Hotel and spa

Background

A prestigious hospitality establishment with a dedicated focus on environmental stewardship sought to reduce energy usage, carbon emissions and operational expenses.

A pilot project showed significant results, achieving 21% reduction in HVAC spending (ROI <6 months). With the concept proven, we installed additional sensors and supercharged the service.

Project goals

• Identify unnecessary waste to reduce costs and carbon emissions.
• Detailed understanding of energy use across the estate to maintain efficiency and improve sustainability.

Solutions

Easily installed Circuit-level Monitoring sensors quickly identified opportunities to reduce consumption and increase efficiency.

• Quarterly reviews between the client’s Facilities Manager and our energy experts evaluated performance metrics. We shared our insights and advised on site-specific modifications.
• The facilities manager used our user-friendly digital platform to analyse, target and report on their consumption data.
• We supplied & installed additional sensors to the air handling units (AHU).

Results

• To establish a baseline, AHU 4, 5, 6 sensor data was measured from 19 September to 1 October under the operational existing schedule.
• Analysis of AHU 4, 5, 6 usage patterns revealed high usage between 7am to 11pm. Subsequently, modifications were made to AHU’s scheduling to optimise costs while maintaining guest comfort.
• Operational changes were implemented from 2 October, programming the AHU to run in alternating on-off intervals of one hour within the 7am – 11pm timeframe.

Next Steps

Monitor consumption of other circuits in the hotel where CLM sensors are installed to pinpoint further optimisation of equipment settings to reduce cost and carbon emissions.