Tag: smart thermostats

How Smart Thermostats in Hotels Can Save Energy—for Everyone

By Andrew Cao, Copeland Dec 4, 2025 Building Controls

Updated: Dec 4, 2025

Hotel guest rooms are unoccupied around 60% of the time, even when rented. Heating or cooling to 100% occupancy, 100% of the time, equals approximately 40% energy waste. To lessen this waste, the hospitality industry is embracing occupancy-sensing smart thermostats, which allow the building management system to automatically adjust the temperature of unoccupied rooms. The […]

Back to Basics: 6 Commercial HVAC Maintenance Tips for Winter

By Corey Sipe, Associate Editor Dec 27, 2023 Back to Basics

Updated: Dec 27, 2023

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. Before Jack Frost comes knocking on their doors, facilities managers should ensure their commercial facility’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are in tip-top shape. A failed HVAC system can not only lead to discomfort […]