Hotel Energy Management Success Story

The DaVinci is the Legacy Hotel Group’s most recent addition to its already impressive international hotel and resort portfolio in the heart of South Africa’s business hub, Sandton. It is situated on prime real estate, right on the corner of the infamous “Nelson Mandela Square”. The Legacy Hotel group places a large emphasis on reducing its carbon footprint during the building of new hotels, and the DaVinci project was no exception.

A major portion of the footprint of a hotel, once operational, is in the form of its energy consumption, Schneider Electric supplies solutions for Hotel Energy Management. Additionally, the recent increases in the cost of energy in South Africa have forced building owners to look to leading technologies and companies to help them reduce their energy costs.

Therefore, the Legacy Hotel Group insisted on the most advanced, energy efficient electrical systems. Schneider Electric South Africa provided the Electrical distribution and protection solutions, Building Management System and in-room energy-saving devices to satisfy this requirement.

The hotel opened in May 2010 just in time for the FIFA World Cup and is host to numerous delegates and teams during the event. It is estimated that through Schneider Electric’s Hotel Energy Management solutions, the hotel could be saving up to 30% on its monthly energy costs and will reduce its carbon footprint significantly.