[fusion_text] How to keep your hotel guestrooms quiet! Part 3 – Recommended Assemblies In the previous two modules, we discussed The importance of STC ratings to the success of your hotel design (Link To Part I) The minimum STC standards required by your franchises (Link to Part II) In today’s module, we will focus on […]
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How to keep your hotel guestrooms quiet! Part 2: STC Ratings By Brand
[fusion_text] How to keep your hotel guestrooms quiet! Part 2 – STC Ratings By Brand Welcome to our second installment of how to maintain quality sound-proofing in your hotels. In Part 1, we provided an overview of STC ratings and how you can leverage these ratings to optimize the design of your next project. In Part […]
How to keep your hotel guestrooms quiet! Part 1: What is an STC Rating?
[fusion_text] How to keep your hotel guestrooms quiet! Part 1 – What is an STC Rating Your hotel guests appreciate quiet accommodations. Unfortunately for hotel owners, dealing with the myriad of potential disturbances from noisy PTACS, snoring guest neighbors, and late-night corridor parties can hinder guest experience. In this new series on controlling noise pollution […]
Wood Framing Tips For Your Next Hotel!
[fusion_text] Wood Framing Tips For Your Next Hotel! We often get asked about the trends we are seeing in hotel construction that can reduce project costs, save GCs time, and/or bring added value to a project. One question that is discussed at the outset of every project is how a wood framed hotel will be […]
Islandaire – Notice of U.S. DOE Noncompliance
[fusion_text] Islandaire – Notice of U.S. DOE Noncompliance Hotels University was just presented a Notice of Noncompliance letter from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE Case Number: 2015-SE-43007) in which the DOE has discovered that some Islandaire models do not comply with applicable U.S. energy code standards. The U.S. DOE tested eight Islandaire PTAC (EZ4209B and EZDR09B) and […]
Hotel Laundry – Don’t throw money down the drain!
[fusion_text] Hotel Laundry – Don’t throw money down the drain! One of the largest operational expenses for hotels is back-of-house laundry. Hotel operators know that these services utilize significant gas and water utilities, use valuable hotel manpower and also lead to more frequent linen replacement. What can a hotel do to cut down on […]
Hotel Salt Water Pools – Myths Debunked!
[fusion_text] Hotel Salt Water Pools – Myths Debunked! In recent years, salt water (Saline) pools have been growing in popularity vs their Chlorinated pool counterpart. In hotels across the US, we are seeing more and more hotel owners that are exploring salt water as an option. When most people here ‘salt water pool’ they […]
Guestroom Outside Air – What are my options!? (Part 2)
[fusion_text] Guestroom Outside Air – What are my options!? (Part 2) Previously in Part 1 of this series, I briefly described the three most common methods for introducing fresh air into a hotel guestroom; Standard PTAC with open damper (Method #1); PTAC with two-stage system (Method #2); and a Dedicated Outside Air System (Method #3). In […]
Using Dr PTACs on your next hotel project? Make sure you avoid this costly mistake…
[fusion_text] Using Dr. PTACs on your next hotel? Don’t overlook this potential costly mistake! Lately, I’ve been asked a lot of questions about the Islandaire Dr. PTAC and Amana’s comparable, DigiAIR PTAC. These are both fairly new products in the hotel market and we are finding more and more owners that are implementing this equipment […]
Turn up the heat in your hotel pool room to SAVE money…
[fusion_text] Turn up the heat in your pool room and save money… It may seem counterintuitive, but by paying a little more to heat your pool room, you may actually be saving money on your hotel utility bills. The reason for this boils down to one simple word… evaporation. A hotel pool room’s dehumidification load […]