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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 16 Sep 2009, p. 14

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H mm Ni 1 A ll "norm u - ht'tlltl'ulay sartorial“ in form (S S 8 Graduation day I Energent Inc. latest firm to make the jump from Accelerator Centre BYMHJNDA 0mm. 1 Rig ( hruntt'le Maj] “ " \\ t's only been three weeks since Ilznergent inc muted into their ’ 9 new uptown digs. but already 4- . four companies have popped in to ‘ fill theirold space. ' " l’he coveted spot at the Atceler- ’ g ator (fientre that linergent occur ‘ I ‘ pied for three years opened up as Li‘- . the high-tech energy monttoring “it - 53153“; . y .. y, and consulting company officially _ ' ~ q ' “flogii; ‘ ‘ W ad I‘ ted from the huslness tncu- - it \‘ lfigli'éil i' X“ N 335 '°..» â€" . hator. V. -> . - s' y ' “ The good thing about liner &\ l O f r . ( gent) is they're a poster chlld for i" g“; \ 1. Q ’ ' f. the outcomes we like to see, which .~ ‘ 5 _ of course is all about job creation j‘ l y ‘ i ‘ ' and creating wealth," said Tom 9 . ' tiorr. (Il£() of the .»\ccelerator Cert» . l - , t ire. i t . "As sorry as we are to see them l f go. we have four new companies ‘ ‘ Q l . to come in that we‘ll work with i y l l and hopefully they'll be successes , . . y y J and will be graduating in the next \ ‘ y l. v ‘ , few years." - ' ~ ' fl; While they're already settled ‘ i ' - 4,-1- ». ' , . into their new uptown offices. the a 3 fé _ 1 “"" . ' Energent team was welcomed . 5 £15 ‘ lb _ 5 back to the Centre last week for t ‘ ' < ”I their official graduation ceremony. ~. ‘ ‘ {KL-i Accelerator helps small compa~ 3‘ ' ,_ q ‘ " ntes grow by providing resources ’, ' - ‘ ' " " like mentoring and funding and , \ g legal guidance. There are now 27 " ., ‘ ‘ companies operating out of the " ' Centre and 10 more waiting for a "’ \' ~ spot to open. Emergent staff were on hand last week to accept their diploma from the Accelerator Centre. where they spent three years building their high~tech Energent was founded in 1995 energy monitoring business. The expanding company now operates out of uptown office space. m.” MW, More as Northern Dynamic inc, but changed its name in 2007 when it “There was just a lack of useful branching out and has clients work proactively to budget their ofthe development space . alerted strategic direction from and timely energy information ranging from commercial busi- energy dollars in an etironment of In total. those three companies automated systems to energy available to clients to effectively messes to university campuses and fluctuating prices and the client's have grown from only a handful of management. manage energy use." said Norm hospitals. changing energyneeds. founders to employing about 70 Their web»based software col- Malloch, Energent's chief operat~ Many of Energent's clients were After starting out with only a people in the community in only lects and analyzes clients' energy ing officer. seeing energy waste upwards of30 handful of staff. the company is three years. said Corr, usage. identifying wasteful areas. “The Accelerator Centre has per cent, Malloch said. now 10 strong and they’re looking "if we could see more Miovi- They then use the data to help the allowed us to crystallize (a) set of "That's about a million bucks a to hire more people in the fall. sions and Primal Fusions and companies come tip with energy technologies that we developed year fora typical client in our com» Energent is the third company Energents leave here over the next saying solutions. for a single client and commercial~ mercial and institutional sectors," to graduate since Accelerator few years. we‘ll be doing our job," They developed the web-based ize it to meet broader market he said, “Our goal is to help them opened its doors in 2006. he said. technology for GM of Canada. needs." return that dollar to the’bottom Miovision and Primal Fusion. The centre anticipates that two their first client as the re-named The company started out in the line." two companies who were with the more companies could graduate company. industrial sector. but is now [inergent also help companies Centre when it opened, moved out hyyear's end. a ’I. o d h 4,0 In;ured.... we get pal w en f. 'd l/ . [r 0/ . f . you get pat . 1,7 /‘// l f‘ l l IO re e xi 0, Personal injury Law . We fund ALL itiation expenses. morellkellycom 519.743.4443 1'

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