This document proposes a modified carry select adder design to reduce area and power consumption compared to a regular carry select adder. A carry select adder uses two ripple carry adders and a multiplexer to perform addition. The proposed design replaces one of the ripple carry adders with a binary-excess-1 converter to reduce the number of full adders. Simulation results show the modified design reduces area by reducing the gate count and also lowers power consumption compared to a regular carry select adder design. The modified design has applications in arithmetic logic units, high-speed multiplications, and advanced microprocessor designs due to its lower area and power.