Green Power
PINS is committed to minimizing the carbon footprint associated with delivering our services, which means finding innovative ways to provide the electrical power and cooling needed for the equipment used that generates less CO2 per watt.
In most operations that require both electrical power and cooling, the cooling is generated using separate refrigeration units, which also require electrical power. The end result is a doubling of the amount of electrical power that must be supplied by a generator such as NY ConEd.
In order to avoid this doubling of power scenario, David Birnbaum, the CEO of PINS, decided to utilize gas turbine technology as the source of both the power and cooling required. This technology uses a gas-fired generator to provide the electrical power needed, but then takes advantage of the waste heat created in this step to drive a gas refrigerator that provides the cooling needed. The end result is that you use clean-burning gas to produce both the power and cooling needed, and a 35% reduction in the carbon footprint compared to conventional power sources.
In 2007, after many regulatory and procedural battles with various NYC agencies and NY ConEd, the gas turbine was installed on the roof of the building in which PINS has its primary facility, making it the first such power source installed in New York City. When running, no electrical power is needed from NY ConEd. A picture of the gas turbine (and CEO) and the article describing this event is available from the link to the September 15, 2007 issue of the New York Times.
