Posts Tagged ‘ Energy ’

Benchmarks Determine Operating Cost Reduction Strategies in Hotels

Research Hospitality operating costs are rising quickly, and by parsing the data on hotel operating costs it’s possible to quickly identify cost effective upgrades that can payback initial investments quickly. Research out of Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration found that in 2005 “the cost of operating a U.S. hotel grew by 6.5 percent, led by [...]

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Government/DoD Agencies Tracking Facility Energy Performance

Research The USACE and other federal facility management agencies such as NAVFAC and the GSA are some of the largest facility owners in the world.  As a result they have the ability to create a robust database comparing expected utility savings from design models with real world results.  The Federal Energy Management Program from the US Department of [...]

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Dorm Energy Use Lowered via Real-Time Energy Monitoring

Research Oberlin College instituted a competition wherein they challenged dorm residents to compete against other dorms to see who could create the greatest reductions in energy usage over a set period of time. At the time, Oberlin did not have the funds to provide all dorms with equipment capable of providing real-time energy monitoring equipment. [...]

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