GridPoint and Energy Management Collaborative Announce Reseller Channel Partnership

GridPoint, an innovator in comprehensive, data-driven energy management solutions (EMS) today announced at the Restaurant Facility Management Association’s (RFMA) annual conference that Energy Management Collaborative (EMC), a Minnesota-based lighting solutions provider, will become a part of its reseller partner network.

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With presence in similar markets, GridPoint and EMC both focus on delivering maximum energy and operational savings to their customers. GridPoint’s unique energy management solution includes granular submetering and monitoring, intelligent control, cloud-based software and professional services that generate energy, operational and maintenance savings up to 30% with a payback of 24 months or less. EMC specializes in energy audits, lighting retrofits and maintenance services that provide significant energy and bottom line savings. The combination of both solutions creates an even stronger value proposition to customers.

“EMC is excited to begin working with GridPoint,” said Jerry Johnson, President and CEO at EMC. “GridPoint has proven solutions that will increase the value we present to current and future customers. We are looking forward to a strong collaborative effort with the GridPoint team that will deliver industry leading solutions.”

“By adding EMC as a reseller partner we are gaining another dimension of energy savings that we can offer to customers,” said Mark Danzenbaker, President at GridPoint. “EMC’s expertise in lighting installation, design, maintenance, and efficiency will strongly complement our energy management solutions and maximize a customer’s overall return on investment.”

About EMC

Energy Management Collaborative provides best-in-class lighting conversion systems and service solutions with both speed and quality to maximize energy and bottom line savings. Driving energy savings while delivering improved lighting for industrial, commercial and retail market leaders across North America since 2003, EMC's turnkey project management approach, EnergyMAXX, provides customers with energy audits, design services, incentive management, procurement and logistical services, lighting retrofits and maintenance services.

About GridPoint

GridPoint is an innovator in comprehensive, data-driven energy management solutions (EMS) that leverage the power of real-time data collection, big data analytics and cloud computing to maximize energy savings, operational efficiency, capital utilization and sustainability benefits. GridPoint’s integrated energy management portfolio of asset-level submetering and monitoring, intelligent control, energy management software and professional services can generate energy savings up to 30% and an 18-36 month payback.

GridPoint solutions are deployed at over 10,000 sites with over 100 billion customer data points collected to date, and 75 million added daily. Customers include 5 of the top 10 retailers by total sales, 3 of the top 10 casual dining restaurants, 5 of the top 20 quick serve restaurants, leading commercial and industrial enterprises and major government and educational institutions. To learn more, visit GridPoint.com, and keep up with the latest GridPoint news via LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/gridpoint and Twitter @GridPoint.

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