Best Western Thousand Oaks Inn

Like all fully operating hotels, the Best Western Thousand Oaks Inn uses immense amounts of energy for constantly running lights, air conditioning and televisions in the guest rooms, as well as the hotel’s industrial vacuums, refrigerators and laundry facilities. They wanted to reduce their electricity costs and environmental impact.

The Challenge: Located in the growing city of Thousand Oaks, CA, this hotel was already open and fully occupied, so any construction had to minimize disturbing the guests. This meant that installation of the sizable system (a total of 273 panels) could not start too early or run too late. In addition, the hotel had a relatively thin roof and limited space in the electrical room for inverter placement.

The SunGreen Solution: We worked daily with the Thousand Oaks Inn’s manager to arrange a flexible installation schedule that did not disrupt hotel guests. We also located the original roofer and provided additional roof strength to support the panels, all at no additional cost to the client. In addition, we determined an alternative location for the inverter and constructed an extra concrete pad.

The Results: The new panels generate 87600 kWh of energy annually, reducing power costs by 30% and carbon emissions by 62.8 metric tons per year. “SunGreen Systems has provided extraordinary service and has been extremely accommodating to ensure every aspect of the process, from equipment to rebates to installation, has been handled properly, resulting in minimal disruption to daily operations and most importantly our guests,” said Felix Wang, Manager of Best Western Thousand Oaks Inn.