HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 
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Designed and managed by Honeywell Utility Solutions, Cool Control Plus provides lodging owners with free, energy-saving retrofits designed to eliminate wasteful use of air conditioning and heating. The program was launched in 2006 and met the initial conservation target set by the utility -- a 12-million-kilowatt-hour (kWh) savings in annual electricity use -- a year ahead of schedule.
Given the success of the program and sustained customer demand, PG&E
extended funding for Cool Control Plus through 2008. Honeywell expects to save
an additional 11 million kWh of electricity and retrofit approximately 12,000
hotel and motel rooms with the extension. Combined with the first phase of
work, the program is expected to save enough power annually to light the
"Reducing energy consumption through programs like Cool Control Plus
minimizes the need for additional power plants and reduces greenhouse gas
emissions," said
Hotel and motel rooms are often vacant for a significant part of the day. Because most rooms are not equipped with sophisticated energy-management equipment, air-conditioning and heating units operate all day long -- whether rooms are occupied or not. This wastes energy and drives up electricity bills, especially during peak summer months when air conditioning use is at its highest.
Under Cool Control Plus, Honeywell works with participating hotels and
motels to install occupancy sensors in each room to reduce the use of air
conditioning and heating equipment when the rooms are not occupied. The
occupancy sensors help cut consumption by 1,100 kWh per room per year on
average. As a result, motel owners can save up to
Installation and hardware costs are free of charge to lodging operators. In addition, Honeywell replaces outdated interior and exterior lighting fixtures with high-efficiency lamps, and installs energy-saving technology on cold drink vending machines to curb the energy consumption of refrigeration equipment.
"Cool Control Plus makes both fiscal and environmental sense, which is why
the response from lodging owners has been so remarkable," said
The program is available to hotel and motel operators in most of the PG&E
service territory (Monterey,
For more information about Cool Control Plus, lodging owners can call 866-918-7822 or visit http://www.coolcontrolplus.com. And for more information about Honeywell Utility Solutions, part of Honeywell Building Solutions, visit http://www.honeywell.com/utility.
Honeywell International is a
PG&E is a national leader in helping its customers use energy efficiency as a cost-effective way of reducing their energy bills and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Over the past three decades, PG&E's 85 distinct residential and commercial energy efficiency programs have helped its customers save more than 118 million megawatt-hours of electricity and 10.7 billion therms of natural gas. These joint efforts have resulted in enough saved electricity to power over 18 million homes and enough annual natural gas to heat 15 million homes, while preventing over 125 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.
This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of fact, that address activities, events or developments that we or our management intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's assumptions and assessments in light of past experience and trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other relevant factors. They are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those envisaged by our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements are also subject to risks and uncertainties, which can affect our performance in both the near- and long-term. We identify the principal risks and uncertainties that affect our performance in our Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cool Control Plus(R) is a registered trademark of Honeywell International Inc.
California consumers are not obligated to purchase any full-fee service or other service not funded by this program. This program is funded by California utility ratepayers under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.
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