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VYCON's Clean Energy Solution Wins Bronze Award From Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine
Sustainable Solution to Backup Power Helps Advance Cost-Effective Green IT Initiatives
| Source: VYCON
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - September 2, 2009) - VYCON (www.vyconenergy.com) the designer
and manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-speed energy storage
flywheel systems, today announced that its new VDC and VDC-XE Direct
Connect DC backup systems have been honored by the engineering audience of
Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine with the Bronze award in the
publication's coveted 2009 Product of the Year competition.
VYCON's flywheel systems are as sustainable as they are reliable which is
why their systems are being deployed around the globe in mission-critical
operations such as data centers, hospitals, universities, broadcast studios
and manufacturing plants to protect critical computing equipment from
damaging and costly power outages and to provide a greener solution over
battery-based uninterruptible power systems (UPSs).
"The Product of the Year competition illuminates the products design
engineers and specifiers are valuing for Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing
(MEP) systems in nonresidential buildings. In this tough economy,
construction and operating budgets are under stress while sustainability
issues for energy, water, and materials are growing. Flexibility,
modularity, efficiency, and durability seemed to be factors shared by many
of this year's winners," said Michael Ivanovich, Consulting-Specifying
Engineer magazine's editor-in-chief.
"We're very pleased to once again be recognized by a distinguished group of
engineers and consultants who understand the need for cleaner and more
reliable power backup systems," said Frank DeLattre, President of VYCON.
"Our VDC and VDC-XE Direct Connect UPS systems offer a lower Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO) than traditional battery-reliant UPS systems offering very
reliable and environmentally friendly backup power."
As a continued testament to VYCON's clean approach to power protection, the
company so far this year has experienced a 500 percent growth in orders for
its VDC line of flywheel backup systems for UPS. "We are absolutely
ecstatic about the traction we are seeing in the market for our flywheel
energy storage systems, not only in orders received so far this year, but
our growing pipeline of project opportunities," commented DeLattre. "What
is most satisfying is we are receiving repeat orders from existing
customers which is testimony to the product's performance and value
proposition."
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has estimated that the annual
cost of interruptions and power quality events at $104 billion to $164
billion annually. Protecting critical computing systems against power
interruptions has become a priority for C-level executives and IT/facility
personnel. Moreover, Info-Tech Research named flywheel technology one of
the 10 savviest IT investments for 2009. According to Info-Tech's 2009 tech
preview, "One of the least-known, but most valuable green products for the
data center is the flywheel, which essentially stores energy for use when
power is interrupted. It is a clean and cost-effective alternative to
battery-based uninterruptible power supplies."
VYCON is an innovator in the design and manufacturing of technologically
advanced flywheel energy storage systems that enable a highly reliable,
cost-effective and "green" energy storage solution for a variety of
applications. The company's REGEN flywheel systems, used in regenerative
power applications such as container cargo handling crane applications and
light electric rail, reduce power and energy costs to port and rail
operators as well as provide a reduction in green house gasses.
Key to VYCON's flywheel superiority and dependability is its ability to
discharge and recharge very quickly when called upon during power outages.
VYCON's fleet of VDC, VDC-XE and REGEN systems have logged a record
million-plus discharge and recharge cycles -- in very demanding
applications that oftentimes call on the VYCON systems to discharge and
recharge every two minutes.
For more information on VYCON's innovative green power solutions, contact
VYCON at 714-386-3800 or visit VYCON's web site at: www.vyconenergy.com.