Companies Combine Rich Analytic Data with an Engaging In-Home Energy Management
Solution to Empower Consumers with Billing and Usage Information
Santa Clara, CA – Jan. 6, 2009 – Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, and
APOGEE Interactive announced a strategic relationship today to incorporate Apogee’s energy analysis software into the Control4® home area network solution, the Energy Management System 100. By analyzing and presenting the data gathered by the Energy Management System 100 in an easy-tounderstand interface and linking that with control-over-home devices, consumers can see the impact of changing their usage and realize substantial energy savings in the home.
While billions of dollars are poured into upgrading the energy infrastructure and creating the smart grid, consumers are a crucial piece of the solution. The Control4® Energy Management System with Apogee enables consumers to participate and understand their role in managing their energy use.
“So many people talk about the smart grid and smart metering in terms of providing data to consumers,” said Joel Gilbert, chief software architect and cofounder of APOGEE Interactive. “But you need more than just energy usage data. You have to enrich the data with analysis and a compelling interface to keep consumers engaged for the long run. That’s what this partnership delivers.”
This strategic relationship marks the first time Apogee’s software will be available on an in-home device, and will enable the Control4 Energy Management System 100 to turn multiple streams of energy-related data into actionable information consumers can use to monitor and make changes to their home energy usage. For example, the Energy Management System will be able to forecast how much energy a consumer will use based on past usage patterns, allowing the consumer to make changes to lower their utility bill before it arrives.
“Apogee is a well respected partner to more than 400 utilities and AMI companies looking to deliver data to their consumers via the Internet,” said Will West, chief executive officer of Control4. “We’re excited to be the first to leverage this proven capability in an in-home display. It’s a win for utilities, and will be a win for consumers too.”
By leveraging the Control4 Energy Management System 100, utilities can provide consumers a transparent view of their usage and billing information – right on their in-home display. The total
Control4 product experience can increase customer participation in demand response and energy efficiency programs. This increased customer satisfaction will in turn reduce energy management and customer service costs.
For more information on Control4® Energy Systems, please visit www.control4.com.
For more information about Apogee Interactive Inc., please visit www.apogee.net
About Control4
As the operating system for the connected home, Control4 products bring home automation and control to the broad market. Control4® technology is at the heart of an expanding ecosystem of leading consumer electronics products designed to work together with ease. Control4 develops and delivers award-winning control software and hardware for controlling virtually any room, home or building from

anywhere at any time. Control4 is the affordable, easy to use, and easy to install solution for digital living. From total energy management with the company’s Energy Management System 100, to effortless entertainment; from whole-home lighting control to comprehensive security systems,
Control4 is the platform for managing all the pieces of today’s connected life.
Apogee Interactive Inc.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Apogee is a leading provider of online energy analysis applications for the utility industry. More than 400 investor-owned, cooperative and public power systems currently use
Apogee’s customer- and company-facing energy-use analysis tools, call center programs, Web content modules, website development and hosting services. The company's consumers span a wide range of energy utilities including Southern Company Services (NYSE: SO), American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP),
Entergy (NYSE: ETR), FPL (NYSE: FPL), Puget Sound Energy, SMUD, BG&E, Tennessee Valley Authority,
Jackson EMC, and NOVEC.