(DELMAR, Md.) -- The 6,000-seat Wicomico County Civic Center in Salisbury, Maryland saw its electricity usage drop between 20 to 30 percent and its positive environmental contribution rise after Shore Energy Systems, Inc. of Delmar installed technologies designed and developed and manufactured by Energy Automation Systems, Inc. (EASI), a worldwide energy cost-savings company.

“After the payback the savings goes straight to the bottom line,” said Chuck Rousseau, manager of the civic center. “We’re a governmental entity, so when I request money for electric needs now I can ask for significantly less. We’re very fortunate we were proactive and went with the EASI system.”

Baltimore’s East Point Mall, built in 1956, was one of the city’s first indoor shopping malls. In 2007, Shore Energy estimated that EASI systems would cut mall electricity use by 12.5 percent. However, the actual figure was more than 20 percent.

“We’re very pleased that we have exceeded the guaranteed kilowatt savings,” said Geri Moore, general manager of East Point Mall. “It has a direct effect on our bottom line, and we’re happy that there is an environmental benefit as well.”

Rising energy costs stymie business growth, hamper employment and hinder productivity. In its nine years in business, Shore Energy Systems, an affiliate of Energy Automation Systems, Inc, (EASI), sells and installs its systems that guarantee energy cost and usage reductions for customers that include manufacturing operations, golf courses, a bottling company, restaurants, a hotel, and nearly 60 other area facilities.

“EASI systems enable businesses to improve their electrical system power quality and eliminate waste,” said Pete Bubas, owner of Shore Energy Systems. “We can help any business that pays an electric bill. That’s our report card, the electric bill.”

EASI has engineered energy conservation technologies that give businesses an immediate financial - and environmental - return, says Bubas.
“EASI technologies significantly reduce greenhouse gases,” he said. “In today’s economic and energy world, businesses are searching for ways to save money and help the environment. EASI systems offer them a solution for both needs.”

Shore Energy Systems first reviews a business’s last 12 to 14 months of electric bills, conducts a facility walk-through and arranges for a full energy use survey. The survey results lead to the guaranteed energy savings Bubas determines EASI equipment will achieve.

“If we estimate that we can’t save the client at least 10 percent, we refund the survey cost,” Bubas said.  “Thus far we have not had to make a single refund.  If the survey shows energy savings of 11 percent or more, that’s what we guarantee.”

EASI provides an immediate solution to the nation’s energy needs, Bubas said.

“A lot of attention is focused on alternative fuels and energy sources, and in the long run that’s a good thing,” he said. “But imagine what it would mean for our country’s energy independence and economic health if every business could cut its energy use by 10 to 30 percent. The point is, it’s achievable, and it’s achievable right now through EASI technologies.”