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AirTest Receives Award For Energy Savings Initiatives In Retail Chain Stores
DELTA, BC, March 21, 2014 - AirTest Technologies (TSXV: AAT) is pleased to announce that it has won a Partnership Awar
--->d for Innovative Energy Solutions based on a six year project to retrofit Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada with
---> AirTest CO2 sensors used for demand controlled ventilation (DCV). In this project AirTest partnered and worked close
--->ly with Sandcastle Energy Systems the installing contractor. Through the use of AirTest CO2 transmitters in the DCV p
--->rogram, Shoppers Drug Mart was able to achieve significant reduction of electrical and natural gas loads. In the prov
--->ince of Ontario, Shoppers Drug Mart has lowered energy and maintenance costs at over 240 sites in Enbridge Gas territo
--->ry, over 150 sites in Union Gas territory and at over 750 sites across Canada. The DCV retrofit program was establish
--->ed in over 90% of Shoppers Drug Mart's large format stores.
The award was presented to AirTest by Energy Solutions Center (ESC), based in Washington, DC, which is a non-profit or
--->ganization of 54 energy utilities and 51 equipment manufacturers that work together to bring new, energy efficient nat
--->ural gas solutions to residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
Also receiving an award were the large retail chain Canadian Tire and their engineering group Inviro Engineered System
--->s who worked with Union Gas to install AirTest CO2 transmitters in sixty-five Canadian Tire retail stores in the Union
---> Gas franchise area. A DCV installation ensures the stores are never over or under ventilated, so it reduces unnece
--->ssary heating and cooling. This initiative saves Canadian Tire over 1,200,000 cubic meters of natural gas a year the
--->reby reducing Canadian Tire energy costs by over $240,000 annually.
Mike Schell, VP Marketing & Business Development at AirTest, worked closely with Shoppers, Sandcastle and Enbridge Gas
---> in Ontario to develop a CO2 DCV value proposition for big box retailers. This has resulted in a DCV retrofit rebate
--->program throughout Ontario sponsored by the Ontario gas utilities. Schell pointed out that "our CO2 DCV energy analys
--->is program, which is available free from our web site, has been used by a number of utilities like Enbridge, to qualif
--->y DCV retrofit energy savings for possible rebates, and to calculate the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions resulti
--->ng from the various retrofit applications."
AirTest has also been involved in a number of other DCV retrofit projects with our CO2 sensors being installed in big
--->box stores including Lowe's, IKEA, Target, and Kroger stores in various parts of North America. AirTest has also supp
--->lied sensors for hundreds of school retrofits, some universities, civic buildings, airports, and many other buildings
--->where there are variable occupancy patterns.
According to AirTest President George Graham, "the energy savings and greenhouse gas reduction from our technology is
--->significant. Based on the past 3 years, our sales of sensors used in DCV applications total 73,000 which will provide
---> energy savings of an estimated 530 million kWh per year and result in an annual greenhouse gas reduction of 420,000 t
--->ons of CO2. According to US EPA statistics, this is equivalent to operating 82,000 passenger vehicles for a year, or
--->providing electricity for 55,000 homes for a year. We are proud of the role we play in energy conservation as a green
---> technology company."
About AirTest: AirTest Technologies (www.airtest.com) is a Green-Tech company specializing in sensors that improve co
--->mmercial building operating efficiency and at the same time create energy savings. These sensors are all based on tech
--->nical innovations developed in the last ten years, and comprise a growing second wave of energy saving technologies th
--->at will make a significant contribution to the Sustainable Buildings Program. AirTest offers its products to leading-
--->edge building owners, contractors and energy service companies targeting the buildings market. AirTest also provides
--->energy cost reduction solutions to building equipment and controls manufacturers who incorporate AirTest sensor compon
--->ents in their products.
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--->l facts are "forward looking statements". The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the s
--->afe harbours created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any
--->time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from the expected results.
For further information, please contact:
Mr. George Graham, President
Phone: (604) 517 3888
Fax : (604) 517 3900
Email: ggraham@airtest.com
Website: www.airtest.com
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