LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. August 2001 -- AcquiSuite^TM, developed by Obvius, is the first, mass-market building information service that integrates pulse and analog signals from building automation systems and existing sensors and meters to produce one uniform report.

AcquiSuite offers the lowest total installed cost for logging building data because it eliminates the need for costly customized software, which has been a significant deterrent to building owners.

AcquiSuite includes a remote energy information server, input/output (I/O) module and BuildingManagerOnline.com site that log and provide access to, and analysis of, near real time data. It measures consumption of electricity, gas, water, steam, and anything else that flows, as well as temperature, pressure, humidity and CO₂.

Authorized users can use the data to better understand usage patterns, which enable them to reduce expenses, improve tenant comfort and predict maintenance requirements.

The service also empowers users to aggregate data from multiple sites, benchmark building operations performance, verify energy savings and utility costs, and allocate costs to departments or tenants.

The service brings "plug and play" capability to building data acquisition, dramatically reducing the time and training required to put a typical building online. Installation and system configuration normally take about two hours. The communication path can be LAN, WAN, the Internet, or standard analog phone lines.

The ability to use industry standard analog and pulse inputs is what allows AcquiSuite to gather a wide range of building data. It uses TCP/IP protocols to present data in flexible, industry standard databases, spreadsheets, graphs, charts and other formats.

AcquiSuite assures data integrity and security. A real time clock accurately time stamps data at user-selected intervals and the BuildingManagerOnline.com site stores the data in nonvolatile memory. Password access protects confidential information.

For more information on AcquiSuite, call 609-731-0866 or visit www.BuildingManagerOnline.com.

About Obvius Obvius is a company of the Schneider Electric Corporation, a French firm with holdings in the U.S., including Square D. Schneider incubated Obvius and spun it off as a separate company after Obvius successfully developed and tested the AcquiSuite service, which promises to 'rewrite' how building information is captured, displayed and managed. Jim Lewis, Obvius chairman and chief executive officer, previously had founded and built Veris Industries, the leading supplier of current- and power-sensing products to all major building automation system manufacturers. He sold Veris to Square D in May 1999. Joe Polaski, Obvius president and chief operating officer, previously was president of MMSI, one of the most successful companies in the Web-enabled data measuring and monitoring market.