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Rethinking guest rooms for millennials
Public Sector Travel
Crowne Plaza is introducing angled beds with curved headboards to reduce noise as part of a total rethink of guest rooms intended to appeal to millennial travelers. The chain has been working with designers from outside the hotel sector, such as Future Agenda and Pearson Lloyd, for the past two years to develop its next-generation room.
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Study confirms capability of laundry wastewater recycling technology to reduce utility expenses
Green Lodging News
Those looking for assurance that a laundry wastewater recycling system does indeed reduce utility costs can find proof in study results recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy (D.O.E.) Building Technologies Office. The D.O.E., with the assistance of outside consultants, conducted a demonstration project to evaluate laundry wastewater recycling technology in the hospitality sector.
Your smartphone is now your hotel room key
PC Mag
Your smartphone already does so much: it's a camera, radio, map, virtual wallet, mobile office, even a source of amusement when boredom kicks in. And now, it's your hotel room key as well. Stamford, Connecticut-based hotel brand Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide recently began rolling out technology that will let guests bypass the front desk and enter their rooms with a smartphone.
'Green' building plumbing can cause drinking water odors, chemicals above health standards
FMLink
Several types of plastic pipes in eco-friendly "green" buildings in the United States have been found to leach chemicals into drinking water that can cause odors and sometimes exist at levels that may exceed health standards, according to a new collaborative study. The odors can cause residents and workers to question the safety of their drinking water.
Case study: Flexibility at work
Facility Management Journal
The workplace as we know it is changing, and with it, how and when we work. Iron Mountain saw these issues when it faced lease expiration, a dated work environment and an edict to shrink its real estate footprint. Recognizing that its workforce had evolved ahead of its workplace, Iron Mountain made flexibility and mobility essential components of its workplace strategy and used a corporate headquarters relocation to drive change through the workforce and corporate culture.
Is a net-zero energy building really the right target?
Treehugger
Treehugger design and green architecture contributor writes: "The phrase "net-zero" energy or "zero-carbon" has always troubled me. I have noted that I can make my tent net-zero energy if I have enough money for solar panels, but that's not necessarily a sustainable model. Others have been troubled by the concept as well; Passive House consultant Bronwyn Barry writes in the NYPH blog: 'I'm betting that our currently mythical 'Net Zero Energy Homes' — however one defines that empty integer — will be buried in a marketing graveyard somewhere."
DOE driving commercialization of clean energy technology
FierceEnergy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a $2.3 million pilot program to move innovative clean energy technologies from the DOE's National Laboratories into the commercial marketplace. The program, Lab-Corps, aims to better train and empower national lab researchers to successfully transition their discoveries into high-impact, real world technologies in the private sector, building on the success of the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps model.
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LED light bulbs keep improving in efficiency and quality
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Improvements in lighting technology for light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs have increased lighting efficiency, or efficacy, as well as color quality. In September of this year, several manufacturers released ENERGY STAR®-qualified bulbs surpassing 100 lumens per watt. For comparison, traditional incandescent bulbs, which do not meet current light bulb efficiency standards and are no longer sold, provide 13 to 18 lumens per watt.
Popularity and benefits of wireless systems and sensors are growing
FacilitiesNet
For more and more facilities, wireless systems and sensors are making sense, as their popularity and benefits are both growing. When AWeber Communications, an email marketing firm, moved its headquarters from leased space into its own facility in December 2012, it was ready to pursue any innovation to manage the facility the way it wanted, says Mike Flanagan, senior facility manager.
How the IoT is changing facility management
AutomatedBuildings.com
Managing buildings today is getting increasingly complex. With space at a premium, increased utility costs, and higher occupant expectations, facility managers are under pressure to manage buildings more efficiently than ever before. With the rise in device connectivity and consumer-facing feedback applications like Waze, Yelp, Foursquare, Facebook, Google+ and Glass Door, occupants expect to be more involved in the way their buildings are run. Now accustomed to instantaneous feedback, they want to know that their reports are being addressed in real-time.
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