Research Firm Finds Cypress Envirosystems Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat Can Teach Old Buildings New Smart Grid Connectivity T...
June 30 2010 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Cypress Envirosystems, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor
Corp. (Nasdaq: CY), today announced that a new report from the ARC
Advisory Group finds that the Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat (WPT)
opens up smart grid connectivity for older buildings with “dumb”
pneumatic HVAC systems. Estimates suggest up to 70 percent of
existing buildings in the United States use pneumatic HVAC systems,
with approximately 60 million pneumatic thermostats still in use
today.
The author of the report, Joe Gillespie, Building Automation
System Analyst at the ARC Advisory Group, commented, “Given the
current economic climate, ARC anticipates as much as 75 percent of
near term market potential in the North American building
automation industry will come from existing buildings that need to
be updated or retrofitted. The majority of these buildings will be
retrofitted with intelligent automation components that preserve
previous system investments in lieu of deploying completely new
systems in order to save time, reduce cost, and minimize business
disruptions. Partnering with Cypress Envirosystems will allow
suppliers to leverage the boom in the retrofit sector of the
building automation market and secure business that would otherwise
be lost.”
The report states that, “Suppliers that align themselves with
Cypress Envirosystems will have an inherent advantage when
competing for retrofit projects, particularly those involving
pneumatic HVAC systems. Providing a quick, minimally invasive,
low-cost installation that utilizes the existing system while
outfitting it for digital control will help unlock the vast
opportunity that currently exists in the building automation
retrofit market.”
The full report, entitled “Comprehensive Building Retrofit
Solutions Provide Opportunities for Growth in a Challenging
Economic Climate,” is available at
http://www.arcweb.com/Domains/Building-Automation/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=12.
More info on the WPT is available at
www.cypressenvirosystems.com/products-wpt.php.
“We are very happy to see a respected organization such as ARC
validate the energy-savings, painless installation and fast payback
of our WPT,” said Harry Sim, CEO of Cypress Envirosystems. “We
agree whole-heartedly with the findings that the current economic
climate and the government stimulus funding make this an ideal time
to retrofit older buildings that have dumb HVAC technology so that
they can plug into the Smart Grid. Our customers are leveraging the
WPT and the current conditions to save both energy and money.”
The report states that government funding “will undoubtedly
provide a spark to the building retrofit sector for the next couple
of years and, as a result, ARC expects the retrofit market to be
the strongest sector of the building automation market over this
period.”
About the Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat
The patent-pending WPT solution retrofits existing pneumatic
thermostats to deliver direct digital control (DDC) functionality
in minutes. Compared with the cost to implement conventional DDC
retrofit, the WPT costs 80% less, pays back in 18 months or
shorter, and can be installed in under 20 minutes with minimal
disruption of occupants. It enables remote temperature sensing and
control of setpoints, programmable zone control and night setback,
automatic self-calibration, BACnet integration with existing
automation systems, and communication with utility Demand Response
programs. Sensor data gathered by the WPT is used for retro and
ongoing commissioning to save energy and reduce maintenance
costs.
About ARC
Founded in 1986, ARC Advisory Group (www.arcweb.com) is the
leading research and advisory firm for manufacturing, energy, and
supply chain solutions. Coverage of technology from sensors and
automation to production, design, and business systems makes ARC
Advisory Group the go-to firm for manufacturers around the
world.
About Cypress Envirosystems, Inc.
Cypress Envirosystems is a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor
(NASDAQ: CY). Its mission is to save energy and improve
productivity in older plants and buildings, using state-of-the-art
non-invasive and wireless technologies to minimize disruption and
cost, delivering payback of 18 months or less. Visit Cypress
Envirosystems at www.CypressEnvirosystems.com.
About Cypress
Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable
solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and
exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the flagship
PSoC® programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives such as
PowerPSoC® solutions for high-voltage and LED lighting
applications, CapSense® touch sensing and TrueTouch™ solutions for
touchscreens. Cypress is the world leader in USB controllers,
including the high-performance West Bridge® solution that enhances
connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress is
also a leader in high-performance memories and programmable timing
devices. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, mobile
handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial
and military. Cypress trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at
www.cypress.com.
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