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Darien Man First To Use Stamford Car-Charging Station

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Darien resident Mike McGee, managing director at the Stamford office of KPMG and a tenant at Ashforth’s 3001 Stamford Square building, is the first person to use the plug-in electric vehicle charging station installed by the Ashforth Company.

Mike McGee of Darien, right, and Brian Heelan, Senior Vice President and Director of Operations for Ashforth’s management stand next to an electric car charging station in Stamford.

Mike McGee of Darien, right, and Brian Heelan, Senior Vice President and Director of Operations for Ashforth’s management stand next to an electric car charging station in Stamford.

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Conor Heelan painted a full-scale mural on the parking garage wall where the charging station is located.

Conor Heelan painted a full-scale mural on the parking garage wall where the charging station is located.

Photo Credit: Contributed

Ashforth’s Level Two GE wall mount charging unit is located on a commission-designed wall in its parking garage, allowing someone to simply park and plug their car to charge their electric vehicle. This is a free amenity to the tenants and their employees who work at Ashforth’s building.

A typical Level Two unit will charge an electric vehicle in four to six hours. However, McGee said it takes his car only about two to two-and-half hours to complete the charge at Ashforth’s station, which is run off a dedicated 220 volt, 30 amp circuit. At home, he plugs into a 110 volt, 15 amp circuit, which takes three to three-and-half hours.

Ashforth commissioned Conor Heelan, a former Bethel resident and recent graduate of Paier College of Art in Hamden, to produce and paint a full-scale mural on the wall where the charging station is located. The mural measures about 24 feet wide by 8 feet high.

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