PhoenixET Named Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association’s Vendor of the Year

Irvine, CA, April 20, 2012, – The Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (PRSM) has named Phoenix Energy TechnologiesVendor of the Year.  The PRSM Association’s most prestigious honor, the Vendor of the Year Award recognizes excellence of performance by a vendor, supplier or consultant to the retail store maintenance profession.

Phoenix Energy Technologies will be honored at a live award ceremony at the PRSM National Conference in Anaheim, California on Friday, April 20, 2012.  Hailed as PRSM’s highest honor, finalists were selected based on a variety of criteria including professionalism, integrity and character, leadership within the facilities management industry, and ultimately, the nominee’s service as a role model for the industry.  Final selection was based on PRSM membership votes.

A PRSM member since its founding day, Phoenix Energy Technologies has served as strategic partner and vendor in the retail sector for nearly a decade. With deep retail facility knowledge, coupled with continued enterprise energy management (EEM) innovation, PhoenixET drives measurable reductions to energy consumption and costs across its customer’s building portfolios.  Its solutions require no new hardware and no on-site installation, which makes PhoenixET’s software and services EEM model an attractive solution for large, geographically dispersed enterprises such as retailers.

“It is an honor to be recognized by PRSM and its members as Vendor of the Year.  Through our longstanding relationship with PRSM and our strategic and focused service to the retail community, PhoenixET is committed to providing sustainable value on behalf of our customers and the environment,” says CEO and founder, Lisa M. Varga.  “By leveraging a technology platform that requires no new hardware and no on-site installation, together with an innovative services arm, we are proud to help our retail customers reduce their costs and carbon footprints through a redefined approach to energy management.”

About Phoenix Energy Technologies                                                    

Founded in 2004, Phoenix Energy Technologies is a leading provider of Enterprise Energy Management (EEM) software and services, working with customers to diagnose opportunities and implement strategies that reduce energy consumption and costs.  Through real time measurement and verification, PhoenixET helps its customers gain greater visibility to energy data across their building portfolios and turns data into cost-saving action. Phoenix works with some of the most recognized names in retail, as well as university and commercial customers in the U.S. and Canada.

About PRSM

PRSM is the authority on retail and multi-site facilities management.  For more than 16 years, PRSM has been the leading membership organization empowering retail facilities professionals by delivering industry best practices, education, forums and partnerships. PRSM has an actively engaged community of multi-site retailers and reputable vendor partners who value business relationships, lifelong learning, industry credibility and recognition. Members depend on PRSM to help them achieve success and a competitive advantage through quality programs and resources.

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