Boston’s Royal Sonesta Earns Energy Star

The Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston has just received official Energy Star status in recognition of its energy conservation and efficiency efforts. The hotel, built in 1963, has just completed a year-long effort to achieve this status. To that end, building automation systems were used to efficiently control the building’s energy consumption, coordinating HVAC, boilers, chillers [...]

The Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston has just received official Energy Star status in recognition of its energy conservation and efficiency efforts. The hotel, built in 1963, has just completed a year-long effort to achieve this status. To that end, building automation systems were used to efficiently control the building’s energy consumption, coordinating HVAC, boilers, chillers and common area lighting. The guestroom energy management system manages heating and cooling when guests are not in their rooms and guestrooms are now lit by compact fluorescent lighting.

“The overall guiding principle in decision making for all projects over the last year has been with an eye toward our efficiency and attaining that Energy Star status for a building built long before that was even a consideration,” says Brian Fitzgerald, general manager at the hotel. “Under the guidance of Boston Green Tourism and other local agencies, we have reached that goal.”

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