Applied Sciences Group, Inc.

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Buffalo, NY -- August 12, 2008 -- Applied Sciences Group is the recipient of the 2008 Frost and Sullivan North American Innovation Award in the field of energy management software, for their Timber 32 energy management program suite. ASG's Timber 32 software is designed around an innovative architecture that gives facility managers greater control, functionality and schedule flexibility for their heating, cooling, lighting and power management systems.

Applied Sciences Group, Inc. provides software engineering solutions for various markets with applications that range from industrial automation and machine controls to embedded systems for medical devices and custom software solutions. ASG was founded in 1993, initially serving the factory automation and software solutions needs of manufacturing firms and other companies throughout the Western New York area. Over the last 15 years their solutions have been deployed in plants and retail facilities around the world.

Applied Sciences Group, Inc. uses an open system architecture that works with the majority of third party energy management component controllers. That interoperability and flexibility translates to a more cost effective energy management system and lower maintenance and system upgrade costs.

The Timber Software suite was originally developed in the early 1990's. The Timber 32 system integrates with Microsoft Windows. The software monitors and controls all aspects of a building's lighting, ventilating, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems by measuring unit activation status, temperature and pressure metrics of all makes and types of existing equipment.

The Timber system open architecture communicates through Modbus and LonTalk protocols, as well as the OPC open standard. The software is written primarily in Visual Basic with low-level drivers in C. The Timber user interface is easy to understand and use. The system has a central processor that communicates with all the various controllers in the system. From the display console a user can view all devices within a facility and/or drill down to specific system or geographic areas of the building.

The control function reads the status of the different devices and makes the data available in real time so that the user can override or alter the control parameters in order to adjust environmental conditions while maximizing energy efficiency for those conditions.

What this means to customers is that their requirements drive the functionality of their building's energy management system with no restrictions from specific hardware vendors system or protocols.

Buildings of today need to reduce the amount of energy consumed and to ensure lower operating costs in the future. Energy management systems like Timber address the growing demand for sustainable energy management and conservation techniques. ASG is a major contributor to the development and further awareness of energy management systems that promote interoperability and flexibility for end users. Because of this, Frost & Sullivan is pleased to honor Applied Sciences Group, Inc. with the Technology Innovation Award for 2008 in the field of building energy management software.