(June 3, 2009) -- Initially skeptical of technologies he thought sounded too good be true, the operations director of the Congressional Country Club has seen an 18 percent drop in the club’s kilowatt hour usage in the four months since installing energy-saving technologies engineered and manufactured by Energy Automation Systems, Inc. (EASI).

 An 18 percent reduction results in yearly savings of more than $122,000.

EASI equipment is now being installed in the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. (home of the NBA Wizards and NHL Capitals), and projections are that it will save more than 10 percent on the Center’s electric bill, or some $25,000 per month, said Joe Haley, owner of EnergyPro LLC, of Potomac, Md., the local affiliate of Energy Automation Systems, Inc.

“The Congressional Country Club and Verizon Center hired us to put our energy savings solutions to work for them,” said Haley. “We guarantee the savings our equipment will produce after we survey the customer’s energy usage and savings potential.”

The Congressional Country Club is highly pleased with the results, said Mike Troyner, the club’s operations director.

.  “Out of the gate I was somewhat skeptical of what they could do for us, particularly when you’re looking at a project of this size,” he said. “Initially they promised us savings a little under 13 percent but it’s trending at 18 percent in kilowatt hours saved. 

“My skepticism has evaporated,” added Troyner. “We’re going to be putting even more equipment online, so our savings should become even greater.”

Nashville, Tenn.-based Energy Automation Systems, Inc. (EASI) helps reduce energy usage and foreign oil dependence by projecting – and guaranteeing – customer energy savings.

In 31 years in business, thousands of installations of EASI’s 11 technologies have been made in the U.S. and 65 foreign countries. Client energy savings generally range between 10 and 30 percent.

General Electric, BP, Conagra and the Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) are some of the companies that use EASI equipment to cut their energy costs.

 EASI also analyzes the types of fuels used to generate electricity for its customers and computes resulting greenhouse gas reductions customers achieve through their energy savings.

“Until a few years ago business owners were only interested in what our equipment would do to reduce their electric bills; however, today there is almost a corresponding level of interest in how EASI equipment can add to a company’s environmental status,” said Joe Merlo, EASI’s chief executive officer.

“We have refined, perfected and grown our inventory of technologies that require no maintenance, can be installed without interfering with a company’s operations and have a life cycle of over 20 years,” he added.

EASI technologies can be immediately employed by businesses to reduce their energy consumption and bills, said Dr. Paul Bleiweis, EASI president. Bleiweis earned his doctorate in nuclear science and engineering from UCLA.

 “Our products eliminate the inefficiencies and excess heat carried by virtually all electrical systems,” Bleiweis said. “Any business that pays an electric bill is a candidate to have their bottom line helped by EASI.”

Merlo said EASI or its affiliates conduct an energy survey of potential clients. From the review an estimate of energy savings is provided to the customer. If the actual savings fails to meet the projection, EASI would make up the difference. Its guarantees are through Lloyd’s of London.
“In the 17 years we’ve been offering this guarantee we’ve never had to pay out a dime,” Merlo said. “That’s another illustration of the efficiency of our technologies”

 Haley, who started his company two years ago after spending most of his career as “a finance guy working on a trading desk,” said EnergyPro has become “extremely busy.”

 “The demand is growing exponentially,” he said. “We did five energy surveys for customers in May and seven are lined up for June. Businesses don’t want to keep being trapped in this by never-ending increases in their electric bills; EASI’s equipment makes a huge difference on a company’s bottom line.”