M id A tlantic Real Estate Journal — Owners, Developers & Managers — August 28 - September 10, 2020 — 3B
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O wners , D evelopers & M anagers By Dailey Tipton, Evolution Energy Partners Zero cost tips to immediately lower your hotel’s energy bill
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can turn off your kitchen hoods from the switch or breaker near the hood. If the kitchen hood has demand control, turn it off from the control panel. • Lighting: Did you know, lighting is the second larg- est user of energy for a ho- tel? Make sure back of house (BOH) lighting in offices, laun - dry rooms, break rooms, and mechanical rooms is turned off when no one is occupying the space(s). Turn off decora- tive lights (i.e. table lamps and wall spots on paintings, etc.) and turn off unnecessary accent and cove lighting in
areas such as a bar or restau- rant. Be sure to also turn off unnecessary exterior accent lighting such as wall wash floodlighting. • Indoor Pools: In times of low occupancy, you may want to close the pool and turn off the pool heater to avoid energy waste. Experiencing very low occupancy? More dramatic measures to decrease energy use can be taken such as shutting down entire floors. In cooler months, such as March and April, place guests in rooms
starting from the top floor down since building heat will naturally rise. As the weather warms, reverse the strategy and fill the lower floors first. By leaving entire floors vacant, you can turn off all power from the breaker panels on the empty floor(s) which ensures all lights, guest room HVAC, and plug loads such as TV’s, refrigera- tors, etc., are all turned off. By following these steps, at 15% occupancy, this measure, in essence, can turn a 200- room hotel into a 30-key hotel from an energy consumption
perspective. Need additional cost sav- ings? With energy prices com- ing off extreme lows, hotels can look to lock in long-term energy sup¬ply agreements. This can lead to savings of up to 20% on your annual energy spend. Before restructuring your contract, be sure to con- tact a procurement specialist to make sure your current con¬tract does not have any hidden terms and conditions. Dailey Tipton is vice president of Evolution En- ergy Partners. MAREJ
range of com- mercial, in- dustrial, and institutional cus t omer s . One of our c u s t o m e r populations, hote l s and other hospi-
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tality facilities, benefit from our wide array of energy man- agement options from energy efficiency projects to risk and data management. Consider- ing the unique challenges COVID-19 brings to hotels, EEP would like to share some cost-saving recommendations that can reduce your operating costs without using any capital. • Guest Room “Smart” Thermostats: Installing oc- cupancy-based thermostats (i.e. Honeywell/InnCom or Ver- dant), can lead to big savings in energy use when rooms are not in use. If you already have occupancy-based thermostats installed, hotel management can access the thermostat’s online system or contact the respective manufacturer's tech support to place guest rooms into "out of service" mode for the deepest energy setbacks. • Kitchen Exhaust Hoods: We recommend turning off all kitchen exhaust hoods if your full-service hotel is not able to offer food service at this time. When not cooking, exhaust fans waste energy powering the large horsepower updraft fans. Kitchen exhaust systems also remove conditioned air (heated or cooled) from the building, causing additional energy to be wasted conditioning new outside air brought in to re- place the exhausted air. You Owners, Developers &Managers
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