Photos by Aaron Clark , Lipton Energy .

Lipton Energy installs a new heating system in St . Helena ’ s Chapel .

St . Helena ’ s Chapel in Lenox , Massachusetts , was built in 1893 , during The Gilded Age . The heating system didn ’ t date quite that far back , but it had done good service for a good long while , thanks to the ministrations of Aaron Clark of Lipton Energy , who had nursed the aged system to operate above and beyond the call of duty , said Father Michael Tuck of St . Helena ’ s .

The system finally stopped operating in November 2022 . Father Tuck relocated services to the parish hall , and Clark , director of technology , process and risk management for Lipton Energy in Pittsfield , Massachusetts , who also happens to be a parishioner , led the project to install a new system through the winter of 2022-23 . “ It was really cold in the chapel ,” Clark said . “ Down in the basement we had a couple of electric heaters running just to keep the water [ pipes ] from freezing .”

The project involved installing an Energy Kinetics boiler , and more . “ We took out all the old steam lines and we put in the new forced hot water system with new panel radiators ,” Clark said . Panel radiators provide heat similar to that of the old steam radiators , Clark said . “ They ’ re just a little more efficient and more consistent .” www . fueloilnews . com | FUEL OIL NEWS | FEBRUARY 2024 25