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Northeast HVAC
News
NG Advantage Delivers Compressed
Natural Gas to Hospitals Not on a Gas Pipeline.
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital to Convert to Clean
CNG.
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 NG
Advantage LLC announces that the Northeastern Vermont Regional
Hospital (NVRH) in St. Johnsbury, VT will be using compressed
natural gas (CNG) to run its facility. Although the hospital is
not located on a natural gas pipeline, CNG delivery by NG
Advantage using its virtual pipeline will enable NVRH to take
advantage of the cost savings and emissions reductions of
cleaner burning North American natural gas. NG Advantage
delivers CNG by transporting compressed natural gas in high-tech
carbon fiber composite trailers over public highways. The CNG
will replace fuel oil at the hospital saving money and improving
air quality. The change is part of NVRH's commitment to become
the first Energy Star rated hospital in Vermont.
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital is a community, not for
profit, acute care, critical access hospital. It is the only
Vermont hospital designated Baby FriendlyTM by the United
Nations. The hospital also received the Vermont Governor’s Award
for Environmental Excellence and Pollution Prevention in
2006-2007, for its “broad ranging environment friendly
initiatives undertaken by a rural hospital.”
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital provides primary and
preventive care, surgical and specialty services, inpatient and
outpatient care, and 24-hour physician-staffed emergency
services.
Paul Bengtson, the hospital’s CEO, commented that, “Northeastern
Vermont Regional Hospital has a list of very aggressive
environmental initiatives. The first item on our list is to
reduce the emissions from our heating plant. Over 15 years ago,
we converted from #4 fuel oil to #2 fuel oil to reduce our
sulfur emissions. Now we are taking our commitment a step
further in converting to compressed natural gas. CNG will reduce
our CO2 emissions by approximately 26% and virtually no
particulates will be coming out of our smoke stack. Our number
one environmental goal will soon be accomplished.”
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NG Advantage’s CEO
Neale Lunderville applauded Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
on its decision to use CNG saying “Both the hospital’s Mission and
Value Statements speak to its commitment to creating an environment
which is safe and clean for patients, staff and visitors, while
improving the health of all people in the communities it serves.
Improving the environment by burning cleaner fuels certainly meets
the goals NVRH puts forth.” Lunderville added “In today’s world,
keeping the costs that add up to our health care bills as low as
possible is also very important. NG Advantage’s customers on average
save around 30% off their 2012 fuel bills by converting to CNG. This
magnitude of savings certainly helps keep those costs down.”
About NG Advantage LLC:
NG Advantage LLC is the leading fuel provider trucking compressed
natural gas (CNG) in the U.S. – bringing the economic and
environmental benefits of North American natural gas to large
enterprise customers without access to a pipeline. The company’s
current customers include hospitals, paper mills, asphalt mills, and
electrical product manufacturers in Vermont, New Hampshire, and
Massachusetts.
For more information:
www.ngadvantage.com or P.O. Box 817, Milton, VT 05468, or visit
480 Hercules Dr. Colchester, VT or call +1.802.760.1167
About Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital:
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital provides high quality,
cost-effective medical care. It offers a broad range of services
that matches patient needs with the best possible medical care. The
hospital’s staff is a collaborative group of highly trained medical
professionals whose common goal is to provide excellent,
comprehensive health care to the communities they serve.
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