BOULDER, COLORADO, October 21, 2003 - EnergyWindow^®, a supplier of information-technology-based tools and consulting to manage the energy supplies used by large businesses, and the Worldwide Retail Exchange (WWRE), the premier, Internet-based, business-to-business exchange for large retailers and suppliers, today announced a strategic alliance for the WWRE to promote EnergyWindow's natural gas and electricity procurement services to its members.

Through this alliance, EnergyWindow will provide WWRE members with access to its efficient, cost-effective energy procurement process (an online request-for-bid system for procurement of natural gas and electricity), as well as related Internet-based tools and information for managing all phases of a company's energy supply program.

Ultimately, EnergyWindow will migrate its energy auction process to the WWRE's eRFx online bid system for WWRE members. Initially, however, WWRE members will use EnergyWindow's online bidding system to procure natural gas and electricity at more competitive rates.

According to Dr. Jack Mason, EnergyWindow chief executive, the partnership between EnergyWindow and the WWRE makes perfect sense.

"Large retail operations are spending far more than they should on the natural gas and electricity needed to run their multiple facilities," explained Dr. Jack Mason, chief executive of EnergyWindow. "This is either because they don't have the time or expertise to obtain competitive bids in areas where energy is deregulated, or because they have no information systems designed to track energy usage and make more informed strategic decisions. By gaining access to EnergyWindow's suite of online energy procurement and management products, large retailers can, quite simply, reduce the costs, risk and complexity of buying natural gas and electricity."

"In a time when retailer's margins are tighter than ever, the ability to save thousands or millions of dollars in energy supply purchases can go straight to a retailer's bottom line," noted Sally Herbert, CCO of the WWRE. "We have chosen to partner with EnergyWindow because of their 'best-in-class' approach to energy supply management and procurement."

A Look at EnergyWindow's Products/Services
This alliance will allow WWRE members access to EnergyWindow's comprehensive suite of energy management products and services. Highlights of these products and services include:

	The EnergyWindow Request/Bid System: This system automates the process by which businesses develop accurate requests for energy bids based on facility needs, solicit qualified bidders, conduct bidding and select the best energy supplier. This system greatly speeds the process of obtaining energy bids, and allows retailers to pursue competitive bids easily for natural gas and electricity in markets where energy markets are deregulated.
	EnergyWindow Focus! Knowledgebase: This database allows retailers access to current information about energy markets, including market conditions and pricing, distribution company rules (which can vary from state to state), available energy suppliers and more. Three valuable layers of information are quickly available, including: 1) current or anticipated state energy market activity, 2) distribution territory activity and active suppliers, and 3) more detailed information on distribution rules and supplier products. Through this user-friendly database, energy managers for large retailers can more easily and quickly determine where and when to focus their attention, and when it's most advantageous to solicit bids from suppliers.
	EnergyWindow Energy Management System: This information-technology-based system is designed to help energy managers track their natural gas and electricity usage on a monthly basis. The system will automatically compare monthly energy use and costs by facility, and can quickly spotlight key facilities where energy costs are increasing beyond accepted limits.
	EnergyWindow Energy Management Consulting: EnergyWindow offers professionals with decades of experience in virtually all facets of energy supply management. While EnergyWindow routinely partners with third-party energy consultants to help their clients, the company also offers consulting services on an as-needed basis. Key elements of consulting services include: development of overall energy strategies and programs, review of energy management practices, and recommendations for short- and long-term improvements in energy management.

EnergyWindow Offers Proven Process; Large Retailers Saving Millions
"The efficacy of EnergyWindow's model is supported by our previous successes," noted Mason. "For example, we have helped more than 20 internationally recognized companies and retail organizations significantly reduce their energy expenditures through our online request for energy bid system," he said.

According to Mason, EnergyWindow already has achieved significant successes with some large retailers that are WWRE members, including J.C. Penney and another large national retailer that is a WWRE member. "The combined total of these two entities' energy savings achieved from working with EnergyWindow totals more than $9 million.

About WWRE
The WWRE is the premier Internet-based business-to-business exchange for retailers and suppliers. Designed to facilitate and simplify trading between retailers, suppliers, partners and distributors, the WWRE currently consists of 64 members from Africa, Asia, Europe, North American and South America, with combined sales of approximately U.S. $900 billion. To date, the WWRE has saved its members more than $1 billion through the use of its solutions. For more information, visit www.wwre.org, or www.worldwideretailexchange.org.

About EnergyWindow
EnergyWindow is a Boulder, Colo.-based company that offers a comprehensive suite of information-technology-based tools and energy industry expertise to help businesses manage every aspect of their energy supply cycle (natural gas and electricity). EnergyWindow offers four key areas of products and services: 1) An online request/bid system for energy procurement; 2) a real-time, online energy market knowledgebase, 3) an energy management information system that tracks and analyzes a company's energy usage, and 4) energy supply strategy and management consulting. The company was founded in 1999 by Dr. Jack Mason, a long-time energy industry veteran, and Dr. Mike Usrey, a veteran Internet and information technology expert. To date, the company has handled more than 2,000 transactions for large energy purchases. The company can be reached at: http://www.energywindow.com or 303-444-2366.