SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Locus Energy, a leading provider of monitoring and data analytics services to the solar PV industry has received certification from San Francisco's Green Business Program. In order to achieve this recognition, Locus Energy completed a series of sustainability measures to reduce the environmental impacts of its business including the use of environmentally friendly supplies, greener waste management practices, and energy and water efficiency improvements.

Locus Energy is dedicated to developing breakthrough technologies that help accelerate the adoption of clean energy generation globally. Locus Energy's platform provides its customers with a tightly integrated hardware and web-based software package used to track the performance of solar PV systems. The revenue-grade energy production data is collected by Locus Energy's industry-leading LGate power meter lineup, and uploaded to its SolarOS™ monitoring website in real-time.

The effort to become a more sustainable business received strong support from all members of Locus Energy's San Francisco team. "We are excited to be recognized as a member of San Francisco's Green Business Program, an initiative that is focused on working hand in hand with businesses to help develop policies that help support a healthy, safe work environment, minimize environmental impacts, and decrease operating expenses", said Michael Herzig, CEO of Locus Energy. "We feel strongly that in order to help advance the clean energy cause, Locus needs to set an example as an environmentally conscious corporate citizen, and this award affirms our continued commitment to achieving that goal."

About SF Green Business

The San Francisco Green Business Program's mission is to help San Francisco businesses adopt environmental practices that are sustainable as well as profitable. The Program is comprised of three city agencies—SF Department of Environment, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission—and is a member of the Bay Area Green Business Program and the California Green Business Network. For information on the Green Business program, please visit http://sfgreenbusiness.org.

About Locus Energy

Locus Energy develops web-based asset management software for renewable energy systems.  We provide monitoring, analytics and data services for deployments of solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technology. By leveraging Locus' products, renewable finance companies and integrators can drive down the cost and complexity of energy monitoring, while making it much easier to maintain and service an installed client base. Founded in 2007, Locus has offices in New York and San Francisco, and monitors several thousand PV arrays worldwide. Please visit http://www.locusenergy.com for more information on Locus Energy's monitoring solutions.

Contact: Adrian De Luca, +1-212-500-2097, adrian@locusenergy.com

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