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Case study · LED Lighting

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services

NRG Incentives upgraded a large two-meter office building — tenanted by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services and managed by M.D. Atkinson Company — from high-wattage fluorescent lighting to efficient, adjustable LED, with zero out of pocket.

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration ServicesLED retrofit · office building
$94,448
annual energy savings
$7,870.63
monthly savings
2.07 yrs
payback period
$0
out-of-pocket cost
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The challenge

The 995 property is a large office building with two meters and outdated fluorescent lighting — an ideal candidate for an LED upgrade, but one that needed a financing structure flexible enough to fit a multi-tenant, multi-meter building.

The solution

NRG Incentives converted the building's high-wattage fixtures to efficient, adjustable LED troffers — improving lighting flexibility for tenants — and structured a custom financing package that allowed the single building to be approved as multiple qualified projects. A $49,214 rebate brought the net cost to $195,797, delivered with zero out of pocket.

The results

The retrofit delivers about $94,448 in annual energy savings — roughly $7,870.63 a month — recovering the $195,796.88 net investment in about 2.07 years, then compounding into net savings. Tenants gain brighter, tunable light with far lower operating cost.

Return on investment — net cash position over 10 years
Break-even 2.07 yrs
+$748,679
$750k$500k$250k$0-$250k
Yr 0Yr 2Yr 4Yr 6Yr 8Yr 10
Additional financial impact

What the upgrade is worth to the asset

Two of the levers an upgrade like this moves — value created and interest avoided. Adjust the rates to match your underwriting.

Added property value
$1,717,228$1,574,126$1,453,039$1,349,251$1,259,301$1,180,594
a one-time lift to the property's value at a 5.5%6%6.5%7%7.5%8% cap rate — capitalizing $94,448/yr in energy savings.
Cap rate
0% financing — interest you avoid
$15,664$17,622$19,188$19,580$21,538$23,496
in interest avoided each year at 8%9%9.8%10%11%12% — on the $195,797 project cost, financed at 0%.
Interest rate