Ben Croxton, CEO of World Energy Solutions said, "George's experience inInvestment Banking coupled with his vast knowledge of the technology industrywill prove invaluable to World Energy as we pursue exciting marketopportunities that lie ahead of us. We are very pleased to have him join theBoard."

Lauro is founding partner of Alteon Capital Partners, a SiliconValley-based firm that provides direct venture investment, equity fundraisingand M&A advisory to companies in the electronics and information technologyindustries. He also is Senior Advisor to Needham & Company, a technologyinvestment bank.

"I look forward to working with World Energy Solutions," said Lauro."World Energy has a unique suite of technologies with exciting commercialpotential and I believe that the time is right for bringing them to themarket."

Lauro has served on the Board of Directors of 15 public and privatecompanies since 1997. He has also been awarded 23 patents on inertialguidance, GPS, RFIC's and radio identification products.

Earlier in his career, Lauro was Managing Director of two venture capitalfunds, Techfarm Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests inearly-to-mid-stage technology companies, and Wasserstein Perella Ventures, atechnology venture capital and leveraged buyout fund. He opened and managedWasserstein's west coast office in Palo Alto.

Before becoming a venture capitalist, Mr. Lauro was Director of RapidCommercialization for IBM where he led a group responsible for bringingadvanced technologies from IBM's development labs to market. He also wasDirector of New Business Development for Motorola where he conceived theworld's first handheld GPS navigation product (Traxar GPS) and launchedMotorola's RFIC and GPS businesses.

Mr. Lauro holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a BSEE fromBrown University, and completed graduate work at MIT in Digital Control andAeronautics

About World Energy Solutions

World Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WEGY) is an EnergyServices Company and electronics manufacturer. WES's primary business focus isthe development of technology for lowering electrical, gas and water usage forcommercial, government and residential facilities. As a pioneer in themanufacturing of the finest TVSS systems available in the market today, WESuses cutting edge technologies and unsurpassed design standards to provide itscustomers with full lifetime warranties on its products.

For more information about WES please visit its website athttp://www.worldenergysolutionsinc.com .

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