Eco-story has cooperated with Ansara Restaurant Group, one of Red Robin International’s largest franchise organizations for LED retrofit and energy saving.

Eco-story will support Ansara for the installation of approximately 3,500 LED lamps including LED par 20, par 30, and par 38 lamps for the interior of the restaurants and some exterior applications.

It is expected to achieve more than 1 million kilowatt hours of savings annually, which translates into more than $117,000 saved in utility costs per year. Besides, the switch to Eco-story’s LED lights will save about 524 tons of carbon dioxide annually.

The installation was complete in February 2011 and the restaurants are already realizing savings. Ansara Restaurant Group expects a return on investment in approximately 10 months from the installation.

It’s predicted that the majority of the stores will receive utility rebates and more than half received rebates of 50 percent of the lamp and installation cost.