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Servidyne Wins Fifth Consecutive ENERGY STAR(R) Award EPA and DOE recognize Abrams Industries' subsidiary for helping customers protect the environment and reduce operating costs through energy efficiency ATLANTA, March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ABRAMS INDUSTRIES, INC. (NASDAQ:ABRI), an energy services, facilities solutions and real estate company, today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy have selected Servidyne Systems, LLC, the company's wholly owned subsidiary, as winner of the coveted 2005 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award. The EPA and DOE at a ceremony tomorrow in Washington, D.C. will present Servidyne with the ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its outstanding and continuing leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through superior energy management. Servidyne is one of a select group of award winners chosen from among the thousands of organizations that participate annually in the ENERGY STAR program. The 2005 Award marks the fifth consecutive year that Servidyne's energy efficiency efforts have been so honored, an unprecedented achievement for a service provider. Servidyne, a Charter Ally of the ENERGY STAR Buildings Program since 1995, is being recognized this year for sustaining smart energy management practices and helping its clients achieve ENERGY STAR Label recognition. In 2004 alone, Servidyne benchmarked over 100 million square feet of building space, significantly improving the energy performance of its clients' building portfolios. Servidyne helps its customers realize significant energy cost savings by making a commitment to continuous improvement of energy performance. "We are thrilled to win the ENERGY STAR Award for a fifth consecutive year," said Barry Abramson, P.E., Servidyne System's Senior Vice President. "Delivering expertise to our clients has enabled them to achieve significant savings through sustained commitment and partnership. The economic and environmental benefits of energy efficiency increase over time." The Sustained Excellence Award is presented only to a select group of leading companies who have integrated energy management into their business practices and who provide a model of excellence for other organizations to follow. About Servidyne Systems Servidyne Systems, LLC provides solutions to building owners and managers to help optimize building performance, lower operating costs and increase overall value. Servidyne provides award-winning energy engineering services, along with facility management software applications to help reduce building operating costs by lowering energy consumption, increase work efficiency, prolong equipment life, and improve occupant satisfaction. Servidyne's engineering services include energy audits, utility monitoring and analysis services, MEP surveys, IAQ studies, due diligence, HVAC retrofit design and more. The Atlanta-based company operates nationwide and has a number of customers with international facilities. Servidyne is a subsidiary of Abrams Industries, Inc. For more information about Servidyne Systems, LLC, please visit http://www.servidyne.com/ or call 1-800-241-8996. About Abrams Industries Established in 1925, Abrams Industries, operating nationwide through its wholly owned subsidiaries, offers a variety of energy services and facility solutions to building owners and operators, and engages in commercial real estate investment and development. The Company provides energy engineering services, maintenance and service request solutions, and turnkey implementation of energy saving lighting programs and related energy services, which help its customer base of owners and operators of commercial office, hospitality, retail, institutional, industrial, residential, government, and health care buildings, and energy services companies, optimize facility performance and maximize value, by reducing energy consumption and maintenance and other building operating costs, while improving occupant satisfaction. The Company also currently owns or controls over 900,000 square feet of shopping centers in the Midwest and Southeast and more than 200,000 square feet of office properties in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about Abrams Industries, please visit http://www.abramsindustries.com/ or call 770-953-0304. About ENERGY STAR ENERGY STAR was introduced by the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary market-based partnership to reduce air pollution through increased energy efficiency. The program offers businesses and consumers energy-efficient solutions to save energy, money and help protect the environment for future generations. More than 7,000 organizations have become ENERGY STAR partners and are committed to improving the energy efficiency of products, homes and businesses. For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit http://www.energystar.gov/ or call toll-free 1-888-STAR-YES (1-888-782-7937). Certain statements contained in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other matters which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Abrams Industries, Inc. to be materially different from any past or future results, performance, or uncertainties expressed or implied by such forward- looking statements. Abrams Industries, Inc. does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Abrams Industries, Inc. CONTACT: Alan R. Abrams, Co-Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Abrams Industries, Inc., +1-770-953-0304, or ; or Stephen C. Plane, P.E., President, Servidyne Systems, LLC, +1-770-933-4200, or Web site: http://www.abramsindustries.com/ http://www.servidyne.com/ http://www.energystar.gov/

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