Jan 24-26, 2012: REGEN exhibiting at DistribuTECH 2012
Visit REGEN Energy in booth 4035 at DistribuTECH 2012, held this year in San Antonio, Texas. The conference features the latest smart grid innovations, bringing together utilities and solutions providers from across the continent.

Sep 29/11: REGEN invited to Smart Grid Venture Showcase
The Boston office of the Consulate General of Canada invited REGEN's CEO, Tim Angus to present A Cross Border Smart Grid Investment Success: REGEN Scaling Up and Moving Forward at the 2011 Smart Grid Venture Showcase in Worchester, MA. The event is hosted by The Institute for Energy and Sustainability, The Consulate General of Canada (Boston), and SETsquared.

Sep 12/11: REGEN Receives Financing, Opens California Office
REGEN Energy closed a financing round with promiment cleantech venture capital firms NGEN Partners of Santa Barbara, CA, and BDC Venture Capital of Canada. The investment allows REGEN to dramatically accelerate its marketing and product development efforts, and grow its partner network. Mark Kerbel, co-founder, is now based out of REGEN's first U.S. office in San Diego, CA, serving west-coast customers, channel partners, and utilities.

May 26/11: NO BUILDING LEFT BEHIND: OpenADR for the Masses with REGEN Energy’s EnviroGrid
REGEN Energy™ announces the availability of its OpenADR (Open Automated Demand Response) solution for summer 2011. This solution breaks down technology barriers so that every commercial and industrial facility can benefit from OpenADR programs and incentives. REGEN’s simple wireless EnviroGrid™ demand management technology enables building owners to participate in OpenADR, whether directly with a utility or through a load aggregator, at a fraction of the cost and complexity compared to an Energy Management System (EMS).

Feb 9/11: New York Times and CNN highlights REGEN's EV progress with Los Angeles


Katie Fehrenbacher, a well-known cleantech journalist with GigaOm in San Francisco has been following REGEN's progress for 2 years now, ever since we first set foot in the California market. Her 'top 10' review of Smart Grid Trends based on last week's DistribuTECH conference was published today in both the NY Times and CNN. It's a wonderful vote of confidence for REGEN, where such an esteemed industry writer choose to rank us as the #1 item in her Top 10 Trend list, proving yet again, that our patented swarm-logic methodology has caught people's attention as a unique load management strategy, broadly applicable well beyond HVAC applications.

Feb 1-3/11: Join REGEN Energy in San Diego for the DistribuTECH Conference (Booth 846). DistribuTECH is the utility industry's leading smart grid conference in the utility sector.

REGEN will be announcing its EnviroGrid Electric Vehicle JumpStart Kit at the conference!

Nov 16/10: This online journal describes how EnviroGrid helps reduce electricity costs for commercial real estate operators, describing benefits for facilities such as big-box stores, office buildings, multi-cinema complexex, and recreation centers.

Oct 14/10: The Ontario Centre for Research and Innovation is proud to announce the results of Canada's Top 10 Competition, with REGEN Energy winning an award in the Cleantech category. Competition winners participate in a series of investment forums in select cities across the U.S. Developed together with key sponsors, partners and the Canadian consulates in each city, the forums expose the Top 10™ companies to an exclusive opportunity to present to top tier U.S. and Canadian venture capitalists, licensing executives and potential strategic partners in a series of invitation only events.

July 12/10: Tyler Hamilton, Energy and Technology columnist at the Toronto Star, writes about the pending explosive growth of California's electric vehicle market -- and the ensuing problems it creates for electricity grids. He interviews Mark Kerbel, co-founder of REGEN Energy, to understand how swarm logic can solve these problems.

May 2/10: Clean Energy Sector explores how REGEN's technology could resolve peak demand issues created by the mass adoption of electric vehicles. Many utilities, especially those in California, are looking for effective solutions as they see the plug-in vehicle market rapidly expanding and impacting grid stability.

Apr 29/10: Katie Fehrenbacher discusses energy companies focused on innovation using smart algorithms, citing REGEN Energy's swarm-logic algorithms, used for demand management/response programs.

Apr 25/10: Allison Vuchnich, of Global TV's 16x9 program, reviews energy savings measures used by building owners across Canada. The first segment features Graham Keene, a Canadian Tire retail store operator, and the energy and cost reduction benefits he derived using REGEN's EnviroGrid controllers, as well as an interview with Mark Kerbel, REGEN's president.

Mar 24-26/10: Look for REGEN Energy's exhibit at the GLOBE 2010 conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. GLOBE 2010 is one of the world's largest and longest-running events dedicated to the business of the environment.


Mar 23-25/10: Look for REGEN Energy's exhibit at the 20th Annual Distributech convention in Tampa, Florida. This conference is the premiere utility conference in North American, bringing together utilities and Smart Grid service providers.

Mar 22/10: Global TV highlights REGEN Energy's benefits in an interview with Graham Keene, a Canadian Tire franchise owner, and one of our more advanced Ontario customers. The report highlights EnviroGrid's usage in this retail facility, and the simplicity of EnviroGrid's operation.


Mar 9-10/10: Tim Angus, REGEN's CEO, has been invited to present at the Montgomery Technology Conference in Santa Monica, an invitation-only event consisting of over 800 senior-level private equity and venture capital investors and corporate industry executives.

Feb 24/10: REGEN Energy's energy management service is reviewed in CIO Magazine's Outsourcing the Management of your Data Center, where the article leads with IBM's green data center initiatives.

Feb 24/10: REGEN is cited as an up-and-coming energy management technology provider in Clean Tech Companies Get Smart with Energy Plans.

Jan 20/10: REGEN Energy is proud to be selected as one of Smart Grid News's Top 10 Smart Grid Companies to Watch in 2010. This prestigious firm, lead by acclaimed reporter Jesse Burst, is one of the foremost utility and Smart Grid media outlets in the U.S.

Dec 2/09: REGEN Energy's president, Mark Kerbel, is invited to be a panel member at the Lessons from Change - Future Market Leaders C-Suite session, a segment of E&Y's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week in Toronto. The session, hosted by Lou Pagnutti, E&Y's Chairman and CEO, will discuss how innovation is driving change in these times of economic recovery.



On November 24th and 25th, 2009, Canada’s top industrial energy efficiency experts, industry leaders and energy efficiency suppliers will gather in Toronto to discuss, learn and explore the new frontiers in industrial energy efficiency. REGEN Energy is pleased to announce that we have been invited by the SDTC to exhibit at Energy 2009 at the Toronto Congress Centre (See Booth # 403).

Oct-Nov/09: REGEN Energy was invited as a speaker at the Toronto Zoo's ECOexecutives program, a series of workshops to educate and inform facility operators of practical energy efficiency measures.


Jul 13-14/09: Join REGEN Energy at the National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid in Washington, DC. The conference has been organized by the Demand Response Coordinating Committee, a non-profit organization formed in 2004 to increase the knowledge base in the U.S. on demand response, and facilitate the exchange of information and expertise among demand response practitioners and policy makers.


Jun 8-11/09: Join REGEN Energy in Booth 117 at Connectivity Week in Santa Clara, CA, focused on the intersection of energy and information technology. Connectivity Week is one of the largest Smart Grid conferences in the U.S., with 11 tracks spanning the range of energy efficiency topics for building operators, service providers, and utilities.

May 13/09: IT World Canada showcases Green technology vendors assembled at the Greening Greater Toronto Marketplace, and in a video segment, discusses how REGEN Energy’s EnviroGrid is based on insect swarm logic.

May 11-12/09: Visit REGEN at the Ontario Centre of Excellences' Discovery 09 conference in Toronto, Canada's premiere annual Innovation to Commercialization showcase event. REGEN exhibited in the Greening Greater Toronto Marketplace, an opportunity for green, innovative procurement executives to engage with Canada's leading energy technology companies.
  ** Listen to Chris Beaver's CBC Radio 1 interview at the Marketplace **

May 8/09: CTV's Business News Network interviews Mark Kerbel, CEO, REGEN Energy, on a special segment of The Close, Next: New Technology, focusing on new technology companies. EnviroGrid's swarm logic controller was highlighted as an innovative device to help building operators reduce their energy costs.

May 5/09: REGEN Energy is pleased to announce joining the IBM Business Partner network. IBM clearly recognized the unique advantages of REGEN's EnviroGrid™ technology as a Smart Grid enabling edge device. "REGEN is excited to work with IBM, to provide unique enterprise energy management solutions, applicable to their global customers," said Mark Kerbel, REGEN's CEO.

May 1/09: Automated Buildings publishes Smart Grid: Taking Our Cue from Nature, authored by Roman Kulyk, REGEN Energy's Chief Technology Officer. The whitepaper describes how REGEN's swarm logic approach provides significant benefits across the range of Smart Grid applications.

Apr 15/09: See Computer Power User Magazine's June 2009 issue to read REGEN helps with both kinds of green: People and companies are more enthusiastic about employing green energy measures when they positively affect the green of the financial bottom line. Mark Kerbel, chief executive officer at REGEN Energy of Toronto, has seen this firsthand. “Going green is nice, but, at the end of the day, building owners make decisions based on the money they’re saving,” he says.

Mar 31/09: Frost & Sullivan's R&D Alert publishes report citing EnviroGrid's swarm logic approach to reducing electricity costs.

Mar 30/09: RFID Journal article, It's the Bee's Knees, discusses REGEN Energy as a Canadian startup that has combined ZigBee technology with 'swarm intelligence' to create a smart system for optimizing energy consumption.

Mar 24/09: GreenTechMedia writes about REGEN Energy's swarm logic, applyied to managing building energy usage to measuring solar power and carbon footprints.

Mar 24/09: 'Swarm' converges on energy use in buildings discussed in CNET News, emphasizing the benefits of swarm logic for building energy management.

Mar 24/09: Join REGEN Energy, a sponsor of the GreenNet 09 conference in San Francisco. GreenNet is the first green conference for the internet technology industry, featuring discussions on Power 2.0: The Smart Grid.

Mar 24/09: At the GreenNet 09 Conference, Fat Spaniel Technologies and REGEN Energy announce a marketing and development partnership. REGEN Energy has joined Fat Spaniel’s Insight Platform™ Developer Program to deliver integrated renewable energy monitoring and control solutions. Fat Spaniel and REGEN Energy share a vision of a world where efficient energy solutions and renewable energy systems enable responsible energy production and usage.

Mar 23/09: Zerofootprint and REGEN Energy announce their Carbon Management Solution integration. The firms unveiled a joint marketing and development alliance to integrate Zerofootprint’s VELO Enterprise Carbon Management Software with REGEN Energy’s swarm logic-based EnviroGrid energy management system, providing organizations with a flexible and responsive solution for enterprise carbon management.

Mar 11/09: REGEN Energy cited as one of two leading Smart Grid technology providers in CBC News' review of the recently passed Ontario Green Energy Act and discussion with Duncan Stewart, Deloitte's Canadian director of research for technology, media and telecommunications, life sciences and green technology.

Mar 6/09: Sustainable Development Technology Canada announces Canadian Federal $53 million of funding for 16 cleantech companies, including REGEN Energy (See Project #12 for details). “It’s especially important now for this government to support clean technologies such as these that provide opportunities for economic growth while offering innovative solutions to help tackle climate change,” said Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources. “Our government is working to accelerate key investments in Canada's infrastructure in order to create jobs and help stimulate our economy.”

Feb 17/09: Business Week discusses California's demand response market, and the value REGEN's technology can bring to California utilities in Is Smart Energy Poised to Swarm California? (authored by Katie Fehrenbacher of Earth2Tech).

Feb 17/09: REGEN Energy is cited in 2009 OCETA SDTC Cleantech Report. Please see McGuinty Government On Track To Turn Cleantech Into Jobs of the Future to learn more about the report and how to request a copy.

Feb 16/09: The Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News discusses EnviroGrid's ease of installation and 25-30% peak demand reduction benefits.

Feb 4/09: Managing Energy with Swarm Logic, published in the MIT Technology Review, highlights the potential value of REGEN's EnviroGrid controllers in the growing market for Smart Grid applications:

George Pappas, a professor of electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert in distributed control systems, says that swarm logic is a natural fit for energy applications. "REGEN is ahead of the curve on this," says Pappas... [There] will be much more interest in this type of application over the coming years, pointing to a U.S. economic stimulus package that calls for more investment in energy efficiency and smart-grid technologies. "A lot of the big impact and low-hanging fruit is going to come from using this approach," he says.

Feb 4/09: The Globe & Mail published Smart Research, Smarter Buildings, highlighting the public/private collaborative research efforts of REGEN Energy and Centennial College. The relationship between the college and REGEN dates back to 2006, and continues to expand each year.

Feb 3-5/09: Learn more about REGEN Energy's EnviroGrid™ Smart Grid offerings at DISTRIBUTECH in San Diego, CA, the largest electricity utility conference in the U.S. Visit us at Booth 2641.


Jan 26-28/09: At Chicago's Winter 2009 AHR-EXPO, REGEN Energy™ is pleased to announce release of the ENVIROGRID™ SMART GRID BUNDLE, and publication of the first in a series of whitepapers, "Smart Grid: Taking our cue from nature", written by Roman Kulyk, REGEN's CTO.

Due to high interest from utilities, HVAC contractors, property managers, and energy research labs across the U.S. and Canada, REGEN Energy is proud to release the ENVIROGRID SMART GRID BUNDLE at AHR-EXPO in Chicago (Jan 26-28), the world’s largest HVAC conference. “Market interest for a convenient ‘starter pack’ drove us to create the Smart Grid Bundle,” said Mark Kerbel, CEO. “AHR-EXPO is the perfect venue for this product’s release, given escalating market demand for simple, rapid ROI energy efficiency solutions that additionally lay the foundation for Smart Grid applications”.

“Our clients are increasingly asking for practical ways to reduce their energy costs,” said Bernie Little, President of Nortown Air, a commercial building engineering and HVAC service firm. “After a simple installation effort, we evaluated EnviroGrid in our own building and now understand the benefits it can derive for our clients”. Yoram Birenzweig, VP of Pinedale Properties (A large property management firm and Nortown Air client) adds, “We’re always looking for straight-forward ways to reduce our energy costs, and EnviroGrid is the first product of its kind that we’ve encountered. That’s why we are currently evaluating EnviroGrid for our own fleet of buildings.”

As part of the bundle's initial release, SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL PRICING is only available to customers who purchase the bundle at AHR-EXPO. Visit us at Booth #3710 for details!


Jan 5/09: Premier Dalton McGuinty and Minister John Wilkinson speak with Mark Kerbel, CEO of REGEN Energy, as Ontario announces a $500,000 investment in REGEN through the Investment Accelerator Fund, administered by the Ontario Centre of Excellence. Click [HERE] to watch a video of Premier McGuinty discussing the investment. REGEN is grateful for IAF's confidence in our firm, and looks forward to working closely with OCE to enhance our commercialization efforts. Read additional coverage of the event from the Inside Toronto newspaper.

Dec 9/08: Mark Kerbel of REGEN Energy will present Marketing your Technical Innovation and Prototype at RIC and OCETA's "Growing your Business" Entrepreneurship Education Program, hosted at the University of Toronto.

Dec 8-9/08: Visit REGEN Energy's exhibitor showcase at DR-EXPO Toronto. Mark Kerbel has also been invited as a panelist in sessions discussing both business and technical aspects of demand response. Presentations:

• Business Track: How to Approach DR Implementation
• Technical Track: DR Deployment Workshop

Dec 4/08: Mark Kerbel of REGEN Energy has been invited to host the Ontario Colleges / Industry Breakfast at the Sutton Place Hotel. The event will showcase the partnership between Centennial College and REGEN since 2006.



Nov 26/08: Hydro Ottawa has invited REGEN Energy to participate at its showcase Powerful Alternatives Energy & Conservation Symposium. Mark Kerbel will present "Swarming your Building with Intelligence" to commercial facility owners and operators.


Nov 18/08: Join REGEN Energy at Ontario Centre of Excellence's Innovation Cafe at 10-11AM as part of the APPRO Conference. Mark Kerbel is a member of the Smart Grid panel, discussing how to derive solutions amenable to consumers.

Oct 2/08: REGEN is proud to have been selected for the second year running as a winner in OCRI's Cleantech Top 10 competition.

“We at REGEN Energy are excited to have been selected by the Canada’s Top 10 competition as a regional winner,” said Mark Kerbel, CEO of REGEN Energy, “It demonstrates the importance of solutions that embed intelligence into facilities, all in the name of creating a smarter grid. REGEN’s EnviroGrid™ controller is a key part of the energy solution for Ontario and North America in general.”

“Being selected as the winner in the Toronto region is an honor. There are so many great emerging clean technology companies with innovative engineering and to be selected as the winner demonstrates REGEN’s innovative excellence in delivering solutions that enable Smart Grid applications,” said Ron Dembo, CEO of Zerofootprint.

Read the complete press release here.


May 14-15/08: REGEN is a bronze sponsor of the High Stakes Asset Intelligence conference at the Rotman School of Management, a by-invitation-only forum for VP+ level commercial real estate owners, managers and space users. The focus: Energy efficiency for existing buildings - getting it, saving it, storing it, managing it, using it, making it. The format: Meetings - high level, big-picture, brief, targeted, strategic, one-on-one meetings arranged between senior representatives of solutions-provider sponsors and invited VIP delegates on their specific areas of interest. The High Stakes Asset Intelligence forum will bring together world-class experts on making buildings better with the true drivers of Canadian commercial real estate - in one room, at one time, for the first time.

May 12-13/08: Visit REGEN's booth at OCE's Discovery 2008, Canada's premier innovation and commercialization event. "Be inspired, challenged, and emboldened by influential thought leaders, daring visionaries, and over 1,500 delegates from every aspect of the innovation sector."

Apr 21/08: OCE Takes Minds to Market: The Financial Post describes REGEN's technology in a list of innovative technologies to be displayed at the Discovery 2008 conference.

Mar 25/08: Join REGEN at this year's BOMA Toronto Show, the largest single gathering of major property managers and facility operators in the Greater Toronto Area. REGEN will present our novel Demand Management / Demand Response service at a dedicated section in the exhibitor showcase area.

Mar 20/08: REGEN is invited to present its technology and services to the Conservation & Demand Management Steering Committee of the Coalition of Large Distributors (CLD). The CLD lead the powerWISE energy efficiency program, and comprise six of Ontario's largest electricity distribution companies, serving the majority of the province's businesses and residents.

Mar 12-14/08: Join REGEN Energy at Booth 1117 at Globe 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia. REGEN was invited to this prestigious sustainability conference as part of OCE's showcase of technology developed in Ontario.

Jan 28/08: REGEN receives authorization to secure funding for its customers through Toronto Hydro's Business Incentive Program. REGEN successfully secured BIP funding for its first commercial installation at a Toronto office building, home to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (This facility was studied earlier through funding assistance from OCE and OPA Technology Development Fund).

Dec 10/07: The Power of Ants and Bees, an article discussing REGEN's approach to smoothing electrical demand, was published in the BioInspired! Dec 2007 Newsletter (See Page 7).

Dec 7: REGEN Energy is one of the winners in Canada's Top 10 Cleantech Companies competition, presented by Borden Ladner Gervais.



Nov 10/07: REGEN's CEO is a panelist at Impact Leadership 2007. Mark Kerbel will speak in a special session called Stump the Speaker to encourage young entrepreneurs think about how they can bring new concepts to fruition.

Oct 25/07: REGEN is an inaugural Cleantech Next 10 award winner, presented by Corporate Knights Magazine at the Cleantech Venture Conference. See page 10 of this special report, as well as Tyler Hamilton's commentary on Cleantech entrepreneurship in Canada.
In the photo above, Rafael Coven (Managing Director, Cleantech Indices), Mark Kerbel (CEO, REGEN Energy), and Peter Love (Chief Energy Conservation Officer, Ontario Power Authority) share a lighter moment at the press conference.

Sep 29/07: The "Power Lines" show CFRB 1010 AM featured Peter Love, Ontario's Chief Energy Conservation Officer, interviewing REGEN about its technology's benefits (LISTEN to the 6 minute interview).

Sep 25/07: Mark Kerbel of REGEN presents lecture on entrepreneurship at the University Toronto's Electrical & Computer Engineering Entrepreneurship Series

Sep 20/07: REGEN selected as one of the inaugural Deloitte Technology Green 15 winners

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