SAVANNAH, GA – PureSpectrum, Inc. (Pink Sheets: PSPM) has taken another step toward moving PureSpectrum Technology out of the laboratory and onto store shelves.  PureSpectrum owns the rights to a family of patents and patent applications related to a technology which could improve the performance of ballast driven lighting applications. During the past year, the company has successfully tested its proprietary circuitry in linear fluorescent and higher wattage Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) applications but recently PureSpectrum commissioned independent testing on a low wattage CFL prototype bulb.  The benefits of applying PureSpectrum Technology to Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) bulbs include instant ignition and rapid illumination without compromising the life of the bulb. The specifications for the prototype were provided by an international lighting manufacturer which has been in negotiations with PureSpectrum since May, and the results indicate that PureSpectrum Technology could possibly provide the circuitry enhancements which would enable necessary performance gains for low wattage CFL bulbs.  While the company does not plan to manufacture light bulbs, PureSpectrum is attempting to license PureSpectrum Technology domestically and internationally. PureSpectrum president and CEO Lee Vanatta said each round of testing is critical to proving that PureSpectrum’s circuitry design for electronic ballasts can produce the performance needed by major lighting manufacturers. 

“These test results show positive progress for our first attempt to marry the advances in our technology with a low wattage CFL bulb,” Vanatta said. “We are pleased with what the results showed, but we are not yet satisfied. We know there is still work to be done, but we now know we are going in the right direction and we know what steps to take to get to our ultimate goal of licensing this technology.” The potential for the technology was evident in the data collected during the testing which took place at Intertek, a NVLAP certified lab and a leading facility in the lighting industry. Despite manual assembly and the use of some mismatched components, the prototype performed similarly and in some cases better than bulbs which are commercially available from brand name manufacturers. The prototype either met or exceeded most standards set forth by Energy Star, a joint program between the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy which establishes guidelines for energy efficiency in a wide range of categories. For a CFL bulb to comply with Energy Star requirements, the minimum light output recommended by Energy Star for CFL bulbs intended to replace a 40-watt incandescent bulb is 450 lumens, and PureSpectrum’s manually assembled 10.92-watt prototype generated approximately 572 lumens.  Additionally, the Color Rendering Index (CRI) must be at least 80.0, the Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) must indicate a Kelvin temperature between 2700K and 3000K, the Starting Time cannot exceed one second and the Run-Up Time cannot exceed one minute. The PureSpectrum prototype bulb showed a Starting Time of 40 milliseconds, a Run-Up Time of 31 seconds, a CRI reading of 82.18 and a CCT of 2729K.  

“We will not claim that our technology is perfected at this point, but we feel confident that this latest testing has pulled us closer to being able to see PureSpectrum Technology imbedded into a light bulb bought and used by consumers,” Vanatta said. “There are refinements which need to be made, and there are some adjustments in our engineering which need to take place. But we have leaped forward in terms of taking this technology from theoretical to practical and meeting the demands of our potential licensees.”END ABOUT PURESPECTRUM PureSpectrum (Pink Sheets: PSPM) is a publicly traded technology company founded and headquartered in

Savannah, Ga. The company’s values are grounded in an awareness of the increasing urgency to identify more efficient energy solutions. PureSpectrum currently holds the rights to multiple patents and patent applications related to an electronic ballast design which would produce a soft switching environment during power conversion for artificial lighting. PureSpectrum will continue its commitment to researching, developing and refining ideas that will provide the most energy efficient, cost effective methods for powering artificial light. For more information on PureSpectrum, please call (912) 961-4980 or visit www.purespectrumlighting.com. Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements.  Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for PureSpectrum’s products and services, its ability to succeed in growing revenue, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired businesses, and other risk factors identified from time to time by PureSpectrum.