GeoPraxis Provides Global Facilities Services Leader a Low Cost Edge in Screening for Energy Savings Opportunities.

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2001

Breakthrough IDEA Server(tm) Technology Streamlines

EMCOR's Energy Project Evaluation Process

The world's leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services, EMCOR Group, Inc., has vastly streamlined the once costly process of identifying energy efficiency improvement opportunities in commercial buildings. Global real estate leader, CB Richard Ellis knows there are millions of dollars worth of energy savings just waiting to be discovered in the over 300 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space they manage throughout the United States. Now they have a fast and cost-effective way to focus their search.

Using the EMCOR-Energy-Edge.com online engineering audit, CB Richard Ellis has already evaluated over 200 buildings, representing more than 40 million square feet of building space. By identifying those buildings with the greatest energy savings potential, they are now able to focus their limited maintenance budgets where they will yield the greatest financial return. Building Technology Engineers of North America, LLC (www.btena.com) is EMCOR's California-based operation working in partnership with CB Richard Ellis. According to Rick Randolph, Executive Vice President with BTENA, "Our Energy Alert Program makes extensive use of the EMCOR Energy Edge. We've found the on-line benchmarking service to be easy to use and a cost-effective method of identifying energy savings opportunities. The EMCOR Energy Edge has allowed us to build a tiered approach to energy services; buildings benchmarked at above average usage are targeted for a more detailed on-line simulation. The Energy Edge tool promotes informed decisions about deploying on-site engineering services to evaluate energy efficiency".

EMCOR Energy Edge (www.emcor-energy-edge.com) is based on the IDEA Server(tm) technology developed by the California-based energy engineering software company, GeoPraxis, Inc. EMCOR Energy Edge is the product of a strategic alliance between EMCOR and GeoPraxis formed in 1999. John M. Newcomb, Vice President, EMCOR Energy, stated, "Realizing the power behind web-based services, we knew we could develop tools to streamline EMCOR's ability to show our clients which of their buildings are the best candidates for energy efficiency retrofits. EMCOR Energy Edge allows us to efficiently screen and prioritize potential project sties, eliminating the need to deploy engineering personnel to every building."

John Kennedy, CTO and founder of GeoPraxis, said, "With EMCOR Energy Edge, we have achieved one of our goals: allowing a large real estate holder the ability to quickly identify buildings with real energy savings and demand reduction potential that truly deserve an engineer's attention. With rapidly increasing energy costs, and the threat of curtailments, the identification of viable projects and rapid delivery are keys to success in today's dynamic marketplace."

About EMCOR

EMCOR Group, Inc. (www.emcorgroup.com) is the world's leading provider of planning, consulting, mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services. EMCOR is a network of 50 operating companies, employing over 23,000 people at more than 100 locations. EMCOR locations are throughout the US and Canada, in Europe, the Middle East, Far East and South Africa. EMCOR had a turnover of $3.5 billion in 2000.

About GeoPraxis

GeoPraxis, Inc. (www.geopraxis.com) is the innovation leader in the use, development, and integration of building energy simulation analysis tools and web-based solutions. GeoPraxis combines expertise in energy engineering, market research, and software development to meet the rigorous research, development and information technology needs of some of the most sophisticated resource companies, research organizations, and policy-making bodies in the world. GeoPraxis excels in developing partnerships to commercialize energy efficiency technology solutions across a variety of industries.