NORWELL, Mass.–October 28, 2011(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bluestone Energy Services, LLC, a division of OpTerra Energy Group and leader in energy conservation engineering and project development services for industrial and commercial clients, announced today that a lighting project it recently completed for a food distribution center will provide a 950,000 kWh reduction in annual electrical consumption and a payback of less than one year.
“We look forward to partnering with NortheastDCP on future projects for their other facilities, to reduce energy costs and related environmental impact.”
Bluestone Energy designed and implemented a three-part lighting retrofit for a 260,000 square-foot facility at the Northeast branch of National DCP (NDCP), a national supply chain manager that is owned and operated by the franchisees of a leading quick-serve restaurant chain. In dry-storage areas, Bluestone Energy replaced bi-level Metal Halide (MH) lighting with High Intensity Fluorescent (HIF) lighting equipped with occupancy sensors. In coolers and freezers, Bluestone converted the MH lighting to LED fixtures with software control.
The project, which significantly reduces the facility’s carbon footprint, received from National Grid an $80,000 incentive that enabled the project to pay for itself in less than one year.
