Emerson Enables Energy Savings for CVS
ST. LOUIS, April 21, 2005 – Emerson Climate Technologies, a business
of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), today announced that its E2 Facility Management System
has been installed in approximately 3,000 retail facilities, restaurants, supermarkets
and convenience stores worldwide since its introduction in 2003.
Emerson’s E2 Facility Management System is an electronic control system
that integrates the control of all lighting, refrigeration and HVAC equipment
for a store location – and enables multiple stores to be monitored from
a central location. Retailers can collect and analyze data for individual stores
and the entire network and act quickly to improve equipment performance and
energy efficiency. The technology enables retail store chains to reduce their
annual energy and maintenance expenses across a network of stores by 15 percent
or more.
CVS/pharmacy is one of several national retailers that are installing E2 systems
to more efficiently monitor and manage energy consumption within their facilities.
More than 350 CVS/pharmacy stores now use the E2 system, and the pharmacy retailer
plans to continue incrementally upgrading to the E2 system at both its existing
and new stores. CVS/pharmacy operates more than 5,000 stores across the United
States.
"Working with Emerson Climate Technologies, we are optimizing our energy
management strategies while maintaining or improving comfort conditions at our
stores," said Mark Thibodeau, director of energy management for CVS/pharmacy.
"Our use of Emerson’s facility management system ensures that we
are achieving energy savings and helps us identify opportunities to further
reduce energy consumption."
The E2 system is designed, manufactured and installed by the Computer Process
Controls (CPC) division of Emerson Climate Technologies. This Emerson business
is a leading provider of electronic refrigeration and building environmental
control systems. CPC controllers have been installed in approximately 17,000
facilities worldwide.
"Before employing the Emerson system, CVS/pharmacy relied on independent
contractors to set up and maintain corporate operating parameters for energy
efficiency and maintenance," said Emerson Executive Vice President Tom
Bettcher, business leader for Emerson Climate Technologies. "By taking
direct control of all environmental settings and maintaining them within corporate
guidelines along with remote access to diagnose system issues, CVS/pharmacy
is able to drive enterprise-wide savings."