SARANAC LAKE — The Hotel Saranac in Saranac Lake has installed an electric vehicle (EV) charging station, representing the “final segment” of a four-year energy-saving project. The overall project included the installation of clean-energy technologies and energy-efficiency upgrades. The charging station was installed in August, Jennifer Perry, ANCA sustainability project coordinator, tells CNYBJ in an […]
SARANAC LAKE — The Hotel Saranac in Saranac Lake has installed an electric vehicle (EV) charging station, representing the “final segment” of a four-year energy-saving project.
The overall project included the installation of clean-energy technologies and energy-efficiency upgrades.
The charging station was installed in August, Jennifer Perry, ANCA sustainability project coordinator, tells CNYBJ in an email message.
ANCA — the Adirondack North Country Association — is an independent nonprofit organization “growing the New Economy in northern New York.”
Besides the charging station, the work also included new “high efficiency” windows; low-flow faucets and air sealing throughout the nearly century-old building, ANCA said in an Aug. 14 news release.
The EV charging station — located in the hotel’s above-ground parking lot — is free to the public and can accommodate two electric vehicles of any make or model.
“In keeping with our plan for the hotel to be for the people of the village of Saranac Lake, electricity from the charging station will be free to the public as well as guests,” Fred Roedel III, CFO at Roedel Companies, the Wilton, New Hampshire–based firm that owns and operates Hotel Saranac, added in the release.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) cleaner greener communities (CGC) program provided funding for the project. ANCA and Essex County coordinated the effort.
NYSERDA’s CGC program is a $100 million initiative aimed at “moving communities and New York toward a more environmentally sustainable future,” per the ANCA release.
The goal of the program is to encourage communities to create public-private partnerships and develop regional sustainable growth strategies in areas such as emission control, energy efficiency, renewable energy, low-carbon transportation, and other carbon reductions.