Metro Energy Solutions Announces Contract with Radio City Music Hall

West Caldwell, NJ- January, 2002 – Metro Energy Solutions announced today it has completed the first phase of an initiative to upgrade the infrastructure and reduce operating costs at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York.  The world-famous music hall is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems, headquartered in New York.  The project involved a lighting retrofit of 1,144 inefficient lighting fixtures with new T8 lamps and electronic ballasts, as well as new LED exit signs in place of the old incandescent exit signs.   The project is estimated to save Radio City over $81,000 per year in reduced energy costs, in addition to reducing its air conditioning and lighting maintenance costs.

Radio City Music Hall contracted Metro Energy Solutions, a full-service energy services company based in West Caldwell, New Jersey, to assist them in assessing the existing mechanical and electrical equipment in the facility, and make recommendations for improvements based on cost-effectiveness.  "With deregulation creating a major concern in the metropolitan area our first objective was to look for ways to assist Radio City Music Hall in reducing their load, and the first step was lighting," stated Peter Pirrello, Metro Energy Solution's Vice President of New Account Development.  "We are pleased that one of the most high profile properties in the world chose to partner with Metro Energy Solutions.  We look forward to continuing our efforts to assist Radio City Music Hall in improving their facility." 

Metro Energy Solutions also enabled Radio City Music Hall to work with the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) to capture the available utility incentives for this lighting retrofit project.  NYSERDA offers many programs that offer significant financial incentives for the installation of energy efficient technologies.  Radio City Music Hall self financed the project and will be able to achieve a 1.59 year payback due to the energy savings and utility incentives that Metro Energy Solutions was able to obtain for them.