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Melaver, Inc. Invests in a Sustainable Future – Accepts Naming Opportunity at Southface Eco Office

Atlanta, GA - November 9, 2005 – When the Southface Eco Office opens its doors as a one-of-a-kind sustainable office, education and event space, guests will enter the property through an exquisite atrium space – the Melaver Eco Nexus. Southface, a nonprofit promoting sustainable homes, workplaces and communities, broke ground on the Eco Office in September, with completion scheduled for mid-2006. The three-story structure, approximately 10,000 square feet, will serve as a model of environmentally responsible commercial construction and will demonstrate that green commercial building creates a healthy and productive workplace with reduced operating costs.

Melaver, Inc., a Savannah, Ga.-based, vertically-integrated sustainable real-estate firm , recently renovated the Whitaker Building in Savannah, one of the the first properties in the U.S. to receive status as both a registered historic landmark and silver certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system. In 2006, Melaver will hold a grand opening ceremony for one of the first and only all LEED retail shopping center complexes in the country, Abercorn Common in Savannah.

“We are a third generation family business with a history of community involvement,” says CEO Martin Melaver. “We are also committed to environmental responsibility. By supporting the Eco Office, we are enabling Southface to grow its important work toward ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.”

The Eco Office will showcase innovative ideas for saving energy and water, reducing waste, re-using and recycling materials, and maintaining a healthy indoor environment. “When completed, the Eco Office will be one of the greenest commercial buildings in the world,” said Dennis Creech, Executive Director of Southface.

The building will feature off-the-shelf products and technologies and will give Southface a demonstration facility and a stellar teaching tool. “We will be able to increase by 50 percent our ability to educate the commercial building industry in ‘green building’ techniques,” Creech continued. “The professionals at Melaver are already on board and accomplishing remarkable things in their projects, but we still have work to do to transform the industry toward making sustainable practices commonplace.” The Eco Office will provide classroom and event space as well as offices for Southface and the Urban Land Institute, Atlanta District Council. On track for LEED Platinum Certification, the building will enhance the opportunities available on the Southface Atlanta campus to demonstrate environmentally sound design and construction principles.

Melaver joins a growing list of companies and individuals committed to supporting Southface’s mission. In addition to the Melaver Eco Nexus, the Eco Office includes The Home Depot Foundation Training Center and the Epic Metals Executive Suites. ###

About Southface

Since 1978, Southface has encouraged responsible solutions for environmental living. Driven by the Southeast’s growing need to save energy and water and preserve our natural resources, Southface has successfully fostered unique partnerships with public, private and nonprofit organizations. Southface programs and publications reach design and construction professionals, homeowners, government officials and others to promote sustainable homes, workplaces and communities through education, research, advocacy and technical assistance. For more information, visit Southface at www.southface.org.

About Melaver, Inc.

Melaver, Inc. is a third-generation family business, and a vertically-integrated sustainable real-estate firm. Melaver aims to have a profound, positive impact on the communities in which we live and a notable lack of impact on the environments in which those communities exist. In addition to involvement in many Southface programs, Melaver, Inc is proud to be a partner of the EPA Climate Leaders program and the EPA Green Power Partnership, as well as a member of the U. S. Green Building Council.

About LEED

The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System® is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Members of the U.S. Green Building Council representing all segments of the building industry developed LEED and continue to contribute to its evolution.

The U.S. Green Building Council is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.