A $25.00 gift card to The Red Blazer Restaurant located at

72 Manchester St, Concord, NH, phone 224-4101

The Red Blazer is a locally-owned NH restaurant and pub serving American cuisine. Their restaurant is best known for it's fresh seafood and hand-cut steaks as well as for their full-service bakery and Sunday morning breakfast buffet.

The Red Blazer is also New Hampshire's leader in providing the most environmentally friendly setting available.

The Red Blazer does everything possible to be a friend to the environment and encourage others to do the same.

They have made major strides at their restaurant to go green:

1. They converted all 275 recessed lights here at the Red Blazer to new and improved dimmable fluorescent lights by LiteTronics.
   
   
   
   • These new bulbs use 8 watts of energy.
   
   
   • They have a 2-year warranty (which far exceeds the life of the standard bulbs we used to use). Go to www.litetronics.com to find out more details.
   
   
   
   


2. For the past 6 months, they have been successfully operating their new Kings Built Multi Fuel Oil Burner.
   
   
   
   • they have been producing all of the restaurants hot water by burning out our own Used Vegetable Oil.
   
   
   • They filter their own oil on site and use the waste water from the dish washer to transfer heat to the Vegetable oil. If you would like to learn more stop by the Blazer or visit www.amenico.com.
   
   
   
   


3. Recently they installed a new high efficiency ADC-44 dishwasher.
   
   
   
   • This dishwasher consumes half of the water our previous machine did.
   
   
   • This machine also has the ability to wash 244 racks per hour (up from 175).
   
   
   • The machine can handle 6 sheet pans at a time as opposed to one sheet pan previously. We have realized an impressive savings in energy costs and water reduction.
   
   
   
   


4. One of the more interesting "Green" technologies that they have implemented here would be the Dyson Air Blade. This technology is the first of its kind. This hand dryer is the first hand dryer that you will use that actually works.
   
   
   
   • The Air Blade is 99.9% hygienic, which means this is actually a cleaner way to dry your hands than paper towels.
   
   
   • With conservative estimates we will eliminate close to 100 rolls of paper towels per year. At this time we are the only NH location to feature the Dyson Air Blade and are a registered demo site for the company. Don’t be afraid to check this out when you stop in. You will be amazed.
   
   
   
   


5. We have also now implemented Green Wave containers for customers to take home their leftovers.


6. With the help of Bottle Disintegration Systems, we have continued to crush and recycle close to 700 lbs per week of beer, wine, liquor bottles, and broken glassware.
   
   
   
   • We have managed to reduce trash removal costs by close to half and realize our return on investment within the first 4 to 5 months.
   
   
   
   

Their efforts caught the eye of the New Hampshire Travel Council, which recently awarded The Red Blazer Restaurant the coveted 2008 NH Sustainable Business Award for its dedication to the environment and its contribution to tourism.