EPIC Metals Corporation 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 view exciting new metal decking products, some made of nearly 100 percent recycled steel. The EPIC Roof Deck Ceiling System will be visible in the building’s EPIC Metals Executive Suite. Southface, a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable homes, workplaces and communities, broke ground on the Eco Office in September with completion scheduled for mid-2006. The three-story structure is approximately 10,000 square feet and will serve as a model of environmentally responsible commercial construction to demonstrate that a green commercial building creates a healthy and productive workplace with reduced operating costs.

EPIC Metals’ products, featured throughout the Southface Eco Office project, provide architects and engineers with exposed, long-span roof and floor deck ceiling systems that address architectural aesthetics, acoustics, and sustainability. “We have been involved in high profile, sustainable projects around the country,” says EPIC Metals Vice President, David Landis. “What makes the Eco Office different is its educational component. Southface will use the Eco Office to educate design and construction professionals on a variety of EPIC’s innovative, environmentally responsible products.”

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. One unique feature of the Eco Office will be the incorporation of EPIC Metals’ Roof Deck Ceiling Systems with energy saving Solatube Skylights. This adds no expense of additional structural framing, and contributes to daylighting techniques.

Off-the-shelf products and technologies like these 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 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.

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

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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 EPIC Metals Corporation
For more than 35 years, EPIC Metals Corporation has been providing structural roof and floor deck ceiling systems with exceptional design innovation and highly practical features. EPIC Metals systems allow the designer to create unique, visually open public spaces. In addition to creating acoustically and structurally sound spaces, the products are sustainable in terms of recycled content and installation requirements.

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.