HOSPITALITY
Courtyard Capitol Hill
How an award winning energy efficiency program has driven cost savings without sacrificing customer service
Even in a relatively new hotel building, cost-effective energy efficiency measures can be found. That’s what InSite did at the historic Navy Yard district in Washington D.C. for The Courtyard Capitol Hill. Utilizing InSite’s data monitoring platform, hotel staff is now able to proactively track and maintain its energy costs across electricity, gas and even water.
The Challenge
Located in the historic Navy Yard district in Washington, DC, The Courtyard Capitol Hill/ Navy Yard hotel engaged InSite LLC to identify opportunities for energy cost savings. While the building was relatively new, its design, equipment, and operations closely resemble that of its Courtyard peers in urban and suburban areas across the US and therefore didn’t take into account the unique challenges and opportunities available to properties in the DC area.
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Results
As a result of the major energy efficiency improvements, the Hotel Monaco DC saw a reduction in utility costs by 43%, a reduction in energy rates by 31%, a reduction in energy use by 22%, and a reduction in water use by 48%. The company’s documented improvements enabled Hotel Monaco to receive a vastly improved ENERGY STAR® score of 32, up from 6 the prior year.
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The InSite Solution
After an energy and operational assessment, InSite’s team determined that the hotel would benefit enormously from over 20 recommendations to reduce ongoing utility costs. The hotel implemented all recommendations and subscribed to the InSite Organize and Formalize platforms to maintain consistent and proactive oversight of their energy usage.
By monitoring and correcting utility bills, InSite caught an erroneous change of electricity supplier by the utility, and our team worked with the hotel to recover over $20k in utility bill credits. The platform has also alerted hotel staff to utility use values beyond normalized levels, allowing the site to take appropriate actions to reduce consumption and flagged the hotel’s expiring electricity and gas contracts, and negotiated lower rates with better terms on the hotel’s behalf.
The platform automatically updates the hotel’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager account and handles annual benchmarking compliance submissions. This saves the hotel significant time and the potential of being fined up to $300/day for non-compliance. Ongoing Savings Savings generated from the platform have totaled over $33k (almost 10% of annual utility spend), providing substantial ROI for the hotel.
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The proven process has delivered hospitality companies between 15 and 20% reduction in operating expenses and 2-3x returns on their service investment in just the first year, with equal or better savings as the work marches on.
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