NIANTIC, CONN.—The Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa recently upgraded its guestroom temperature control system to a networked energy management system utilizing the Deep Mesh Network (DMN) architecture from INNCOM. Since the 1,310-room property converted to this wireless environment nearly eight months ago, energy consumption has dropped by 21 percent without requiring the 40-year-old facility to undergo an extensive or costly installation effort.
“Over the past few years we have witnessed the need for a robust and reliable wireless architecture that is available at a lower installed price than traditional wireless systems, and that has the capability of adapting to future technologies,” said John Tavares, INNCOM vice president marketing and sales. “Our Deep Mesh Network uses advanced radio frequency technology to provide better control and monitoring over a hotel’s HVAC, lighting and other equipment with the goals of reducing energy consumption and simultaneously improving the guest experience. By migrating to a wireless environment, hotels such as the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa receive state-of-the-art integrated room and building automation for a much lower cost.”
Tyrone Crockwell, director of engineering for the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa and market engineering for Marriott’s properties in Hawaii, said INNCOM’s Deep Mesh Network architecture is working well at the property.
“Marriott has been working with INNCOM for many years and has complete confidence in the system for saving energy and lowering associated costs,” Crockwell said. “When you have a building of this size and age, energy conservation is critical. With the cost of some of the building management solutions on the market, we couldn’t afford to do a property-wide network overhaul. With INNCOM’s wireless DMN, however, we were able to quickly add four wireless sensors into each guestroom for each of our four communication points (HVAC, lighting, thermostat and door controls) and a signal sent from each unit travels wirelessly through the building to communicate with the server. It works great.”
“As more and more hotels face the challenge of dealing with rising energy costs, we are confident that they will find INNCOM’s Deep Mesh Network architecture to be an affordable solution for updating their network infrastructure,” Tavares said. “We look forward to discussing hoteliers’ network architecture concerns at the International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show in New York, and we encourage everyone to stop by SAFLOK Booth 2902 to get a demonstration of how this solution can help their hotels quickly lower energy consumption.”
Go to INNCOM or e-mail john.tavares@inncom.com.
