Regency Centers Deploys HydroPoint WeatherTRAK Smart Water Management Technology to Spur Water Conservation

HydroPoint's WeatherTRAK Smart Water Management technology will be initially deployed at 30 of Regency's existing shopping centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington that have installed high efficiency "smart" irrigation to sharply reduce Regency's outdoor water consumption. By installing WeatherTRAK, Regency anticipates saving 42 million gallons of water yearly.

WeatherTRAK utilizes pinpoint, microclimate weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to automatically schedule irrigation based on individual landscape needs and local weather conditions. This dynamic adjustment of water output eliminates the need to manually adjust irrigation systems while reducing water use by up to 59 percent and water runoff by 71 percent, meaning landscapes attain their full water conservation potential. The dynamic nature of this technology is ideal for corporations like Regency Centers with properties in distinct regions of the country, each with its unique microclimate, that WeatherTRAK takes into account.

"We applaud companies like Regency Centers who embrace the concepts of Sustainability 2.0 that concurrently prioritize economic benefits and conservation to create on-going sustainability programs to generate quantifiable ROI," said Chris Spain, chief strategy officer for HydroPoint. "By adopting Smart Water Management, Regency Centers will save millions of gallons of water a year, serving as an excellent example for other retailers and real estate companies to follow, while seeing water cost savings that will pay for WeatherTRAK in less than two years."

HydroPoint forms the backbone of the water conservation element of Regency's greengenuity(TM) initiative that improves Regency's environmental performance throughout its portfolio of existing shopping centers and new developments. Regency Centers' greengenuity(TM) initiative is an example of Sustainability 2.0(TM) in practice. Sustainability 2.0 strategies encourage retail outlets, enterprises, municipalities, and water districts to implement sustainability programs that deliver both financial cost savings and environmental benefits achieved through conservation.

"With its greengenuity(TM) initiative, Regency Centers is integrating sustainable strategies into core business practices that not only deliver environmental benefits, but also generate ROI that makes smart business sense," said Mark Peternell, Regency's VP of sustainability. "HydroPoint's Smart Water Management will be a cornerstone in our efforts to save water and reduce our corporate water footprint while lowering water bills, minimizing landscape replacement and over-watering maintenance costs. In addition to environmental benefits, this technology will provide cost savings for our company and tenants."

About HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc.

HydroPoint, founded in 2002, is the market and technology leader in smart water management. The company's WeatherTRAK solution conserves more water than previous urban water conservation technologies by a factor of four. The WeatherTRAK solution uniquely delivers a multitude of financial and environmental benefits by revolutionizing management of the area of greatest waste in urban water use: landscape irrigation. Proven in 23 independent studies, the WeatherTRAK solution saves water, reduces energy demand and protects water quality while it minimizes liability and expense exposure. In 2007 alone, 15,000 WeatherTRAK subscribers saved over 6.7 billion gallons of water, 26.9 million kilowatt hours of power and 36.1 million pounds of CO2 while they returned $60 million to their bottom lines. Headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., HydroPoint is privately owned and operated. More information can be found at http://www.weathertrak.com.

WeatherTRAK is a registered trademark of HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc.

SOURCE: HydroPoint Data Systems Inc.

SHIFT Communications for HydroPoint Melissa Roxas, 415-591-8406 mroxas@shiftcomm.com