by Shane Henson — November 21, 2011—New York City’s Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan has become the latest hospitality leader to select Telkonet Inc.’s cloud-based EcoSmart energy management platform in an effort to reduce energy consumption and trim operating costs while ensuring the comfort of its guests.
According to Telkonet, its energy management system is expected to reduce overall electricity and steam consumption by approximately 25 percent in the hotel’s unoccupied rooms. The reduction of equipment run-times will also extend the useful life of the mechanical systems and cut associated maintenance costs.
Telkonet will provide a fully networked EcoSmart energy management system, replacing the hotel’s existing thermostats with ZigBee-enabled EcoInsight thermostats to develop a facility-wide wireless network capable of remotely monitoring and controlling the HVAC system in each guest room. Also, according to Telkonet, employing its dynamic Recovery Time technology will ensure guest comfort and maximize energy savings, particularly in unoccupied guest rooms. The entire network will be protected by Telkonet’s EcoCare service to ensure optimal operation and provide proactive maintenance services.
Stephen D. Pletcher, asset manager for the hotel owner, City Investment Group, believes that the EcoSmart energy management system was the right choice for the 770-room, full service hotel.
“Our Times Square Crowne Plaza hosts guests from all over the world. We wanted the functionality of the system we selected to be similar to what many of our guests are likely to have in their own homes—legible displays, easy to understand controls, simple and clean functionality—all in addition to the substantial financial returns we expect from the Telkonet system,” he said. “The ability of the system to monitor itself, assist our hotel manager in responding to guest comfort issues from a remote location without the necessity of visiting the rooms, and being able to see the savings we are accruing on a room-by-room basis are all substantial reasons for our selection of Telkonet.”
