CLEVELAND, OHIO—Green Lodging News has just added a new case study to its website. The case study focuses on the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers and its installation of Telkonet motion sensing thermostats in every single one of the 1,214 rooms of the hotel. The installation was done as part of the Commercial Buildings Initiative (CBI)—a component of Retrofit Chicago that aims to dramatically reduce the energy needs of Chicago’s commercial buildings.
A team of roughly 10 workers were employed for nearly a month, alongside the building engineers and the team from Telkonet. The Sheraton was eligible for a rebate offered through the “ComEd Smart Ideas for your Business” program, which contributes to the short payback for the capital investment. This program is part of a statewide policy initiative to make the state more efficient. The system will pay for itself in 2.5 years, after which time the $150,000 savings can be used as the owners see fit.
To read the complete case study, click here.
