San Francisco, CA and Worcester, MA – September 5, 2012 – World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: XWES), a leading energy management services firm, today announced it has been chosen to present at the Wedbush 2012 Clean Technology & Industrial Growth Conference in San Francisco.

Phil Adams, Chief Executive Officer of World Energy Solutions, will address conference attendees on Wednesday, September 12 at 9:00 a.m. PT at the Westin San Francisco Hotel. The presentation will also be webcast at http://wsw.com/webcast/wedbush22/xwes/.

“We are delighted to be returning to the Wedbush Clean Technology & Industrial Growth Conference,” said Mr. Adams. “We believe our emerging leadership in the energy management space coupled with our business model’s attractive growth profile, profitability and track record of cash generation makes us a unique and compelling microcap story. We’ve had a remarkable year since presenting here last and are looking forward to updating attendees on our exciting progress.”

The 2012 Clean Technology & Industrial Growth Conference is a by-invitation-only event that brings together Wedbush Securities’ institutional clients with management executives from leading global companies in the sector. For more information on the conference, please see: http://www.wedbush.com/sites/default/files/2012.CTIG_.SaveTheDate.pdf.

For more information on World Energy Solutions, please visit the Company’s investor page: http://www.worldenergy.solutions/investors/

About World Energy Solutions, Inc.

World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: XWES) is an energy management services firm that brings together the passion, processes and technologies to take the complexity out of energy management and turn it into bottom-line impact for the businesses, institutions and governments we serve. To date, the Company has transacted more than $30 billion in energy, demand response and environmental commodities on behalf of its customers, creating more than $1 billion in value for them. World Energy is also a leader in the global carbon market, where its World Energy Exchange® supports the ground-breaking Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s (RGGI) cap and trade program for CO₂ emissions. For more information, please visit www.worldenergy.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the following: our revenue and backlog are dependent on actual future energy purchases pursuant to completed procurements; the demand for our services is affected by changes in regulated prices or cyclicality or volatility in competitive market prices for energy; and there are factors outside our control that affect transaction volume in the electricity market. Additional risk factors are identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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