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FOR A SUSTAINABLE
DESIGN FUTURE

CREDIT: STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP

New York role model. Billed as “the ultimate green hotel,” 1 Hotel near Central Park in New York City uses eco-friendly tactics to provide
guests with lodging that is convenient, luxurious and sustainable.
and cooling systems and built-in LED lighting.
Starwood’s chief goal was to offer a guest experience driven ANOTHER SUSTAINABLE SELLING POINT: MODE:GREEN
by convenience, luxury and sustainability, according to Lally. Mode:Green also partnered with mobile app Fingi to provide guests
Mode:Green was brought in to help Starwood achieve that goal by and staff automated remote control of numerous, must-have room
designing and installing lighting and custom automation solutions features. Guests receive an Android smartphone upon check-in
that addressed all customer needs. and can use the app to control their rooms’ lights, temperature
and television. Meanwhile, hotel operations staff can control room
settings to ensure that energy usage is kept to a minimum once a
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE guest checks out.
Mode:Green’s task was not a small one. All 229 of 1 Hotel’s guest 1 Hotel receives ongoing service and support from Mode:Green to
rooms were outfitted with redesigned LED lighting fixtures, and the keep everything running smoothly. “We often go in after the project
lobby was illuminated with over 250 zones of LED lighting. Starwood is completed to tweak the system based on how it’s being used by
insisted on that type of lighting from a sustainability standpoint, actual guests,” Lally says. “It’s very important here, given how much
according to Lally. the lighting system is in use.”
The company got smart with its lighting, installing a Crestron Starwood Capital has continued to open 1 Hotels in New York and
automated system that adjusted brightness using an astronomical other states, and has also ventured into locales outside the U.S. The
clock. This effectively allowed the hotel to follow the sun. “The corporation says it plans to use Mode:Green’s services when possible.
lights self-adjust every day of the year,” Lally says. “Hotel staff rarely “It’s important that the industry stay ahead of the curve when it
have to worry about them. They can focus on other parts of hotel comes to green technology, and that’s what we try to do,” Lally says.
management.” “Who knows where things will be a few years from now?” GB

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