Motel 6 will team with Honeywell, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to perform energy efficiency retrofits of more than 7,000 hotel rooms in California.
The move involves the installation of sensors that shut off air conditioning and heating equipment when the rooms are unoccupied. In June, the retrofit began and it should wrap up this year. It will also save an estimated $140 per room in annual energy savings, or an average of 1,100 kilowatt-hours.
Dan Gilligan, vice president of utilities for Accor North America, Motel 6's parent company, is willing to make this green strategy popular. Also the company will expand thanks to their new way of saving energy. "By working with PG&E and Honeywell, Motel 6 now has a solution to a common energy issue in the lodging industry," said Dan Gilligan, "Motel 6 will no longer waste electricity in empty rooms and will also cut back on properties, carbon dioxide emissions.” The company has also calculated that this program will yield a reduction of 10.1 million pounds of carbon dioxide per year. Programs like Cool Control Plus help Motel 6 to better serve its customers and the environment.
In March, Honeywell was awarded by PG&E with a $4.7 million contract. Honeywell will install the Telkonet Smart Energy sensors in 7,530 rooms in 66 Motel 6 properties.
Previously, Motel 6 had installed the same sensors and thermostats in 49 California properties, bringing the number of retrofitted rooms to 13,440. Honeywell also will replace the interior and the exterior lighting and vending machines.
Nils De Groote
source : Greenbiz.com
source : Greenbiz.com
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I think this is a very good alternative. it's better for the environment but also better for the budget of the people who visit these hotels/motels.
This is indeed a very big step towards improving the environment. Cheaper for the hotel room providers and also cheaper for the people who visit them.
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