CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Swegon as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Swegon’s PARAGON compact Comfort Module provides hoteliers with energy savings and reduced maintenance costs while offering guests silent, draft-free air-conditioning. Advanced chilled beam technology enables ventilating, cooling and heating without an in-room fan or compressor, and maximum energy savings through integrated, intelligent controls. Call (952) 564-6034, e-mail info_us@swegon.com, or click here.

CHICAGO—Master-Bilt, manufacturer of premier commercial refrigeration, will showcase its newest award-winning innovation, the Parallel Glycol Rack Refrigeration System, in the Kitchen Innovations Pavilion (booth 2440) at the 2013 National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, May 18 to 21 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Master-Bilt received a National Restaurant Association 2013 Kitchen Innovations Award for the parallel glycol rack refrigeration system which uses the most energy efficient refrigeration system available to chill a glycol loop that cools equipment in a foodservice kitchen or retail environment.The most unique feature of the Master-Bilt glycol system is its utilization of floating head pressure technology...

SINGAPORE—Bartech, a leader in automatic profit-generating minibar solutions for the hospitality industry, announced the installation of its Ethernet-connected, energy-efficient automatic minibars in all 367 guestrooms of the luxury PARKROYAL on Pickering in Singapore. The hotel, which debuted in January, is the newest hotel in the PARKROYAL Hotels & Resorts portfolio. PARKROYAL on Pickering boasts 15,000 square meters of lofty sky gardens, along with an exclusive rooftop that offers 360-degree views of the Singapore skyline for club room guests. As a recipient of the prestigious BCA Green Mark Platinum Award, the management team at PARKROYAL on Pickering selects all hotel...

HEREFORD, ARIZ.—March was a good month for Patrick Dome and Karl Schmitt, co-owners of the 10-room Casa de San Pedro B&B in Hereford, Ariz. The 105-panel, 34-kilowatt, solar photovoltaic array positioned on the south side of their B&B supplied 125 percent of the electricity they needed for the month. The panels typically supply about 90 percent of the B&B’s electricity. Given its Arizona location, the Casa de San Pedro B&B is ideally located to take advantage of the sun’s power; the inn also uses a simple passive solar system (black piping) to heat water for the pool. Schmitt says...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, has added an Onity case study to its Vendor Case Studies section. The case study details how the Carolina Grande Resort in the heart of Myrtle Beach, S.C., is saving an average of $1,300 dollars a month in HVAC costs and meeting customer needs since installing an Onity SensorStat DDC Thermostat system.In 2008 the resort installed Onity’sSensorStat DDC Thermostat, combined with online energy management software from Control Green to monitor and manage all 118 of the units on the property. Almost immediately, the resort realized positive results in...

MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Telkonet, Inc., developer of the EcoSmart energy management platform featuring Recovery Time technology, announced that Galt House Hotel, located in Louisville, Kentucky, will install, integrate and network the EcoSmart energy management platform throughout its entire collection of 1,290 guestrooms. Slater Coe, director of operations at Galt House Hotel, believes the EcoSmart energy management solution will allow the hotel to continue a decades-long trend of innovation and customer service. “We want to utilize cutting-edge technology to maximize efficiency and reduce expenses while providing our guests with a superior stay and comfortable room environment,” Coe says. “We checked off every...

NATIONAL REPORT—Air curtains, also known as air doors, can play an important role in a hotel’s energy conservation strategy—especially hotels with foodservice operations. In use for almost a century now, air curtains have become more sophisticated and effective in recent years and the number of applications for them has grown. Air curtains can now be used in entryways—both in the front and back of the house—with walk-in coolers, warewashers, and even in laundry areas. Air curtains help to contain heated or air conditioned air, and are essential in stopping the infiltration of flying insects, dust and dirt.Air curtains employ...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes National Energy Technologies as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. National Energy Technologies is a commercial facility conservation consultant specialist. The company introduces, prices, procures and coordinates installation of specifically targeted technologies designed to maximize utility savings with the shortest ROI. The company’s techniques will save from 5 to 25 percent on electricity, cooling, water, refrigeration, lighting, laundry, compressed air, and many other resource depleting activities. National Energy Technologies performs energy auditing, corporate counseling, public speaking services and can consult on renewable energy, demand response, deregulated...

BURLINGTON, ON.—Anaergia Inc. announced that the 1,750kW cogeneration plant for the 1,981-room Hilton New York in midtown Manhattan is now online.The energy efficient cogeneration system provided by Anaergia represents a significant investment taken by New York City’s largest hotel to reduce its carbon footprint, conserve energy and reduce the urban heat island effect.The seven engine generators installed on the green roof overlooking West 53rd Street generate 1,750kW of clean electricity and 2,700kW heat for building operations.This satisfies more than 50 percent of the electricity demand and 35 percent of the steam demand for the nearly 2,000 guestrooms.The electricity and...

WARMINSTER, PA.—Therm-Omega-Tech, a global leader in the design and manufacture of self-actuating temperature control valves, announced that its new Circuit Solver valve for domestic hot water systems has received NSF/ANSI 61 and California Lead Plumbing Law (AB1953) certifications from the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), an independent laboratory.The certification is believed to be the first of its kind for a self-actuating temperature control valve used for balancing domestic hot water systems.“This certification further cements our belief that the Circuit Solver is an elite product that can solve long-standing issues related to hot water flow,” said Therm-Omega-Tech...