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Honeywell Honored With California's Prestigious 'Flex Your Power' Award

Posted on: Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 08:03 CST

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced it has received an award from Flex Your Power, California's statewide energy-efficiency campaign. The award is for the company's Cool Control Plus(R) program, which has reduced electricity consumption for hundreds of small hotels and motels throughout the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) service area in northern and central California.

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To date, the program has cut energy use by more than 25 million kilowatt- hours (kWh) -- enough energy to light the Golden Gate Bridge for more than 50 years. Over the lifecycle of the measures installed, Honeywell expects to achieve energy savings of more than 375 million kWh.

Launched in 2006 and funded by PG&E, Cool Control Plus provides lodging owners with free, energy-saving retrofits. Honeywell works with participating hotels and motels to install comprehensive energy-efficiency measures, including occupancy sensors to reduce the use of air-conditioning and heating equipment when rooms are empty. Cool Control Plus is cutting consumption by 1,150 gross kWh per room per year on average. As a result, motel owners can save up to $170 per room annually.

Honeywell also replaces outdated interior and exterior lighting fixtures with high-efficiency lamps, and installs energy-saving technology on cold drink vending machines to curb the energy consumption of refrigeration equipment.

"Many hotel and motel owners operate on shoestring budgets, and have not had the capital or staff to participate in energy-efficiency programs," said Paul Orzeske, president of Honeywell Building Solutions, part of the Automation and Control Solutions business group. "Cool Control Plus removes these barriers so they can improve their efficiency and lower their utility bills. This innovative program is both fiscally and environmentally smart, which is why PG&E continues to offer it to more hotels and motels each year."

The company has retrofitted more than 27,000 rooms under the program. And these upgrades have helped cut annual carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 39 million pounds. According to Pacific Gas and Electric's carbon emissions data, this equates to removing 2,400 cars from the road each year for the life of the measures, a minimum of 10 years starting in 2009.

Flex Your Power chose 15 award winners in the energy efficiency category from several hundred applicants. More than 45 organizations were recognized overall.

"The awards present an opportunity for California to congratulate the leadership shown by this year's winners, who have demonstrated that we can all save money and the environment," said Walter McGuire, director of Flex Your Power. "By reducing their energy use, this year's Flex Your Power award winners have saved more than $227 million, 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours, 122 billion gallons of water, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1.3 billion pounds."

In addition to the California Energy Commission, Flex Your Power Award winners were selected by senior representatives from the California Independent System Operator, League of California Cities, Building Owners and Managers Association, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, Association of California Water Agencies and Southern California Edison. For more information on the 6th Annual Flex Your Power Awards, visit http://www.FlexYourPower.org.

Honeywell Utility Solutions, a division of Honeywell Building Solutions, is a utility services leader that delivers the full complement of energy conservation, demand response and smart metering programs. The business designs, markets and implements programs that homeowners and businesses want to join and stay with, helping utilities meet their energy management goals. For more information, visit http://www.honeywell.com/utility.

Honeywell International is a $37 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London and Chicago Stock Exchanges. For additional information, please visit http://www.honeywell.com. Honeywell Building Solutions is part of the Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions business group, a global leader in providing product and service solutions that improve efficiency and profitability, support regulatory compliance, and maintain safe, comfortable environments in homes, buildings and industry. For more information about Building Solutions, access http://www.honeywell.com/buildingsolutions.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of fact, that address activities, events or developments that we or our management intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's assumptions and assessments in light of past experience and trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other relevant factors. They are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those envisaged by our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements are also subject to risks and uncertainties, which can affect our performance in both the near- and long-term. We identify the principal risks and uncertainties that affect our performance in our Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cool Control Plus(R) is a registered trademark of Honeywell International Inc.

California consumers are not obligated to purchase any full-fee service or other service not funded by this program. This program is funded by California utility ratepayers under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.

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