DKH saves
on energy bills
PUTNAM — Representatives from Environmental Systems Corporation (ESC) and Eversource Energy presented a $330,854 check to Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH) for the hospital’s participation in an energy efficiency incentive program. The incentive pays for the bulk of $485,000 in energy-efficient upgrades recently completed at Day Kimball Hospital, which will serve to improve the facility’s operations and also provide long-term savings on future energy bills.
The project included the installation of additional insulation on many components of the hospital’s steam plant and distribution system, the testing and repair of existing steam system components, and the replacement and modernization of existing digital controls used to manage heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment. After the 70 percent incentive, Day Kimball Hospital paid only $154,341 out of pocket for these improvements.
“These improvements will produce annual utility savings of $57,000 in addition to the maintenance savings associated with the improvements” said Greg Harubin, director of Facilities Management at Day Kimball Hospital.
Harubin also noted that the DKH has been proactive in seeking out incentive and grant programs such as this one to allow the non-profit hospital and healthcare system to keep pace with the latest healthcare technologies.
“With the continued growth in technology and equipment enhancements in hospitals there is a corresponding increase in the consumption of electricity. These energy efficient upgrades allow us to offset those increases,” Harubin said.
ESC identified, designed and implemented these latest energy conservation measures at the hospital and also served as the liaison between the hospital and Eversource Energy to obtain the incentives that helped pay for the upgrades.
“These aggressive utility rebates are not only available to hospitals, they are also offered to many large facilities in the Eversource territory. Like in Day Kimball Hospital’s case, facility owners are more likely to qualify for large incentives when they implement multi-measure energy projects. These types of energy efficiency incentives are the most cost-effective ways to collectively save money, create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance energy security, and reduce the need for additional generation plant construction” said Mike Amedeo, ESC’s Energy Solutions Division Manager.
Then
This is the Jesse Bolles house which was the first meeting house for the South Woodstock Baptist Church. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
This is the same area today. The house is gone and the Quasset Cemetery stands where the Bolles house was. The church, now on Roseland Park Road, celebrates its 225th anniversary this year.
Takes part
WILLIMANTIC — The Concert Chorale at Eastern Connecticut State University performed alongside the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra this past April for its annual spring concert in the Fine Arts Instructional Center (FAIC). Among the performers was Halie Poirier ’17 of Putnam, who sings in Eastern Concert Chorale. Poirier majors in music.
PUTNAM — Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH) officially opened the new central location for all of its in-home care services at 32 South Main St., during a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce. It was also announced at the event that all three of DKH’s in-home services — Day Kimball HomeCare, Day Kimball HomeMakers and Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Connecticut — are now under the umbrella of “Day Kimball Healthcare at Home.”
Formerly the location of just Day Kimball HomeMakers, DKH has taken over additional space in the building and made renovations to accommodate all three of its in-home care services in one space. Together, the three services provide a complete continuum of in-home care services. Day Kimball HomeCare provides clinical care for those patients who require medical care at home; Day Kimball HomeMakers provides personal care and homemaking services from weekly visits to 24/7 care, which helps people to remain safe and healthy in their own homes; and Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Connecticut provides care and support to improve the quality of life for patients facing serious or terminal illnesses.
“This new central location will allow for improved efficiency and coordination of care for patients and families served through all three of these agencies,” said DKH President and CEO Joseph Adiletta.
Commenting on DKH’s recent community partnership with Yale New Haven Health and the quality of care that partnership signifies, Adiletta continued, “We’re very proud of the quality of care we provide across the entire Day Kimball system, and our in-home care services are certainly no exception. Our HomeCare, HomeMakers and Hospice and Palliative Care staff are a very special group of caring, compassionate and dedicated individuals who provide critical services that help to keep people healthy and comfortable in their own homes. We’re grateful to the community for their support in helping us to provide these services to those in need and we’re very glad to have been able to bring all of them together in this new space for the care of those we serve.”
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