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Carillon, Huntington, Long Island
Now He’s a Believer
When Joseph F. Carillo, Sr., first heard about the benefits
of gas-fired Combined Health and Power, he was skeptical.
As the Director and partner in Carillon Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center in Huntington, Long Island, he felt he should approach
this significant energy investment cautiously.
“After hearing from All Systems Cogeneration Inc., of Bay
Shore, about what Combined Heat and Power can do,” he said,
“I wanted to see a working installation for myself. We went
to look at the closest nursing home to us that has this system.
We wanted to see how small it was and if it was quiet enough
for our purposes.”
“We liked what we saw. It sounds like a small lawn mower,
which is perfectly fine for our application. We decided to
go ahead with it.”
Additional key factors in the decision to install were the
energy audits and feasibility studies which were provide by
KeySpan Energy Delivery. Less than six months later, All Systems
Cogeneration had Mr. Carillo’s nursing home using natural
gas to generate its own electricity. The system also handles
most of the thermal energy for their laundry, cooking and
domestic hot water for both buildings at the 315 bed facility.
The gas-fired Combined Heat and Power systems (formerly known
as “cogeneration”) which is serviced by All Systems, has been
extremely reliable since its installation in January 1998,
and the reduction in energy costs was immediate and substantial.
The system is yielding net savings in energy costs of $79,413
a year. The saving will pay for the systems within 2 ½ years.
“We were apprehensive at first,” said Mr. Carillo. “but we’re
more than pleased with the result. So far everything we saw
in the original proposal is happening right on the button.”
Hillside Manor, Jamaica Estates
Sea Crest, Coney Island
Brothers in Savings
Stanley Dicker and Daniel Dicker are bothers who have more
common than you might think. Each holds doctorate in engineering
science from Columbia University and each is a licensed professional
engineer. Stanley owns two nursing homes and Daniel is a partner
with a third brother Ernest, a former CPA, in three other
nursing homes for which Ernest is the Executive Director.
They have converted their all-electric nursing homes to gas-fired
Combined Health & Power. “I looked into gas equipment,”
said Dr. Stanley Dicker, “because I heard that gas units are
now available for providing Combined Heat & Power for
smaller buildings such as nursing home.”
When he saw the numbers, it was an easy decision, he said.
“For example, at Hillside Manor Rehabilitation and Extended
Care Center, my 400-bed facility in Jamaica Estates, Queens,
we’re saving $119,036 annually on energy costs. The savings
will pay for the cost of the gas equipment in 2.17 years.
That’s an unbelievable payback.”
The system provides over one million kWh of electricity every
year as well as all of the facility’s domestic water. Hillside
Manor also uses gas for cooking and laundry services. All
Systems’ computerized maintenance system continuously monitors
the equipment to ensure trouble-free high efficiency operation.
Ernest and Daniel are also achieving major savings at Sea
Crest Health Care Center, their 320-bed facility in Coney
Island, Brooklyn. There, the savings are $63,740 a year, which
will pay for the gas equipment in 3.4 years.
All Systems Cogeneration Inc. designed and installed Sea
Crest’s system in only six months. It produces 60 kW, and
the thermal energy from the gas system is recovered and used
in the kitchen, laundry and the heating systems, as well as
for domestic hot water.
The Combined Heat & Power systems at both Hillside Manor
and Sea Crest are compiling outstanding track records for
reliability as well.
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