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Siemens Schweiz AG
Infrastructure & Cities Sector - Building Technologies Division
Gubelstraße 22, CH-6300 Zug, Switzerland
Press Relations: Vera Klopprogge
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Siemens AG
Infrastructure & Cities Sector – Building Technologies
Division
Rödelheimer Landstr. 5-9, 60487 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany
Energy-saving measures that are acceptable for an urban hotel – for example reducing the air
volume between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., may not necessarily be right for a
convention or wellness hotel.
The ability to take automated meter readings of energy consumption, display this information within
freely selectable time periods and automatically generate energy reports greatly reduces the
workload of hotel technicians. In addition, freely configurable intervals open up entirely new
opportunities for analyzing efficiency, for example by displaying electrical load curves for the
different consumers, such as the air conditioning chiller during major events. Not only does this
offer a basis for establishing additional efficiency measures but it also allows empirical values to be
derived for new hotels to be built in the future.
Making efficiency visible: the Green Building Monitor
For most hotel guests, booking a room at a specified flat rate means getting unlimited amounts of
energy in the form of hot water, power, heating and air-conditioning as well as free ventilation
through the window. To prevent energy waste using functional means, key card switches, stored
room temperature limits as well as window and door contacts for turning off heating and air-
conditioning systems are now standard in many hotels.
Up-to-the-minute displays of energy consumption in the hotel lobby, on the other hand, are still new
in the industry. Along with eco-certification and Building Performance Optimization, they are part of
sustainability marketing in Lindner hotels. From the hotel staff’s perspective, transparency of
energy consumption through a Green Building Monitor attracts a certain amount of attention,
approval and satisfaction among hotel guests. Hotel management feels that it is important to let
guests see how all the right things are being done behind the scenes to improve energy efficiency
and climate protection so that guests can enjoy the resulting comfort.
Energy engineers at Siemens Advantage Operation Centers (AOC), in this case the AOC in
Frankfurt am Main, prepare the energy statistics and live data for the Green Building Monitor.
Additional energy saving tips as well as optional weather information, weather forecasts, news
tickers and other informational content are intended to increase awareness. Dynamic displays on
the Green Building Monitor that enhance the attention-getting effect are also important.
For the hotel technicians of the Lindner Hotel Group, Siemens’ BPO offering is a special
opportunity to examine and optimize their own view of building systems through the eyes of a third
party. Lindner Hotels AG benefits from the cross-sector and sector-specific, national and
international experience of Siemens engineers.