Simon Property Group has expanded its energy efficiency program at its shopping center properties by hooking up with ConEdison Solutions to provide performance contracting services. Energy efficiency programs will include improvements in lighting, HVAC and other energy-related controls. Specific projects will likely include installing new lighting systems, tightly controlling lighting in parking lots and back-of-the-house areas and installing new HVAC systems.

"This partnership allows us to accelerate our program to maximize energy efficiency while preserving our focus on comfort, service reliability and safety for our tenants and shoppers," says George Caraghiaur, Simon's VP of energy services. "In addition to reducing operating costs, energy efficiency also conserves natural resources and reduces the carbon footprint of our facilities."

"Simon has been an early adopter of energy conservation," says Jorge Lopez, president and CEO of ConEdison Solutions.

Indianapolis-based Simon is the country's largest mall owner. Among its New Jersey properties are The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack; Newport Centre Mall in Jersey City; Rockaway Townsquare, Rockaway; Livingston Mall, Livingston; Menlo Park Mall in Edison; Brunswick Square Mall, East Brunswick; Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrenceville; and Ocean County Mall in Toms River.

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