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West Palm Beach, FL -May 2, 2011

Scientific Instruments, Inc. to Compete in the 2011 ENERGY STAR National Building Competition

Scientific Instruments, Inc. owned/managed by the Hoey family has been selected to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) ENERGY STAR National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings to help improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings and protect the environment. In the spirit of popular weight-loss competitions, Scientific Instruments will battle it out against 245 other teams from buildings across the country to work off the waste through improvements in energy efficiency with help from EPA’s ENERGY STAR program.

"Scientific Instruments is honored to be a part of EPA’s ENERGY STAR National Building Competition,” said Leigh Ann Hoey, President."We are committed to improving our energy efficiency, and we look forward to seeing how we measure up against other buildings across the nation.”

The 2011 ENERGY STAR National Building Competition includes 245 teams from 26 different types of commercial buildings - such as retail stores, schools, hotels, and museums - that hail from 33 states and the District of Columbia. Eleven buildings are 100 years old or greater, the smallest building is just over 6,000 square feet, and fifteen buildings cover more than 1 million square feet of floor space with the largest totaling nearly 3 million square feet.

As the 2011 ENERGY STAR National Building Competition spokesperson, actor John Corbett will provide energy saving tips and encouragement through videos posted on the competition website. The 2011 ENERGY STAR National Building Competition spokesperson is provided by jcpenney, EPA's co-sponsor for these events. The competition website will also feature a flash media wall with photos of all of the competitors, a live Twitter feed, and a Competitor Forum for exchanging ideas and strategies.

“Buildings of all shapes and sizes are saving money and energy with help from EPA and ENERGY STAR,”said Jean Lupinacci, Director of EPA’s ENERGY STAR Commercial Buildings Program. “We applaud the contestants of EPA’s ENERGY STAR National Building Competition for taking action to protect the environment and save energy in the buildings where we work, play and learn.”

Competitors will measure and track their building's monthly energy consumption using EPA's ENERGY STAR online energy tracking tool, Portfolio Manager; make improvements to their building's energy performance; and share their progress. Of the initial pool of 245 competitors, a small group of buildings will be selected as finalists in July. Among the finalists, the building that demonstrates the greatest percentage-based reduction in energy use intensity will be recognized as the winner on November 2, 2011.

To try to reduce the amount of energy being used, Scientific Instruments has taken following steps:

• Painted RX-700 Acrylic Energy Star, White Solar Reflective Cool Roof Coating on roof & top of AC units
• Installed 25KW Grid Tied Poly Crystal Solar System w/ Real-Time Monitoring at www.sisolarsystem.com
• Installed weather stripping around exit doors, blew 2” of Closed Cell Urethane Foam in open ceiling loading dock area & 6.25” R19 fiberglass faced installation on top of all ceiling tiles
• Replaced AC unit in main office area w/ 7.5 ton High Efficiency 13seer Trane
• Replaced all AC thermostats w/ programmable thermostats & set to 82 on all closed hrs
• Installed instantaneous water heater in lunch room kitchen
• In process of replacing all lighting with LED’s & installing more efficient water saving plumbing fixtures
• Also implemented in house recycling, & recycling pickup for cardboard, paper, & plastic

According to EPA, energy use in commercial buildings accounts for nearly 20 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and energy use at a cost of more than $100 billion per year. On average, 30% of the energy used in commercial buildings is wasted. Thousands of businesses and organizations work with EPA’s ENERGY STAR program and are saving billions of dollars and preventing millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions from entering our atmosphere each year.

Click here Watch the Battle of the Buildings unfold.