The challenge
Northwest Promenade is a large open-air retail center in Bakersfield where parking-lot, storefront, and common-area lighting run long hours every day. The aging fixtures were expensive to power and maintain, and inconsistent light levels affected both tenant appeal and shopper safety after dark.
The solution
NRG Incentives packaged a center-wide LED retrofit — exterior, parking, and common areas — and secured a $48,643 utility rebate to offset the investment, delivering brighter, more uniform light with dramatically lower energy and maintenance costs.
The results
The upgrade delivers $131,289 in annual energy savings against a $492,544 project investment — net $443,901 after the $48,643 utility rebate — recovering the net investment in roughly 3.38 yrs, then compounding into net savings while the new lighting keeps working.