SolFocus Headquarters Awarded LEED® Platinum Certification

Company Facility Contributes to City of San Jose's Green Vision

San Jose, Calif., November 29, 2011 – SolFocus today announced that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Commercial Interior (LEED®) Platinum certification for its headquarters in San Jose, Calif. LEED is USGBC’s leading rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings.

“The LEED certifications are a validation of SolFocus’ efforts to promote environmental stewardship and create healthy work environments that fit the needs of our employees, vendors and clients,” said Mark Crowley, CEO of SolFocus. “We are proud to have achieved this level of sustainability for our headquarters in San Jose.”

SolFocus received the LEED-CI certification for an existing LEED-NC Silver certified building that the company renovated and established as its headquarters in mid-2011. The company achieved this certification in two phases, design and construction.

Sustainable features of the building include high-efficiency lighting, heating and cooling systems, and water-saving technologies. When SolFocus moved into the building, it used 62 percent of the existing building interior’s nonstructural items and diverted 89 percent of construction waste from landfills to re-use and recycling.

“With this groundbreaking certification in San Jose, SolFocus has raised the bar for other Silicon Valley companies seeking to introduce sustainable, environmentally-friendly practices into their facilities,” said Richard Fedrizzi, CEO of USGBC. “USGBC congratulates SolFocus on this environmental achievement.”

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About SolFocus

SolFocus is a leading manufacturer of solar energy systems based on Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) technology. The company’s mission is to deliver the lowest cost of solar energy in high solar resource regions of the world. Achieving this objective starts with developing industry-leading, high-efficiency products which deliver the highest energy harvest of any technology available today. When combined with volume manufacturing and component sourcing the technology drives delivery and operation costs to their lowest. In addition to low costs, SolFocus produces product that provides extended reliability and field durability, critical requirements when deploying energy systems which will remain productive in the field for over 25 years. Currently SolFocus is actively deploying product around the globe. SolFocus products can be seen operating in Arizona, Colorado, California, Hawaii, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Spain, Australia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Malaysia. SolFocus CPV systems are certified to the rigorous standards of IEC 62108, and are backed by Munich Re performance insurance.

For more information on SolFocus visit www.solfocus.com.

About the U.S. Green Building Council

The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit membership organization whose vision is a sustainable built environment within a generation. Its membership includes corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and other nonprofit organizations. Since UGSBC’s founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 17,000 member companies and organizations, a comprehensive family of LEED® green building rating systems, an expansive educational offering, the industry’s popular Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (www.greenbuildexpo.org), and a network of 78 local chapters, affiliates, and organizing groups.

For more information, visit www.usgbc.org.

About LEED®

The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ is a feature-oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specified green building criteria. The six major environmental categories of review include: Sustainable Sites,

Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation and Design. Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of LEED green building certification are awarded based on the total number of points earned within each LEED category. LEED can be applied to all building types including new construction, commercial interiors, core & shell developments, existing buildings, homes, neighborhood developments, schools and retail facilities. LEED for Healthcare is currently under development and is expected to be released in early 2008.

Incentives for LEED are available at the state and local level and LEED has also been adopted nationwide by federal agencies, state and local governments, and interested private companies.

For more information, visit www.usgbc.org/LEED.