Combined Guest Room Technology Delivers Single-Source HVAC and Lighting System for Optimal Operating Efficiencies GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Telkonet, Inc. (NYSE Amex:TKO), a Clean Technology company that develops and manufactures proprietary energy management and SmartGrid networking technology, announces a new integrated solution initiative with the leading designer and manufacturer of lighting controls, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Telkonet and Lutron are working closely together to harness their individual product strengths, offering a unique single solution that provides fully integrated in-room, occupancy-based heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) energy management and lighting control. With this initiative, the two companies have dynamically advanced the concept of a complete hospitality solution, enabling hospitality property management a single-source energy efficiency platform. With lighting and HVAC representing over 70% of a hotel's average energy usage, a single-source, fully-integrated solution enables property management to more easily adopt a comprehensive energy management strategy, realizing significant cost advantages by streamlining purchasing, installation and support from one vendor. The Connected Guestroom offering including Telkonet is part of the newly launched Lutron Hospitality Solution as an option within the integrated hospitality portfolio. Michael Linck, Strategic Relationships - Hospitality at Lutron commented, "We are pleased to have Telkonet's energy management products available as an integrated HVAC component to our hospitality solutions. We look forward to the continued development of our complementary, integrated solutions to enhance the guest experience and deliver operational efficiencies to hospitality properties."
