SOLON, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energy Focus, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFOI), a leader in providing energy efficient lighting solutions, today announced that its turnkey lighting retrofit division, Stones River Companies, LLC ("SRC") was recently awarded two additional lighting energy services contracts totaling $1.5 million.
Included in this work is more than $ 1 MM to upgrade the lighting, both interior as well as exterior, in several buildings for a large southeastern city. A second contract was received to upgrade the lighting for a number of county municipal buildings in the same region. SRC has completed the audit of the existing facilities, inventoried their lighting systems, created an approved energy savings design, and will now procure the materials and oversee the lighting installations.
Rob Wilson, VP of SRC, commented, "This has been a very strong year for SRC and it's great to continue to see these contracts awarded. At this point, they contribute both to the bottom line in 2010 as well as to building a backlog for work in 2011."
Joseph Kaveski, CEO, Energy Focus, Inc. added: "We continue to be encouraged by the performance of the SRC team as well as by the overall strong performance of the company in 2010."
About Energy Focus, Inc.
Energy Focus, Inc. is a leading provider of turnkey energy efficient lighting solutions. These solutions provide energy savings, aesthetics, safety and maintenance cost benefits over conventional lighting. Our long-standing relationship with the U.S. Government includes numerous research and development projects for the DOE and DARPA, creating energy efficient LED lighting systems for the U.S. Navy fleet and the next generation Very High Efficiency Solar Cell. Customers include supermarket chains, the U.S. government, state and local governmental agencies, retail stores, museums, theme parks and casinos, hotels, swimming pool builders and many others. Company headquarters are located in Solon, OH, with additional offices in Nashville, TN, Pleasanton, CA, and the United Kingdom. For more information, see .
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