Harpoon and Our Environment

Here at Harpoon we have an ongoing commitment to being a good neighbor.  To us that includes making sure we are using our natural resources responsibly and making environmentally sound decisions.  We have an obligation to our community – today and in the future – to do what we can to make our breweries in Boston, MA and Windsor, VT more sustainable and earth friendly.  Below is a summary of our current sustainable practices here at Harpoon.  Check back often, as we anticipate this list will continue to grow.

Current Sustainable Practices at Harpoon

Production:

• Recycling paper, glass bottles, cardboard from packaging
• Sell spent grain to farms for animal feed
• Treating brewery wastewater on-site
• Installed movement-sensing lights to save electricity in brewery
• Installed Freeaire keg cooler system in both breweries
• Wort cooling water returns to hot tank for future use
• Recapture condensate from kettle to save on heating hot water
• Participating in EnerNOC demand response program 
• Installing new, more energy-efficient chiller; process-monitoring of fermenter  temperatures
• Identifying ways of using less cleaning and sanitizing chemicals by reusing solution where possible

 
General Office/Sales/Marketing:

• Encouraging brewery visitors to ride a bike (bike rack)
• Paper and cardboard recycling
• Participating in EnerNOC demand response program
• Lights off when not in use