LED Lighting:  Cost-Savings Every Month
As we discussed in our last newsletter, we strive to bring energy efficient designs to our clients. We want designs that are not only environmentally friendly, but also beneficial to the bottom line of a project. A popular energy-saving component is LED lighting.

 
Over the last few years, the inefficient incandescent and […]

Hoteliers Benefit from No-Cost Cooling!

After receiving some great questions from our last newsletter, I wanted to dive into another energy-efficient hotel design solution, one that is often overlooked. This solution involves utilizing your hotel’s dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) for no-cost cooling.

A DOAS is a unit typically mounted on a hotel roof that is used […]

Cool Roofs – Saving Hoteliers Energy Costs!
Hoteliers in warm and sunny climate zones often face the challenge of high monthly cooling expenses. After publishing a series on energy efficient hotel solutions, I received some questions about how a cool roof could be used in a hotel application. Cool roofs are a roofing that reflects sunlight […]

Efficient Hotel Design to Save on Monthly Utility Costs

With construction costs on the rise, most developers are looking for ways to cut both upfront and operational costs. One way to drive down operational costs is to design a hotel as energy efficient as possible. While we see very few developers pursuing “formal” sustainable certifications like […]