Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) has announced that the Olympic Village in Beijing is using Echelon's LonWorks® technology to create an energy efficiency lighting control system. Lighting is expected to consume as much as a third of the electricity supplied to the Olympic Village during the Games. The smart control system integrates all lighting subsystems to optimize energy usage while maintaining a safe and aesthetically pleasing environment for the athletes  contributing to the government's pledge to stage a "green Olympics."

Beijing is committed to reducing energy and water consumption per unit of GDP by five percent this year as part of a push for a 'recycling economy' in time for the Olympics.

Mon Jul 21 08:10:00 CDT 2008