RIPON, WIS.—UniMac, a leading provider of on-premises laundry equipment, announced that its networked control—UniLinc—is now available on tumblers. UniMac is the first manufacturer to offer the same control for washer-extractors and tumblers. It’s a total laundry control system for laundry managers who seek to simplify the operation of their equipment and improve the efficiency of their laundry facilities. UniMac expanded UniLinc’s use to the company’s line of tumblers in response to customer demands. The control was initially launched in 2006 and was designed to operate washer-extractors. “UniLinc allows laundry managers to accurately measure their facility’s performance so they can implement policies...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Eco Smart Energy as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Eco Smart Energy LLC is a distributor of the highly efficient Sun Equinox solar hot water system. The Sun Equinox System can be engineered to produce hot water for any hotel application. Sun Equinox can be used as a pre-heat system for pools, spas, and motel and hotel laundry rooms. Typical savings range from 25 percent up to 60 percent in gas or electricity bills. Thousands of systems have been installed around the world—all producing more than...

CHICAGO—With four years to go until 2015—the target year for reaching its energy, water, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste reduction goals—Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is making significant progress. According to Brigitta Witt, vice president corporate responsibility for the company, energy, water and waste have been reduced by 10 percent since 2006 at approximately 200 full-service, Hyatt-managed hotels around the world. There have also been substantial cuts in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions since 2009, the year Hyatt began tracking emissions. “We have been tracking energy and water since 1994,” Witt says. “We saw there was a...

SAN FRANCISCO—BuildingIQ, a leading energy management software company, has relocated its global headquarters to the United States. With new offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northeastern United States, BuildingIQ expands its global presence and continues to redefine the way energy is managed in commercial buildings. BuildingIQ’s expansion to the United States comes at a time when power grids struggle to cope with increasing energy demand. BuildingIQ’s unique software solutions lower energy consumption and connect commercial buildings to the Smart Grid, reducing peak power loads in commercial buildings without costly upgrades or capital expenditures. In a variety of installations...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Aquatherm Industries as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Aquatherm provides hybrid solar pool heating systems for hotels and resorts. A hybrid solar pool heating system can reduce 40 percent to 60 percent of the annual gas used to heat a year-round pool (the solar contribution is even higher for pools that are not heated year-round and can range up to 100 percent.) A typical gas pool heater uses around 8 therms per square foot of pool surface per year to maintain a constant temperature of approximately...

MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIF.— Britannia Pacific Properties, a Lewis Trust Group company, announced that the town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., has granted entitlements to build an innovative hotel and residences project called “Handmade Hotel Mammoth View.” With an extensive portfolio of properties, Britannia Pacific Properties has now set their sights on driving business and providing jobs to the town of Mammoth Lakes with their latest initiative, a 5.51-acre project which will feature geothermal heating for purposes of encouraging conservation of natural resources. Handmade Hotel Mammoth View will be an entirely new concept for the hospitality market in the small but...

SAN RAMON, CALIF.—Even though it is based in California and funded by California rate payers through Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the Food Service Technology Center (FSTC) offers a wealth of information for any commercial food service operation. In fact, it is FSTC’s goal to provide helpful information at no cost. First opened in 1987, FSTC tests commercial kitchen appliances for energy efficiency. Manufacturers, hotel and restaurant companies all work with FSTC to test product performance. FSTC is the primary information resource for the EPA’s Energy Star program for commercial food service and it has contributed significantly to the...

MCLEAN, VA.—Embassy Suites Hotels, the upscale, all-suites hotel brand, announced that its Embassy Suites Denver-Downtown/Convention Center location achieved LEED Silver certification, as recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It is the first hotel in the City of Denver and the first within the Embassy Suites brand to have earned this prestigious certification for sustainable building design, construction and operations. “We are extremely proud to introduce the Embassy Suites brand’s first LEED Silver certified property,” said Jim Holthouser, global head of Embassy Suites Hotels and full service brands, Hilton Worldwide. “This significant certification recognizes the proactive efforts the...

DETROIT—Lighting Enterprises, a leading manufacturer of decorative lighting and energy saving LEDs for hotel and resort guestrooms and public spaces, has named Andy Schaidler, NEWH, IESNA as their new hospitality sales manager. Schaidler’s responsibilities will include building and managing the company’s national independent hospitality sales team, sales, marketing, quotations, and development of new opportunities for the company in the hospitality industry. Schaidler and his team will work directly with hotel, resort, casino, and other hospitality specification and purchasing professionals to bring to market the most innovative decorative portable energy saving and labor saving lighting available.  Andy has served on the International...

MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Telkonet, Inc., developer of the EcoSmart energy management platform which incorporates patented Recovery Time technology, announced that the Waterfront Hotel has become the latest hospitality leader to deploy a networked EcoSmart energy management system. In partnership with Ecology Action, a nonprofit consulting firm, Telkonet helped the Waterfront Hotel, located in Oakland, Calif., take advantage of the LodgingSavers utility ratepayer funded program. Telkonet installed a fully networked EcoSmart Energy Management System (EMS), replacing the hotel’s existing thermostats with the Telkonet EcoInsight intelligent thermostat. Because the thermostats are ZigBee-enabled to create a mesh network, they develop a facility-wide wireless network dedicated...