ICF Consulting to Help New York State Promote High-Quality, Energy-Efficient Lighting

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Updated 10:41 AM ET February 14, 2000

FAIRFAX, Va., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- ICF Consulting was awarded a $3.5 million contract to promote high-quality, energy-efficient commercial lighting by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) under the New York Energy $mart(SM) Program. This market transformation program will target lighting suppliers, electrical contractors, and retailers that remodel and renovate small- and medium-sized commercial spaces. The program will be implemented over a period of about two years.

New York State's almost 800 million square feet of small- and medium-sized commercial space uses 6,200 gigawatt hours of electricity a year for lighting. Recent development of standardized guidelines on quality lighting design practices will increase acceptance of energy-efficient design practices in these markets. ICF Consulting will facilitate consumer awareness of the benefits of improving lighting, such as operational savings, increased functionality, visual appeal, comfort, productivity, safety, and retail sales.

"We plan to have a lasting impact on the availability, promotion, sales, and implementation of high-quality, energy-efficient lighting," said James Stimmel, ICF Consulting Senior Vice President. "This effort will help build a sustainable market infrastructure to deliver high-quality, energy-efficient lighting to commercial customers."

ICF Consulting addresses energy efficiency in buildings, market transformation issues, and lighting analysis with its team of experts in commercial real estate, retailing, training, lighting design, and development and communication of outreach tools for market transformation programs.

ICF Consulting, with more than 30 years of experience, is one of the world's leading professional services firms assisting clients in managing global resources in a sustainable way. ICF Consulting helps clients optimize energy resources, meet environmental challenges, foster economic and community development, enhance transportation projects and policies, and manage information technology resources. ICF Consulting has more than 750 employees based in Fairfax, Virginia and in 18 other offices in the United States and abroad. The firm reported gross revenue of $105 million in 1998. For additional information, please contact Douglas Beck at 703-934-3820 or visit our Web site at http://www.icfconsulting.com.

NYSERDA, a public benefit corporation, supports projects in New York State to develop and promote technologies that save energy and reduce emissions. Funding for NYSERDA's New York Energy $mart program comes from a Systems Benefits Charge established by the New York State Public Service Commission on five of the State's investor-owned utilities to ensure that important R&D and energy efficiency programs continue during the utilities' transition to competition.

Contact: Douglas Beck of ICF Consulting, 703-934-3820

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