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Bluestone retrofit of Mack Technologies facility featured in Sustainable Plant

Bluestone retrofit of Mack Technologies facility featured in Sustainable Plant

Bluestone’s recent retrofit of Mack Technologies Westford, MA facility was featured in a recent article in Sustainable Plant. From the article: Mack Technologies has substantially reduced energy consumption in its Westford, Massachusetts manufacturing facility with a comprehensive LED lighting retrofit. This project has the distinction of being the largest retrofit deployment of LED lighting in any manufacturing space in New England. Mack Technologies provides complex electronic manufacturing services including printed circuit board assembly, electromechanical assembly, and […]

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Upsite’s upcoming Data Center World presentations featured in Cabling Installation and Maintenance

Upsite Technologies’ upcoming Data Center World presentations were recently featured in Cabling Installation and Maintenance magazine  From the article: Upsite Technologies will exhibit and discuss data center airflow management strategies and solutions at next week’s at Data Center World 2013 in Las Vegas. Attendees will have the opportunity to view the company’s suite of data center airflow systems, as well as its new Cooling Capacity Factor (CCF) calculator. During the show’s expo, Upsite representatives will meet with attendees at the company’s booth […]

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Massachusetts Commissioner of DOER speaks during Bluestone showcase event at Mack Technologies

Massachusetts Commissioner of DOER speaks during Bluestone showcase event at Mack Technologies

On April 10th, Milldam coordinated an event hosted by Bluestone Energy Services at Mack Technologies’ Westford manufacturing facility where Bluestone recently completed a retrofit of 2,600 T-8 fluorescent lamps with high efficiency LED fixtures. Mack Technologies will save over $50,000 in annual lighting costs from the project and received over $130,000 through a combination of state and federal tax credits, and utility incentives provided by National Grid. The LED lighting project provides Mack Technologies with a two […]

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Bluestone Energy’s retrofit of Mack Technologies facility featured in Lowell Sun article

Bluestone Energy’s recent retrofit of Mack Technologies’ facility was featured in an article in the Lowell Sun. From the article: Mack Technologies celebrated its successful effort to reduce energy consumption in an event with state and town officials and industry representatives on Wednesday. According to Kovach, the new “intelligent” lighting system that includes motion sensors and remote online control took about a month to install and cost $330,000. National Grid provided about $130,000 in financial […]

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Bluestone featured in Boston Business Journal about largest LED manufacturing installation in New England

Bluestone featured in Boston Business Journal about largest LED manufacturing installation in New England

Bluestone was recently featured for their work at Mack Technologies where they completed the largest LED manufacturing installation in New England. From the article: Mack Technologies, a manufacturer of printed circuit boards and other electronics, will reduce energy lighting costs by 40 percent, or $50,000 in annual costs, thanks to an installation of LED lighting at its facilities, one of the largest installations of manufacturing space in New England. Employees at Norwell, Mass-based Bluestone Energy, […]

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Bluestone Energy’s Ryan Blair interviewed in Worcester Business Journal about Mack Technologies retrofit project

Bluestone Energy’s Ryan Blair interviewed in Worcester Business Journal about Mack Technologies retrofit project

Bluestone works for Mack Technologies to install one of the largest LED retrofits in New England Bluestone Energy’s Ryan Blair was recently interviewed for an article in the Worcester Business Journal about the recent retrofit of Mack Technologies distribution center with new LED lighting and controls. From the article:  John Kovach, president of Mack Technologies, said his firm hired  Bluestone Energy of Norwell to replace several thousand fluorescent bulbs with more-efficient LED fixtures. Kovach said […]

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Bluestone Energy featured in Today’s Facility Manager article about Stop and Shop’s energy conservation efforts

Bluestone was recently featured in an article about Stop and Shop’s energy conservation efforts. From the article: In 2008, Stop & Shop called upon the expertise of Bluestone Energy Services, based in Norwell, MA, to assist in company wide energy improvements. “The company helped us with numerous aspects of our projects, from conducting store surveys to performing turnkey installations,” says Macomber. “Bluestone has also helped us with completing applications for energy rebates and incentives.” Stop […]

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Bluestone Energy’s Gabriel Andreson writes article for EDC Magazine about advantages of different Lighting Technologies

Bluestone Energy’s Gabriel Andreson writes article for EDC Magazine about advantages of different Lighting Technologies

Bluestone Energy’s Director of Lighting Gabriel Andreson Recently wrote an article for Environmental Design and Construction magazine titled “An Aerial View of High Intensity Fluorescents vs. LEDs”  in which he reviews the pros and cons of the two lighting technologies. From the article: The limitations of High Intensity Fluorescents and recent improvements in LED technology have caused LEDs to be a superior alternative in many cases. LED high bay fixtures generally use less energy than […]

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Bluestone Energy’s President writes article for EDC Magazine about retrofit project at Colonnade Hotel

Bluestone Energy’s President writes article for EDC Magazine about retrofit project at Colonnade Hotel

Bluestone Energy’s President Peter Fairbanks recently wrote an article for EDC Magazine about the Colonnade Hotel partnering with Bluestone Energy Services to implement hotel-wide energy efficiency upgrades. After its initial evaluation of the hotel, Bluestone Energy Services successfully secured a $465,000 incentive payment from NSTAR that enabled Bluestone to make numerous eco-friendly improvements to dated, inefficient or otherwise failing systems. First, Bluestone Energy installed a new efficient chiller with frictionless oil-free compressors. This state-of-the-art chiller […]

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Bluestone Energy’s Gabriel Andreson writes article for EDC Magazine about how to evaluate LED Technologies

Bluestone Energy’s Director of Lighting Gabriel Andreson recently wrote an article for EDC Magazine titled “Evaluating LED Technology”, in which he reviews the ways facility managers and other buyers of LED technologies should evaluate the offerings in the marketplace. From the article: n order to better evaluate LED technology, there are a few key concepts that must be understood: Luminous Efficacy – This is defined as the number of lumens generated per watt of electricity […]

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