Worcester, MA – July 24, 2012 – World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: XWES), a leading energy management services firm, today announced it will be presenting at the Needham & Company, LLC Advanced Industrial Technologies Conference in New York City, a day-long event focused on the clean technology and industrial growth sectors.

Phil Adams, Chief Executive Officer of World Energy Solutions, will deliver the Company presentation to conference attendees on Tuesday, August 7 at 9:30 a.m. at Needham & Company’s NYC headquarters. The presentation will also be webcast at http://wsw.com/webcast/needham54/xwes/. Mr. Adams will be joined at the conference by the Company’s VP of Corporate Communications, Dan Mees.

“We thank Needham for their invitation to tell our exciting story to their community of investors,” said Phil Adams, CEO of World Energy. “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 an attractive, undiscovered microcap story. We look forward to introducing more investors to World Energy.”

The Needham & Company, LLC Advanced Industrial Technologies Conference will feature presentations and Q&As with leading companies in the clean technology and industrial growth sectors. The conference is by invitation only.

In advance of the event, World Energy Solutions will be releasing financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2012 on Thursday, August 2, 2012, after the market close. The Company will then host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss the results. World Energy Solutions invites all those interested in hearing management’s discussion of its results to join the call by dialing 1 (888) 517-2458 and entering passcode 7543 459#.

For more information about World Energy Solutions, please visit the Company’s investor page: www.worldenergy.com/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.

Source: World Energy Solutions, Inc.