Acuity Brands Honored by US Department of Energy with 2011 Lighting Facts Special Recognition

Company’s Commitment to Industry Standards, Product Integrity Highlighted

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) as one of nine companies honored with the 2011 Lighting Facts® Special Recognition. The honor was announced at the recent Solid State Lighting Market Introduction Workshop in Seattle, WA. Lighting Facts is a voluntary participation program from the DOE that includes LED products for general illumination from manufacturers who commit to testing products and reporting performance results according to industry standards. The program emphasizes consumer education, with the goal of enabling the appropriate comparison and selection of SSL products.

“The DOE’s Lighting Facts program provides the framework for a consumer-friendly format to display LED luminaire performance”

The partners who received the Special Recognition were honored for going above and beyond to integrate Lighting Facts into their everyday business practices, demonstrating their ongoing commitment to the program and to product evaluation. Acuity Brands supports the Lighting Facts program in the commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets. This support includes LM-79 testing of applicable products, as well as the prominent display of the Lighting Facts label on many solid state lighting (SSL) products or specification sheets.

"The DOE’s Lighting Facts program provides the framework for a consumer-friendly format to display LED luminaire performance," said David Zizzi, Acuity Brands Lighting Vice President, Decorative and Residential Products. "Our adoption of Lighting Facts across our LED luminaire portfolio helps communicate our on-going commitment to quality and performance that customers have come to expect from Acuity Brands," Zizzi continued.

For additional information, please visit Acuity Brands on the web and Acuity Brands’ YouTube Channel. You can also become a fan of Acuity Brands on Facebook® and follow Acuity Brands on Twitter®.

About Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands, Inc. is a North American market leader and one of the world’s leading providers of luminaires, lighting control systems and related products and services with fiscal year 2010 net sales of over $1.6 billion. The Company’s lighting and system control product lines include Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Peerless®, Mark Architectural Lighting™, Hydrel®, American Electric Lighting®, Gotham®, Carandini®, RELOC®, Antique Street Lamps™, Tersen®, Renaissance Lighting®, Winona® Lighting, Synergy® Lighting Controls, Sensor Switch®, Lighting Control & Design™, DTL®, ROAM®, Sunoptics® and acculamp™. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 6,000 associates and has operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.