Mr. O'Brien is a professional environmental engineer with 16 years experience in the fields of environmental and infrastructure engineering. He has technical and business expertise in process and environmental engineering, water and wastewater systems engineering, transportation and transit systems engineering, and environmental approvals.

Mr. O'Brien has a long track record of managing multi-million dollar engineering projects. His involvement on these projects includes the early planning phases, through design, construction and final commissioning. His most recent experience includes managing the design and construction of infrastructure components for a US$2 billion hotel, resort and water park complex on Palm Island in the United Arab Emirates.

Mr. Tom Beck, President and CEO of SHEC LABS said, "The appointment of Mr. O'Brien as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development will not only bolster our management team, it will give us the needed expertise and leadership required to move the company forward into commercialisation." Mr. Beck continued, "The experience Mr. O'Brien has in managing large projects globally will enhance our Corporation and we welcome him to our Board of Directors."

"SHEC has developed some unique and exciting technologies that have the potential to revolutionize the energy sector while improving our environment", said Mr. O'Brien. "I am particularly excited about the prospects for these technologies as their development and application has the potential to help our government meet their environmental and technology commitments. I am looking forward to working with SHEC as it further develops its technologies." Mr. O'Brien goes on to say, "Through my continuing role at Giffels and my new role with SHEC, I hope to leverage the considerable resources of our two firms to bring comprehensive solutions together for SHEC's solar hydrogen projects. I will further endeavor to provide leadership to help strengthen SHEC LABS' management team and business development expertise to help commercialize SHEC's technologies."

About Ingenium

Ingenium has a staff of 950 architects, engineers, scientists, and technical support staff based across Canada, the United States, the Middle East, and Asia. Ingenium reflects the unified corporate strategy of three unique companies: Giffels Associates Limited, NORR Limited, and Giffels Design-Build Inc. Ingenium offers full service or turnkey solutions in areas including power, energy, drinking water treatment and supply, wastewater collection and treatment, transportation, manufacturing, and communications.

Ingenium is one of the few service firms in the world that are certified to both the ISO 9001 Standard (Business Standard), and the ISO 14001 Environmental Standard. Ingenium has been awarded the honour of one of Canada's 50 Best Managed companies for three consecutive years.

Giffels has been responsible for performing independent technology validations for SHEC Since 2001. The company performed a feasibility study for SHEC's newly deployed solar hydrogen generator in Tempe Arizona in September of 2004, and Giffels has subsequently become a strategic partner with SHEC LABS.

About SHEC LABS - (Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation)

SHEC LABS, a research and development company now embarking on commercialization, is a world leader in providing solutions for the production of clean, renewable energy for the emerging hydrogen economy. SHEC LABS, founded in 1996, has developed technologies to more economically harness the power of the sun, reduce the temperatures required for the disassociation of water, more economically produce hydrogen from fossil fuels and produce hydrogen from biomass sources.