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According to industry experts, lighting accounts for up to 35 percent of a hotel’s energy bill. Fluorescents, light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures and other products all provide significant savings--both indoors and outdoors. Innovative daylighting techniques are also helping to reduce costs and improve interior spaces. Got news or a story idea to share? Contact Glenn Hasek, editor, at (813) 510-3868, or by e-mail at: greenlodgingnews@gmail.com.

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According to industry experts, lighting accounts for up to 35 percent of a hotel’s energy bill. Fluorescents, light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures and other products all provide significant savings--both indoors and outdoors. Innovative daylighting techniques are also helping to reduce costs and improve interior spaces. Got news or a story idea to share? Contact Glenn Hasek, editor, at (813) 510-3868, or by e-mail at: greenlodgingnews@gmail.com.

Acuity Brands Solutions Receive 2023 Product Innovation Awards

ATLANTA—Acuity Brands, Inc. announced 12 architectural lighting luminaires representing the company’s Aculux, Cyclone Lighting, Eureka, Gotham, Hydrel, Juno, Lithonia Lighting, Luminaire LED, Luminis, Mark Architectural Lighting, and Peerless brands were selected as 2023 Product Innovation Award (PIA) winners by Architectural SSL magazine. The PIAs recognize innovative LED and solid-state luminaires and fixtures on the market, while also spotlighting the players behind the components that make up these light sources. PIA winners include: Aculux: WarmDim Solution allows the color temperature of its AX3 and AX4 Series downlights to warm perceptibly to an evening glow as dimmed. With a customized dimming curve designed to emulate halogen sources, WarmDim delivers...

Lutron Hospitality Solution Features myRoom XC

COOPERSBURG, PA.—Lutron Electronics, a global leader in smart lighting and shading, introduces the Lutron hospitality solution, featuring myRoom XC, an enhanced guestroom system. The cloud-connected hospitality solution allows integrated management of all areas of the property—guestrooms, public areas, event spaces, and private residences—via a single dashboard. The launch of the myRoom XC system elevates lighting as a business amenity and demonstrates Lutron’s ongoing commitment to innovation and support in the hospitality industry. In 2015, Lutron introduced its myRoom guestroom system for personalized control of lights, shades, and temperature. As a key part of the new Lutron hospitality solution, the enhanced...

Hotel Marcel ‘Rocking It’ with Wise Efficiency Investments, Strong Business

NEW HAVEN, CONN.—Just a few weeks ago, it was announced that the anticipated net-zero energy Hotel Marcel New Haven, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, has achieved Passive House certification from Passive House Institute (PHI). The accomplishment is one in a long series of accomplishments for Bruce Redman Becker, architect and developer of the 165-room hotel that once was the Armstrong Rubber Company Building, aka Pirelli Building. Green Lodging News spoke with Becker to learn about the Passive House certification and to get caught up on how his LEED Platinum building has performed since it opened in May 2022. According to the Passive House Institute,...

Hotel Marcel New Haven is First Certified Passive House Hotel in U.S.

NEW HAVEN, CONN.—When architect and developer Bruce Redman Becker envisioned the opportunity to create Hotel Marcel New Haven, Tapestry Collection by Hilton which opened in May 2022, he set an ambitious goal to achieve something no one else in the U.S. had ever done—to create a hotel that operated fully on renewable energy, without any use of fossil fuels. Today, that vision is now a reality and Hotel Marcel has also become the first Passive House-certified hotel in the country. The Passive House certification*, managed by Passive House Institute (PHI), is the only internationally recognized performance standard for air tightness and energy consumption,...

Nora Lighting Launches Cutting-Edge 24V COB LED Tape Light

COMMERCE, CALIF.—Nora Lighting, a pioneer in innovative lighting solutions, has unveiled its latest breakthrough product, 24V COB LED tape light system. COB LED Tape Light is poised to redefine the possibilities of illumination, effortlessly converting traditional lighting setups into modern LED systems. Designed with user-friendliness at its core, the tape light can be cut every 1.79” and connected with additional accessories. Tape light is ordered in 16’ or 100’ rolls with a 12” power cord and mounting clips. High performance 24V LED tape light delivers 450 lumens per foot in dedicated color temperatures. Chip on board (COB) technology creates a...

Landscape Forms Announces New Options for Ashbery Lighting

KALAMAZOO, MICH.—Landscape Forms, North America’s leading designer and manufacturer of premium site furniture, structure, LED lighting, and accessories, announces expansions to its Ashbery lighting family. Focused on broadening performance capabilities, the new Ashbery expansions allow the company’s popular line of modern traditional area lights to feature more prominently in a greater range of outdoor spaces. “Ashbery was originally designed to be very well adapted for pedestrian-centric environments, but we recognize that our clients are designing spaces that go beyond the purely pedestrian, and they want a common design language all throughout,” says Landscape Forms President of Lighting, Jordan Agustin. “The...

Juno Adds Trac-Master Narrow Profile LED Wall Wash Fixtures

ATLANTA—Juno, an established leader in the manufacture of downlighting and track lighting, announced the new family of Trac-Master Narrow Profile LED Wall Wash Track Fixtures. The fixtures provide intense, evenly distributed light with full-wall coverage making them an ideal choice wherever a wide, uniform beam pattern is desired to enhance an accent wall, signage, product display, or any focal point on the room perimeter. Using 30 percent less materials than previous wall wash Trac-Master models, Juno’s slim, non-invasive design maintains a discreet presence. Minimal aperture brightness fights glare, improving user comfort. Impeccably designed center of gravity maintains perfect balance regardless of fixture aiming. Fixtures can even be...

EarthTronics Introduces EarthConnect 2.0 to Simplify Lighting Control

NORTON SHORES, MICH.—EarthTronics, dedicated to developing innovative energy-saving lighting products that provide a positive economic and environmental impact, introduces its EarthConnect 2.0, Bluetooth networked lighting control (NLC) system. It makes it easy for commercial facilities to maximize energy savings, improve comfort and achieve building code compliance. EarthConnect 2.0 provides enhanced efficiency which increases productivity and reduces waste. Its functionality includes quick wireless grouping, scene setting, full range dimming and scheduling. The lighting control hardware is easily installed in the field or at the factory providing project flexibility. Contractors will find it easy and quick to commission and facility managers will...

Viva Resorts by Wyndham Announces Green Initiatives Program

PARSIPPANY, N.J.—Viva Resorts by Wyndham announced it has achieved Wyndham Green program certification as part of its comprehensive plan to have its hotels operating at maximum efficiency while minimizing their environmental footprints. This achievement that reaffirms the company’s core values, is the latest development highlighting the hotel brand’s foundational and continued commitment to protecting the environment and the communities it operates in. “Sustainability and giving back to the community have always been part of Viva’s DNA,” said Viva Resorts by Wyndham Corporate Director, Marketing and Public Relations, Erika Sordo. “We strongly believe in protecting the environment and especially our oceans....

Nora Lighting Launches New Wall Mount Cylinder with Selectable CCT

COMMERCE, CALIF.—Nora Lighting, a leading manufacturer of innovative lighting solutions, announces the launch of 3” LED Cylinders, a cutting-edge lighting fixture designed to transform the way we illuminate our spaces. With its exceptional performance, versatility, and energy efficiency, the cylinder sets a new standard in the hotel industry. The cylinders feature a minimalist design with a deep cone reflector for optimal visual comfort. The cylinder can be changed to a single direction or up & downlight, and it includes a selectable CCT switch located on the cover plate. This allows users to choose between three different color temperatures: 3000K, 4000K,...