danbury, conn., jul 25, 2012  -- inertech, llc, and skanska's mission critical center of excellence announced today that their eopti-trax(tm) system, the most highly advanced and energy efficient building cooling platform available on the market today, has received u.s. patent notice seven months after filing with the united states patent and trademark office (uspto).

eopti-trax(tm) was recognized by the u.s. patent & trademark office and put onto the fast track patent process for "green" energy technologies.

the expedited examination, recognition and approval by the uspto highlights the need to bring this radically efficient, green technology innovation to the u.s. market in the face of increasing competition from other countries. traditionally, it would take several years before a patent could be issued.

the international energy agency identifies building cooling systems as one of the areas with the greatest potential for reduction in carbon emissions. for example, the industrialized world uses 39 percent of its water to produce building cooling. the commercial sector in the u.s. alone uses 167 billion kw hours of power each year for building cooling. as water and energy resources become increasingly expensive and scarce, the need for more environmentally sustainable solutions is growing more urgent.

the new cooling technology platform can reduce water use by 80-97 percent in standard building and power production cooling as well as dramatically reduce the power consumed to cool the information technology and computing systems in data centers, which are notoriously hungry energy and water users. with the inertech cooling technology deployed in a data center environment, power usage is 180 times less than a traditional chiller.

inertech's data center solution offers a clear return on investment through savings on energy and water, and is expected to create substantial growth in construction retrofits," said jakob carnemark, senior vice president of skanska's mission critical center of excellence. "while this will create more green construction jobs, ultimately, the big winner is the environment."

the highly advanced cooling system achieves a record-setting 1.012 mechanical power utilization effectiveness (pue) reading in repeated testing conducted by a leading research team from the university of maryland's department of mechanical engineering. this unprecedented low reading leads the data center industry, where the average mechanical pue for a facility is 1.4 to 1.6 and greater. "we continue to be amazed at what this game-changing technology continues to accomplish," said earl keisling, ceo of inertech. "even in the harshest climates in the world, it maintains its ultra-high efficiencies using 80 percent less water than traditional systems and can even be configured to use zero water, saving millions of gallons in the process, a natural resource that we believe is the 'next carbon.'"

video on youtube of the eopti-trax(tm) system

inertech is focused on creating american manufacturing and construction jobs through environmentally focused innovation. traditional chiller plants haven't changed much in 90 years, leaving vast opportunity for any new technology that can offer significant improvements in performance.

lloyd switzer, director of network transformation at telus, the first large commercial customer to deploy the eopti-trax system says, "leveraging inertech's technology, skanska's design has been able to reduce our data center total cost of ownership by 40 percent. at the same time, we are closer than ever before to achieving our goals of environmental stewardship."

inertech, headquartered in danbury, connecticut, creates new and innovative technologies that raise the bar for electrical and mechanical infrastructure performance, developing groundbreaking solutions that can be applied to all segments of the cooling industry, including data centers health care facilities, health care and hospital data collection centers, the federal/defense sector, and telecommunications. inertech designs, engineers and manufactures custom, state-of-the-art modular data centers with the most energy-efficient cooling systems in the industry. along with its partners, inertech has over $4 billion in manufacturing capacity including in-house rapid prototyping and manufacturing facilities directly coupled to its research and development team. the company was founded in 2011 and is privately held.

skanska mission critical center of excellence (coe) is the leading solution provider for organizations moving to next-generation data center infrastructure. skanska usa is one of the largest, most financially sound construction and development networks in the country, serving a broad range of industries including healthcare, education, sports, data centers, government, aviation, transportation, power, energy, water/wastewater and commercial. headquartered in new york with 39 offices across the country, skanska usa employs approximately 9,400 employees committed to sustainable construction and development and an injury-free workplace. skanska usa building, which specializes in building construction, and skanska usa civil, which focuses on civil infrastructure, generated $4.9 billion in revenue in 2011, representing 28 percent of skanska's global construction revenues. development units skanska usa commercial development, which invests in and develops office and multi-family projects in select u.s. markets, and skanska infrastructure development americas, which develops public-private partnerships, are both leaders in their selected markets. global revenue of parent company skanska ab, headquartered in stockholm and listed on the stockholm stock exchange, totaled $18.9 billion in 2011.