PHILADELPHIA—National Energy Technologies LLC has announced a new industrial piping system insulative coating as well as thermal insulation blanket service. This service will protect pipes, tanks as well as other industrial infrastructure. Scott Milne, CEO of the company, says, “It is remarkable the difference this service makes in boiler rooms.”This comprehensive process includes a commercially available liquid ceramic insulative coating that has the ability to dramatically reduce thermal loss. It is designed to insulate and quiet building system components that move or hold hot or cold material of any type. This coating is extremely durable, can be applied to...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Carrier Enterprise (CE) as a Founding Sponsor. CE joins 29 other companies as Founding Sponsors. CE is a leading provider of temperature and energy control technologies for the lodging industry. CE offers hospitality-specific HVAC and energy management solutions from Gree, Founten and TopTech. The Gree Engineered Terminal Air Conditioner, or E-TAC, was designed to meet the rigorous demands of hotel temperature control. Gree’s E-TAC offers a dry mode, pre-programmed setpoint limits and low energy consumption rates to put energy regulation and savings back into hoteliers’ hands. All...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Best Hotel Products as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Best Hotel Products is a leading provider of hotel furniture, fixtures and equipment—used guestroom furniture and new Thomasville, Kimball and Dubois furniture, mattresses, PTACs (new and used Friedrich, LG, Frigidaire and Amana PTACs, TTWs, verticals, energy management systems), TVs, carpet, drapes and more. As a full service national renovator and liquidator of hotels, motels and resorts, Best Hotel Products can meet all FF&E needs for franchised and independent properties.Call (847) 749-0800, e-mail besthotelfurniture@gmail.com, or go to...

MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Telkonet, Inc., whose complementary business divisions include EcoSmart, an intelligent energy management technology solution and EthoStream, one of the largest high-speed Internet access providers in the world, announced the addition of three new hospitality installations with Ellicott Development Company, Buffalo, New York’s largest commercial property developer.Installations of EcoSmart energy management systems have been completed at three of six hotels owned by Ellicott Development: the 82-room Country Inn & Suites located in West Seneca, N.Y., and the 120-room Wyndham Garden Hotel & Suites and the 105-room Staybridge Suites, both of which are located in Amherst, N.Y. Green Lodging Energy,...

CROTON, N.Y.—Polaris Vending, Inc. announces the launch of the patent-pending COILPOD dust containment bag which is an environmentally-friendly solution for the indoor cleaning of self-contained condenser coil units in refrigerated or freezer merchandiser display cases containing food or beverages. A person desiring to clean the condenser coils contained in such appliances first places the COILPOD bag (approx. 28” wide x 13” deep x 18” high) over the coil structure and then simultaneously supplies exhaust air and vacuum from a “shop vac” through two ports in the bag’s surface to remove debris from the coils while vacuuming it into the...

BUFFALO, N.Y.—The Mayton Inn, a new construction 45-room boutique hotel in Cary, N.C., is the first hotel to use the power of BACnet integration to combine the InnPoint system from Zeno Controls LLC with Mitsubishi’s City Multi Central Network (CMCN). The technology enables property owners Colin and Deanna Crossman to use Zeno’s InnPoint solution to monitor and manage HVAC, lighting and environmental conditions in guestrooms and share the data on the Mitsubishi CMCN. Installation of the BACnet-compatible InnPoint front end solution will begin after the hotel breaks ground in September. The Mayton Inn is scheduled to open its doors...

PHILIPSBURG, ST MAARTEN—The Westin St. Maarten Dawn Beach Resort & Spa is not only the first Westin hotel or resort in the world—but also the only major resort in the Caribbean—to install and utilize solar panels to replace its energy consumption throughout the resort. The resort’s owner, Columbia Sussex Corporation, enlisted the expertise of Anthony Prall Jr.’s Caribbean Energy Store to design a system to facilitate its 317 guestrooms, restaurants, restrooms, laundry facilities and spa.“There are hotels and resorts utilizing solar power for specific areas, such as heating pools and water, bungalows or, if it is a small property,...

HONOLULU—Ala Moana Hotel has installing an INNCOM system to reduce its environmental footprint. The system automatically reduces cooling and energy consumption by using sensors to monitor when guests leave their room. The energy management system was installed in each of Ala Moana Hotel’s 1,176 guestrooms. “With the new INNCOM system in place, Ala Moana Hotel is making strides to complete its green energy master plan,” said Dave Lawrence, general manager of Ala Moana Hotel. “Receiving a rebate from Hawaii Energy is a win-win for both the hotel’s Association of Apartment Owners, who funded the project, as well as guests who...

ATLANTA—Onity, one of the world’s leading providers of electronic locks and energy management solutions, is helping to manage humidity in guestrooms at the CoCo Key Hotel and Water Resort-Orlando with the Onity SensorStat DDC Energy Management System (EMS) and the web-based InnGENIUS monitoring system, by EcoLodgix. Onity is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.“We had to find a way to manage energy costs, while maintaining the unique environment for our guests, so we turned to Onity and EcoLodgix,” said Frank Fry, executive director, CoCo Key Hotel and Water Resort-Orlando.The 55,000-square-foot facility boasts...

WESTFIELD, MASS.—Leading HVAC systems supplier SpacePak has announced the introduction of AirCell, a new hydronic distribution system for commercial and residential applications. AirCell is a modular, compact, high-efficiency air-distribution module that allows refrigerants to remain outside of the building and uses 30 percent less energy than traditional fan-based HVAC systems. Hydronic technology, the most efficient way to transfer energy for both heating and cooling, offers an environmentally friendly system that uses up to 30 percent less electricity in a single unit configuration, and uses one-third less refrigerant than traditional DX systems. AirCell works in conjunction with any hydronic supply...