BOULDER, Colo., April 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Energy Conservation Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ENYC), a landmark technology company ("Econ"), releases technical information on formal testing done by Independent Testing Laboratories, Inc., ITL, of Boulder Colorado.
Independent Testing Laboratories, Inc., (ITL), of Boulder, Colorado is one of a few prestigious and recognized laboratories in the USA that routinely conducts independent tests on ballasts and lamps. Recently, they have completed testing one of Econ's 220V, 250W High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lamp Electronic ballast. A brief summary of the test results is as follows:
a) At nominal line voltage of 220V AC, the ballast consumes
-- 261W electrical power. Of this, the power consumed by the
lamp is -- 235W. The light output factor is -- 97.4%.
b) The ballast meets and exceeds ANSI (American National Standard
Institute) 250W HPS lamp life and lamp power trapezoid
requirements. ANSI trapezoid and Econ ballast trapezoids are
attached for comparison.
c) Based on trapezoid results and comparisons, it can be stated
that Econ 250W HPS electronic ballast when compared with a
magnetic ballast, at full light level, will save in excess of
50W electrical energy over lamp life. At 30% dimming level,
Econ ballasts will save an additional 50W.
d) Econ ballast will maintain lumen output at least 15% better
than magnetic ballasts.
Fazle Quazi, Chairman of the Board, commented that, "This is truly exciting news for ECON, energy conservation in the lighting arena, governments and heavy users of HID technology that are seeking ways to reduce lighting energy costs."
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About Energy Conservation Technologies, Inc.
Energy Conservation Technologies, Inc. holds a patent for "Control Circuit for power factor corrected electronic ballasts and power supplies," patent No: 6,359,395, granted on March 19, 2002 developed by its founder, Fazle Quazi. The current patent covers power factor corrections and controlling energy into bulbs and power supplies such as: computer servers, copy machines, compact fluorescent lamps, power supplies to the telecom industry, inverters used to convert DC power to AC power (120 Volts), automobiles specialty lighting, solar and wind power generators, and fuel cells.
New patent applications involving the lighting industry are now being drafted after extensive testing. These new designs will revolutionize the HID lighting industry, annually a $2 billion dollar market in the United States and over $10 billion on an international basis. Econ's HID electronic ballasts will be available at costs comparable to magnetic ballasts, reducing ballast weight by a factor of 10 and saving an estimated 35 percent of electrical energy over magnetic ballast usage. Econ has begun development of electronic ballasts for the new high-wattage compact fluorescent bulbs, scaling down its existing designs for this purpose.
Econ is committed to keep its technology on the cutting edge of both the HID electronic ballast world and emerging developments for high power compact electronic fluorescent bulbs that will replace incandescent bulbs and in some cases HID bulbs used for flood lighting, gymnasiums, high ceiling applications and specialty and architectural lighting.
Discussions are now in progress with a major lighting manufacturer in Mexico and with a Fortune 500 company regarding licensing our patents and future patent filings.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT DISCLAIMER:
Statements describing objectives or goals or our future plans are forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including among other factors our financial performance, our ability to license or market our new designs and the performance of those designs, the market for ballasts, and other technological developments in ballasts and lighting in general, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in this release.