Stafford Hospitality Installing Energy-Management System

Stafford executive says system's cost savings, coupled with its positive environmental impact and gu

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. October 14, 2008

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI, March 17, 2006. Energy EyeTM is proving itself to be a viable solution in the hospitality energy-management field. Recently Stafford Hospitality, a Tifton, Ga.-based hotel-management and ownership company, selected the new Energy EyeTM Wireless Radio Frequency EMS over other systems in the hospitality market.

Stafford Hospitality owns and/or manages eight mid-market hotels in the Southeast and Midwest comprising over 1.000 rooms. The company has installed 190 guestrooms at the Holiday Inn Tifton and will install another 171 rooms over the next several months. Rochester Hills-based Energy EyeTM developed and manufactures an affordable, easily installed, stand-alone Wireless Radio Frequency EMS that enhances guest comfort-and guest satisfaction-while drastically reducing room electricity expenses related to the ever-increasing costs of energy.

"We will work toward installing the Energy EyeTM system throughout our owned properties," said Susan Smith, Stafford Hospitality's Controller. "Managed properties will be advised of savings potential and decisions made at each property's management level."

Given the projected energy savings for the Holiday Inn Tifton, chances are excellent that Stafford Hospitality's managed properties will make the same decision Stafford executives did for their corporately owned hotels.

"We expect to see a savings of more than $50,000 over 23 months," Smith said, "and anticipate savings to begin immediately upon installation."

Stafford Hospitality had no energy-management system at any of its properties in the past, Smith said, but realized that with ever-escalating costs, it was time to invest in an energy-management system that was effective, affordable, and saved on costs while enhancing guest satisfaction.

"The reason for our final selection was the definitive savings analysis and proposed savings that Energy EyeTM offered," Smith said.

Equally important to Stafford Hospitality's choice of EMS was that it be virtually transparent to guests and allow them to fully control the temperature of their room, and that it reflect Stafford's stated philosophy of operating hotels in an environmentally friendly manner. The Energy EyeTM system, in addition to its cost-savings benefits, met both of those conditions.

"We believe travelers today appreciate efforts to preserve the environment," said Greg Brosius, president of Stafford Hospitality, "and we understand that controlling costs will allow us to maintain competitive room rates."

Matthew Mrowczynski, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Energy EyeTM, said Stafford Hospitality's decision to install Energy EyeTM in all its owned properties-and, potentially, its managed ones-is yet another sign that Energy EyeTM has taken its place among the hospitality industry's leading EMS vendors.

"Stafford Hospitality's choice of the Energy EyeTM system over our competitors' systems is incredibly gratifying for us, and it verifies what we've known all along-that investing in a top-quality, low-cost energy-management system that enhances guest satisfaction and saves substantially on high energy costs has become a top priority for hotel companies everywhere," Mrowczynski said. "Stafford saw what a growing number of hotel companies are seeing-namely, that Energy EyeTM offers the industry's most easily installed EMS at a highly affordable price and with a quick return-on-investment. And we guarantee results."

Mrowczynski said that because the Energy EyeTM energy-management system features an RF-based wireless platform, sensor components require no complicated wiring-which means that room installation can be completed in about 20 minutes.

"Energy EyeTM can be installed room-by-room between checkouts, so blocking out rooms-and sacrificing hard-to-come-by room revenue-is now a thing of the past with Energy EyeTM," he said. "We tell all our potential clients: One of the advantages we have over other systems is the quick and easy installation Energy EyeTM features. We never forget to remind our clients that vacant rooms for one additional day can double their ROI period."

Hotel companies interested in learning more about the Energy EyeTM System and its many advantages can visit www.energy-eye.com or call Mrowczynski at (248) 656-3800 or (248) 818-0669, or e-mail him at [email protected].