. With more than 100 million Echelon-powered devices installed worldwide, Echelon helps its customers to easily and safely migrate existing control systems to the most modern platforms, while bringing new devices and applications into an ever-growing global Industrial Internet. Echelon helps its customers reduce operational costs, enhance satisfaction and safety, grow revenues and perform better in both established and emerging markets. More information about Echelon can be found at www.echelon.com.

Echelon, Echelon logo, IzoT and Lumewave by Echelon are trademarks of Echelon Corporation that may be registered in the United States and other countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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