Beyond Renovations: The Most Overlooked Hotel Upgrade Is in the Mechanical Room

Hotel operators excel at prioritizing what guests notice. Lobby refreshes, room renovations, food-and-beverage upgrades, and brand-mandated technology rollouts all get attention because they show up in reviews, satisfaction scores, and revenue. The mechanical room rarely makes that list. Boilers and chillers do their job until they don’t, and as long as the hot water runs and the rooms hold temperature, the infrastructure underneath stays invisible.

For LODGING Magazine, our CEO Gabe Phillips breaks down why combined heat and power, or CHP, is one of the most overlooked hotel upgrades hiding in plain sight, how a 275-room Massachusetts airport hotel modernized its plant with zero upfront capital, and why energy deserves the same strategic attention as any other infrastructure renovations.

Read the full story, here.