NEW YORK—The luxury Park Hyatt New York has opened with an advanced Integrated Room Automation and Energy Management System from INNCOM by Honeywell. The system automates guest comfort with intuitive temperature and drapery controls and communicates with door locks to enhance guest security. INNCOM is a leader in integrated room hotel automation with energy-saving solutions used in more than 1.5 million guestrooms worldwide. “The INNCOM networked energy management platform is a smart system,” said James Rodgers, Director of Engineering, IT and Telecommunications at Park Hyatt New York. “Its intelligent energy sensors and software monitor room occupancy to save on...

BETHESDA, MD.—Green Generation Solutions (GreenGen), a Washington D.C.-based company experienced in engineering and implementing energy efficiency plans in commercial properties, has joined the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform, a program of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative.“GreenGen is committed to making meaningful changes that will promote energy efficiency and protect the environment,” said Brad Dockser, GreenGen CEO. “The UN’s Accelerator Platform recognizes that private and public sector collaboration is needed to move forward, and we are honored to participate.”The Accelerator Platform and its network of businesses, NGOs, and international organizations is a public-private...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Extended Stay America (ESA), owner and operator of 682 hotels across the United States and Canada, is more than half way through a renovation program that began in 2012 and is projected to be completed next year. As it has worked its way through each hotel, ESA has been faced with the challenge of finding what to do with old carpet, mattresses, box springs, bedding, lighting and other items. Through partnerships with suppliers, recyclers and various charities ESA has found a way to keep the “retired” items out of the landfill. So far, 25 million cubic feet of...

EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO—An estimated 50 to 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep issues, according to the National Institutes of Health. In honor of National Sleep Awareness Week, GE Lighting has developed a light bulb to help promote the body’s natural sleep cycle; GE Align lighting is available on Amazon.com.“Aren’t we all tuned to the good feelings on a bright and sunny day, or the feelings we have on a gloomy day?” asks Dr. Gary Allen, Physicist, LED Innovations Principal Engineer at GE Lighting. “Light impacts not only our mood and wellness, but our ability to fall asleep. By...

EVERETT, WASH.—The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted Electric Mirror patent US 8,835,789 B2 for its invention of KeenT Technology. KeenT is an energy-saving, environmentally-friendly technology that can be incorporated into any of Electric Mirror’s Lighted Mirrors. KeenT has three capacitive touch buttons that give hotel guests full control over eight light dimming settings, including a Night Light. KeenT has an intelligent sensor that causes the mirror to automatically dim after being on for one hour, offering almost a 60 percent reduction in lighted mirror energy costs.Officially titled, “Apparatuses And Methods For Using A Capacitive Touch Controller With...

CARY, N.C.—Civilight North America announced that the LED lighting company now offers 11 new LED lamps that are listed on the Energy Star list of qualified products; with 12 additional models pending approval. Offered in three series, Architectural, Professional and Commercial, Civilight’s LED lamps push the boundaries of CRI and R9, while maintaining the efficacy and lifetime required for Energy Star certification.“We are excited to continue adding more lamps to our Energy Star qualified offerings for the North American market,” said Jeffrey E. Lagaly, CEO of Civilight North America. “We are proud to offer additional high-quality, energy efficient LED...

OAK BROOK, ILL.—Nine months after taking over as General Manager of the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center, Stefan Mühle is just part of the way toward reaching his goal of transforming the property into a uniquely green destination with a “boutique heart and soul.” Mühle, who co-founded the Sustainability Committee for the Hotel Council of San Francisco, knows a thing or two about greening a boutique hotel. During his time as General Manager, the 104-room Orchard Hotel in San Francisco earned Green Seal and LEED certification. Transforming the Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center...

SPOKANE, WASH.—Ecova, the total energy and sustainability management company, and Lucid, maker of the operating system for commercial building technology, announced that they are partnering to deliver a best-in-class technology solution for facility and energy management. By aligning Ecova’s utility data and service offerings with Lucid’s BuildingOS centralized platform that supports over 150 technology integrations for real-time building data, this new solution will provide a complete view of building performance and effectively enable energy efficiency across entire building portfolios.The joint solution seamlessly unifies a facility’s historical utility data with interval meter data from multiple vendors’ metering and building systems,...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—The new Marriott Port-au-Prince Hotel has checked in its first guests. Among the 200 new Haitian hotel workers who welcomed them were young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, and Haitian-Americans who want to share their hospitality skills to help boost Haiti’s tourism economy. The stories of these new associates include Luccardo, who was recruited to work at the hotel’s front desk from the Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs orphanage, and Hermine, who was part of the hotel’s intern program and will be an entry-level supervisor. In addition to members of a Haitian-American executive team, the Haiti Marriott is led...

ATLANTA—A newly revised standard from ASHRAE and IES seeks to provide greater guidance and a more comprehensive approach to retrofit of existing buildings for increased energy efficiency. ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 100-2015, Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings, provides comprehensive and detailed descriptions of the processes and procedures for the retrofit of existing residential and commercial buildings in order to achieve greater measured energy efficiency. Appendices are included for lifecycle cost analysis procedures as well as identification of potential energy conservation measures.“The total primary energy used in both residential and commercial building sectors is expected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration to...