EMC Named a 2014 Small Business Success Stories Winner
28 January 2015 - 5:35AM
Business Wire
Turnkey lighting solutions provider Energy Management
Collaborative (EMC) was honored as a Twin Cities Business
Magazine 2014 Small Business Success Story at a reception held last
week at the Loews Hotel in Minneapolis.
EMC President and CEO Jerry Johnson holds
a flexible array of LED lights as he explains the potential of
emerging lighting technology. Photo credit: Picture Time.
The Minnesota companies recognized along with EMC at the award
ceremony spanned several industries. Keynote speaker David Prince
of Associated Bank commended them for being job creators, noting
that while big business captures all the headlines, 90% of
employment nationally is driven by small businesses.
In accepting EMC’s award at the ceremony, President and CEO
Jerry Johnson said, “We are proud of what we’ve accomplished in our
first 11 years and I am humbled to be receiving this award on
behalf of EMC tonight.”
The company got its start in 2003 by identifying the need
businesses had to reduce energy consumption and increase bottom
line operational savings. While the Great Recession meant
stagnation or death for many businesses, for EMC it proved to be
fuel for the fire as major retail, industrial and commercial
customers across North America and in Colombia, South America, came
calling. EMC quickly grew from a one-person start-up to a
50-employee, $60 million company in 2014.
Included on EMC's client list is Best Buy. In 2014, EMC
completed lighting retrofit projects in more than 800 locations for
the retailer that dramatically reduced store lighting
emissions.
EMC keeps close track of the energy savings it helps its
customers achieve. The company celebrated a milestone in 2012 when
savings reached one billion kilowatt hours—the equivalent of
shutting off the Black Dog coal plant in Burnsville, MN, for over
half a year. "It took us nine years to accomplish that, but we
expect to reach the two billion mark this year," said
Johnson.Energy Management Collaborative (@EMC_2003) provides
state-of-the-art lighting conversion systems and service solutions
in a broad range of industrial, commercial and retail facilities in
North and South America. Since 2003, the company's turnkey project
management approach, EnergyMAXXSM, has helped its
customers assess and implement each project phase, bringing an
immediate and positive impact to their bottom line.
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Energy Management CollaborativeMandy Boldt,
612-750-2480mboldt@emcllc.com