Adobe Gets U.S., California Honors For Power Usage

Adobe Wins Platinum Certification Awarded by U.S. Green Building Council; California Flex Your Power! Award for Energy Efficiency.

SAN JOSE, CA, July 3, 2006 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum certification for Adobe's West Tower headquarters building in downtown San Jose. The Adobe tower is the world's first commercial office building to earn this highest recognition possible for energy and environmental design excellence under the USGBC's permanent LEED Existing Building (LEED-EB) standard.

Serious About Environment
"Adobe is serious about environmental stewardship. Throughout
Adobe facilities worldwide, we strive to use groundbreaking,
environmentally friendly design, construction and conservation
methods. It's the right thing to do and it makes good business sense,"
said Bruce Chizen, CEO at Adobe. "We're extremely proud to receive the
LEED-EB Platinum certification -- it's a significant honor and a
validation of our efforts to create a healthier workplace for our
employees, preserve resources and reduce energy costs."

The LEED Green Building Rating System(R) is a voluntary,
consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance,
sustainable buildings. The rating system was designed by leading
experts in the construction industry to promote buildings that are
economically profitable, environmentally friendly and healthy,
productive places to work. Adobe's Platinum certification was based on
ratings in five categories: sustainability; water efficiency; energy
efficiency and atmospheric quality; use of materials and resources;
indoor environmental quality; and innovations in upgrades, operations
and maintenance.

"As the first project to earn LEED platinum since we completed the
existing buildings pilot program, Adobe is truly an inspiration and
model for other companies seeking to introduce sustainable,
environmentally-friendly practices into their facilities," said Rick
Fedrizzi, President and CEO of USGBC. "It's our honor to congratulate
them on this wonderful achievement."

Electricity Use Reduced 35%
Working with facilities management firm Cushman & Wakefield, Adobe
has invested $1.1 million since 2001 for an energy and environmental
retrofit of the three towers that comprise its San Jose headquarters
campus. Over the five-year period, Adobe has reduced electricity use
by 35 percent, natural gas use by 41 percent, domestic water use by 22
percent, and irrigation water use by 75 percent. Adobe now recycles or
composts up to 85 percent of its solid waste. Through energy savings
projects and the purchase of green power, Adobe has reduced its
pollutants emissions by 26 percent.

Adobe undertook a total of 45 specific projects to achieve
platinum certification of the West Tower, which opened in 1996; these
have netted a 114 percent return on investment and payback, in some
cases, in as few as nine months. Included in the projects were:
retrofitting lighting; adding motion sensors; installing variable
speed frequency drives on large fans and chillers; adding real-time
metering; upgrading building control systems; re-commissioning of
major systems throughout the facilities; and participating in peak
period power shedding programs.

For more information about the USGBC and the USGBC's LEED rating
system, visit www.usgbc.org.