Nexxus Lighting's Array™ LED Light Bulbs to be Sold at Lowe's®

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXS) today announced the Nexxus' Array™ brand of premium LED light bulbs will be offered on Lowes.com and in 1,100 Lowe's stores across the United States.  The bulbs will be available to consumers beginning June 2011.

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"We are very pleased to bring consumers premium LED lighting products to be sold in Lowe's stores and on-line," stated Mike Bauer, President and CEO of Nexxus Lighting, Inc.  "Lowe's is a one-stop destination for high quality, energy efficient LED lighting products, and we are excited to offer consumers a premium choice for illuminating their homes energy efficiently."

"Lowe's is proud to offer consumers a wide selection of energy-efficient options for their homes, and the Nexxus Array products provide our customers with many choices to help save energy and money over the lifetime of the bulbs," said Karena Bailey, Lowe's merchandise vice president for lighting.

Lowe's will offer seventeen different Array products, including  Par 38, R30, R16, GU10 and MR-16 bulbs that have qualified for the ENERGY STAR rating.

As an ENERGY STAR partner, Lowe's helps consumers save money and protect the environment by offering a wide variety of ENERGY STAR qualified products. Lowe's commitment to energy efficiency has been recognized every year since 2002 with an ENERGY STAR award. In 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named Lowe's winner of the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award in Retail, the EPA's highest honor, for the second consecutive year.

For more information, tips and projects to improve home efficiency, visit www.lowes.com/energy.

About Nexxus Lighting

Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (www.nexxuslighting.com) is a leader in advanced LED lighting technology, including solid-state LED replacement light bulbs and linear strip lighting products used in commercial, architectural, signage and retail lighting.  Nexxus Lighting sells its products under its Array™ Lighting and Lumificient brand names.   

About Lowe's

With fiscal year 2010 sales of $48.8 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 50 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,725 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Certain of the above statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.  Such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Reference is made to Nexxus Lighting's filings under the Securities Exchange Act for factors that could cause actual results to differ materially.  Nexxus Lighting undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.  Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Nexxus Lighting, Inc.