CLEVELAND, OHIO—Green Lodging News has just added a new case study to its website. The case study focuses on the LEED-certified Hilton Garden Inn Gatlinburg’s new laundry operations that include two Continental Girbau 55-pound capacity soft-mount washer-extractors, each with an ozone system, and three Continental Girbau 75-pound capacity high-efficiency drying tumblers. Jeff Large of Laundry Systems of Tennessee worked closely with the Hilton Garden Inn to design the on-premise laundry. Over the next five years, the new equipment is expected to save more than $60,000.
“The laundry will pay for itself in 48 months,” Large says. “Right now, everyone wants to save. With ozone and highly efficient laundry equipment, there is nothing but savings. There’s a better end result.”
The soft-mount washers were selected over traditional rigid mount machines for a number of reasons, including efficiency, laundry productivity, ease of use and ease of installation. The freestanding design of the washers eliminates the hard-to-mount requirement of bolting the machines onto a rebar-reinforced concrete foundation. “The suspension systems are designed to absorb up to 95 percent of the vibration during extract,” explains Large. “Because there’s less stress on machine components, soft-mount washers typically outlast hard-mount models. They also operate very quietly.”
The soft-mount washers also play a critical role when it comes to conserving water, energy and natural gas. When compared with hard-mount washers, which reach extract speeds of 75 to 200 G-force, the Continental soft-mount machines achieve 380 G-force extract speeds, and thus, remove considerably more water per load. As a result, dry time is decreased by up to 30 percent, according to Large. Not only is laundry productivity improved, gas consumption and dryer wear-and-tear are dramatically reduced.
To read the complete case study, click here.
Learn more about Continental Girbau laundry products at www.continentalgirbau.com, info@continentalgirbau.com, or (800) 256-1073.
