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Article: System Upgrades Improve Efficiency and Decrease Utility Costs at the Historic Oxford Hotel.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 18, 2009
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Building on a long history of using the latest infrastructure systems, the owners and operators of Denver's first hotel, The Oxford Hotel, recently completed upgrades on the building that improve energy efficiency while decreasing average monthly utility costs by 47 percent (see also Trane).
In addition to the utility cost savings the systems generated, Sage Hospitality Resources -- which owns and operates The Oxford Hotel -- also benefited from a $34,000 rebate from Xcel Energy, a leading combination electric and natural gas company.
The improvements are part of an extensive energy efficiency, conservation and sustainability program undertaken by Sage ...