Philadelphia Skyline at 23rd & Market To Go Dark

It will be out with the old for PECO at midnight on New Year’s Eve as the company turns off its existing Crown Lights message system atop its headquarters at 23^rd and Market Streets in Philadelphia. Following a ceremonial countdown, Philadelphia’s skyline will be permanently changed as the company installs a new, energy efficient LED lighting system with color and graphic capability. The new system is expected to be unveiled mid-summer 2009.

PECO has been displaying community messages atop its Market Street headquarters since July 4, 1976. Since that time, the company has saluted local community and non-profit organizations with more than 17,825 messages.

A Philadelphia tradition, the original Crown Lights electronic messaging board consists of a total of 2,600 individual bulbs. The display is 38 feet high, 148 feet long along the North and South side of the building, and 71 feet long along the East and West side.

The new system will utilize the latest in LED lighting technology, providing enhanced messaging capabilities and energy efficiency savings. Annually, the new system is expected to use 20 percent less energy and provide several thousand dollars of additional savings in bulb replacement costs. The system is being installed by C. Erickson and Sons in conjunction with YESCO Electronics.

This project is part of a more than $15 million ongoing initiative at PECO to preserve the environment and help customers become more environmentally responsible as well. Other environmental projects include the opening of PECO’s first ‘green building’, the installation of a green roof at the company’s Center City headquarters, upgrades to secure Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for many company buildings throughout the region, the increased use of hybrid and biodiesel vehicles, and support for community and customer environmental and energy efficiency projects.

These environmental efforts contribute to and support Exelon 2020: A Low-Carbon Roadmap, the comprehensive environmental plan of PECO’s parent company. Exelon 2020 sets the goal of reducing, offsetting or displacing more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year by 2020. The corporation will do this by reducing or offsetting the company’s carbon footprint, helping customers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and proving more low-carbon electricity in the marketplace.

Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC). PECO serves 1.6 million electric and 480,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,500 people in the region. PECO delivered 78.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 39.9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2007. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental, economic development and community programs and organizations.

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