Front of house and behind the scenes
Step inside a world class hotel intent on providing its guests with the very highest levels of
comfort and service and you would be forgiven for not immediately thinking about its green credentials.
But to David Hannah, head of property at Guoman Hotel Management (UK), reducing the company's impact on the environment, including cutting back on energy consumption, comes high on his list of priorities. Guoman Hotel Management (UK) has a public commitment to driving down its energy costs and reducing the size of its carbon footprint.
Nine months ago, David Hannah set in train the process to identify the right source of expertise to help him fulfil his obligations at Guoman Hotel Management (UK). Following calls to specialist contractors for their input and detailed research the name PowerStar, came conspicuously to the fore.
PowerStar, which is said to be the only voltage optimisation system wholly designed and manufactured in the UK, is produced by EMSc (UK) Limited in Rotherham.
David Hannah, explained: "In commercial terms PowerStar came up with pretty well the ideal solution. They struck just the right balance between finding a means of installing a fail safe system that would significantly reduce our energy bills while achieving the hurdle rates for capital investment.
"From the outset, the PowerStar team was pro-active, commercially aware and able to demonstrate a high level of competence in both analysing our technical & subsequent installation requirements within a live hotel requirement. They promised technical support, professionalism and minimum fuss and that was precisely what they delivered!"
He continued: "We were more than confident that the calculated savings in terms of energy consumption were realistic however, we are delighted to learn that the savings have in some cases exceeded our expectations.
"So far the PowerStar installations in our hotels have achieved as much as an amazing 26.1% saving in total electricity consumption at our Thistle Hyde Park Hotel and elsewhere, never less than an 11.5% saving. That's what I call a real result!"
Dr Alex Mardapittas, PowerStar designer and managing director of EMSc (UK) commented: "We have more and more professional clients like David coming to us to see if there is potentially a pragmatic solution for them. In many cases we can help - and the savings can be considerable!
"First we undertake a thorough analysis of the building, then and only then, we provide our frank opinion as to what is deliverable. It's the way clients like to do business. We don't make promises we can't keep - it's engineering not sales that drives us. Voltage optimisation isn't about selling boxes it's about finding an engineering solution to an engineering problem. PowerStar has a proud reputation and a long established track record to maintain."
EMSc UK
Email: Alex@ems-uk.org
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