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Metasys(R) M5 Workstation From Johnson Controls Wins Readers' Choice Product Award

26 January 2000

Metasys(R) M5 Workstation From Johnson Controls Wins Readers' Choice Product Award

    MILWAUKEE, Jan. 25 -- The Metasys(R) M5 workstation from
Johnson Controls, Inc. won the Bronze Award in Plant Engineering
magazine's 1999 Product of the Year Award competition.  The annual awards
competition invites readers, which includes facility managers, to cast their
vote for the most innovative and useful products introduced to the facility
market that year.
    The Metasys M5 workstation allows users to globally run a complex network
of building systems with enterprise information and Web-based technologies.
Dynamic displays are embedded with video, voice and animation combined with
intuitive M-Graphics and M-Trend software.  The M5 supports Microsoft(R)
Windows(R) 98, Windows 95 and Windows NT(R) platforms, offering the highest
level of supervisory building automation systems available.
    The Metasys product is a specialized computer-based facility management
system that automates and integrates heating, air conditioning, ventilation,
fire, security and other building functions to provide increased comfort and
energy efficiency.
    Johnson Controls is a previous Product of the Year Award winner.  In the
program's second year, 1989, the company received a Gold Award in the Controls
category for its Personal Environments product.
    For more information about the M5 workstation from Johnson Controls,
contact John Semrad at 414-274-4166, or via e-mail at john.b.semrad@jci.com