Here Are Some Tips Hotels Can Use To Save Energy

Smart energy-management systems are helping hotels reduce their energy usage due to their random occupancy patterns. The systems optimize energy consumption in real-time, all year round, using sophisticated machine-learning algorithms and a wide variety of data sets such as historical thermodynamics and local weather patterns.

Fremont, CA: The hospitality industry continues to be disrupted by technology, but many of these solutions are bringing cost savings and efficiencies, especially with regard to energy management. Solar power will be provided to over 50,000 Australian homes through a decentralized electric grid at no cost to residents. Unofficially, India and China are competing to build the largest solar farm, with China building a floating one on top of a coal mine. We seem to be moving away from dirty, expensive energy.

There's no better time for hotels to begin taking advantage of new energy-saving technologies. The following are seven ways that properties of all sizes can utilize technology to save money and energy:

1. Smart Climate Control

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Among all businesses, climate control is the most common energy need. There is a need for climate control in every business, and often dedicated HVAC systems are required. Machine learning and the Internet of Things are helping businesses reduce their energy consumption and costs. Whether it is smart thermostats that allow users to adjust their energy consumption based on occupancy levels or smart sensors that monitor occupancy fluctuations in real-time, energy-management tools are available to help businesses reduce their energy use.

Smart energy-management systems are helping hotels reduce their energy usage due to their random occupancy patterns. The systems optimize energy consumption in real-time, all year round, using sophisticated machine-learning algorithms and a wide variety of data sets such as historical thermodynamics and local weather patterns.

2. Air Source Heat Pumps

Businesses can save on their heating costs in more ways than one with smart thermostats. Energy-saving opportunities are also provided by advances in HVAC hardware technology. A heat pump is capable of transferring heat from outside to inside a building (or vice versa). In ASHPs, heat is absorbed from one place and released from another utilizing the principles of vapor compression-refrigeration. For hotels, this is a major advantage since ASHPs can be used to heat or cool smaller or compartmentalized spaces without overloading the central HVAC system.

3. Smart Lighting Technology

It is not only HVAC systems that are equipped with smart energy-management systems. Hotels can also automate their energy consumption and adapt to changes in occupancy in real time with smart lighting technology. Through the use of smart LED lighting systems, some companies have been able to reduce energy costs by 75 percent and increase productivity by 20 percent. The use of smart lighting systems allows hotels to set preferred lighting times and track activity to improve workflow in the same way that EMS helps hotels adapt their energy consumption based on real-time climate control needs.