November 18, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Lime Energy (NASDAQ: LIME), announced the recent completion of an energy efficiency project in downtown Chicago for Perillo BMW, located at 1035 North Clark Street. The project involved new energy efficiency lighting in the showroom and service areas at this five-level downtown location.

The lighting upgrade included installing new fixtures in the showroom areas, the multi-floor parking areas, and the repair and service bays. Overall savings are expected to exceed 150,000 kilowatt-hours per year, which is equivalent to avoiding 95 metric tons of CO2 annually, or taking 18 cars permanently off the road. The upgrades are expected to pay for themselves in slightly over 2 1/2 years from utility bill savings and a rebate from Commonwealth Edison.

After seeing the results of the completed project, the staff at Perillo BMW noticed several benefits that they had not anticipated. In the repair areas, new lighting replaced metal halide fixtures that produced a tremendous amount of heat and that required ventilation fans to maintain comfort for the repair technicians. The new lighting in the new car parking and storage areas now illuminates the cars so well that customers do not ask to see the car outside in the sunlight nearly as often as before.

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