Lodging Savers

Sponsored by PG&E, Ecology Action’s LodgingSavers program is a remarkable opportunity for lodging facilities to save energy and reduce operating costs.

The program provides customized energy-saving solutions, along with full service development, management, and implementation of energy-saving projects.

Here’s How This Program rewards You:

The low equipment co-pay gives you quick paychecks and high ROI.

You can increase your facility value as well as your investment value with energy efficiency upgrades.

You can market your operation as a green and sustainable hotel – and important customer preference that will differentiate you from your competition

Save Money, Increase Your ROI with LodgingSavers.

As a partner with Ecology Action, SEA implements energy efficiency projects for some of finest hotels in Northern California. Sponsored by PG&E, Ecology Action’s LodgingSavers program is a remarkable opportunity for lodging facilities to save energy and reduce operating costs.

The program provides customized energy-saving solutions, along with full service development, management, and implementation of energy-saving projects.

Here’s How This Program Rewards You:

The low equipment co-pay gives you quick paybacks and high ROI.

You can increase your facility value as well as your investment value with energy efficiency upgrades.

You can market your operation as a green and sustainable hotel – an important customer preference that will differentiate you from your competition.

PROGRAM FEATURES

Services are free to PG&E customers
Turnkey support from start to finish!
Highest incentives available for energy efficiency retrofits and retrocommissioning projects
Project identification with energy-savings forecasts including energy efficiency and ROI calculations
Highest quality installations performed by bonded & licensed contractors
ENERGY STAR® benchmarking
On-bill financing (coming soon from PG&E) for qualifying customers, or other financing recommendations available

SEA PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SERVICES

EPACT or 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction for generous Federal tax depreciation (up to $1.80 per square foot) to further increase ROI
Special financial and tax services like cost segregation and guidance on expensing RCx and short-life cycle assets
Sustainability and LEED consulting
Solar and wind renewable energy generation

CUSTOMER ELIGIBILITY

LodgingSavers is available to all lodging facilities served by PG&E. Services are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Eligible customers include:

Hotels, motels, inns, and bed-and-breakfast facilities
Resorts and spas with overnight accommodations

INCENTIVES/REBATES AVAILABLE

Lodging customers in PG&E’s service territory are eligible to receive rebates and incentives to subsidize project costs. Our commitment is to identify the highest rebates and/or incentives to make your energy-reduction project as cost effective as possible.

Retrofit Measures Available

LIGHTING

Comprehensive lighting retrofits for guest rooms, common areas and exteriors. Rebates typically cover 60%–80% of installed costs.

RETROCOMMISSIONING

Retrocommissioning (RCx) is a systematic, documented process that identifies low-cost operational and maintenance improvements in existing buildings and brings the buildings up to the design intentions of its current usage.

RCx focuses on energy-using equipment such as mechanical equipment, lighting and related controls and usually optimizes existing system performance, rather than relying on major equipment replacement, typically resulting in improved indoor air quality, comfort, controls, energy and resource efficiency.

GUEST ROOM ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Intelligent control of existing in-room Package Terminal Air Conditioner or Package Terminal Heat Pump systems using occupancy sensors and smart thermostats with dynamic setback capability to reduce runtimes. The rebate for this measure covers 100% of installed costs.

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Motors, variable speed drives, compressed air systems, EMS controls, process load, and vending misers.

NATURAL GAS SAVING MEASURES

A variety of gases saving retrofit measures are available for lodging through LodgingSavers and Ozone Laundry Solutions.

THE SEA ADVANTAGE

Sustainable Energy Associates has over two decades of experience in the energy efficiency and energy management fields, providing comprehensive project management services. SEA’s team provides high-quality, customized solutions that improve the energy performance of lodging facilities, and provides the highest ROI available.

The LodgingSavers Program is funded by California utility customers and administered by Pacific Gas & Electric under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission, through a contract awarded to Ecology Action. California customers who choose to participate in this program are not obligated to purchase any additional services offered by the contractor. The trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

More details available from:
http://www.lodgingsavers.org