{"id":3367,"date":"2008-04-25T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T02:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=3367"},"modified":"2008-04-25T02:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-25T02:07:00","slug":"the-listel-hotel-goes-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/04\/the-listel-hotel-goes-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Listel Hotel goes Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>ROBSON STREET: The Listel Hotel is the first hotel in Vancouver to install a cutting-edge renewable energy system. The hotel is reducing its carbon footprint — and annual energy expenses — by installing solar panels and a highly efficient heat recovery system.<\/p>\n

The hotel\u2019s partner on the project, B.C.-based renewable energy leader Swiss Solar Tech, has a slogan \u201cThe sun hasn\u2019t raised its rates in four billion years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Listel is now tapping into the sun\u2019s abundant and easily-accessible alternative energy via solar thermal collectors to lower their heating costs and, most importantly, their carbon footprint. The hotel expects to reduce its carbon gas emissions by 170 tons annually.<\/p>\n

Technical details. The Listel\u2019s customized system employs equipment typically used as a ground-source heat pump. Such pumps exploit the steady underground temperature to provide seasonal heating and cooling. The Listel\u2019s system however does not have an underground loop of liquid-filled tubing for geothermal exchange. Instead, the heat pump is connected to twenty solar collectors and a heat recovery system as well as a 20 ton air-to-water heat pump.<\/p>\n

According to Roger Huber, owner of Swiss Solar Tech, \u201cThere is incredible potential for heat recovery, particularly when combined with the solar panels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huber explains that the waste heat is collected from the cooling system (the air-conditioning chiller) to use as pre-heat for the domestic hot water and as heating support for the building. \u201cThis enables the existing gas-fired boiler to run less, since the heat pump has a much better co-efficiency rate than a gas boiler.\u201d<\/p>\n

A computer-controlled system from Care System of Vernon BC, combined with a gas-fired boiler, provides heating and cooling of water and air for the 129 room hotel. The solar heat from solar panels on the hotel\u2019s roof is primarily used to pre-heat the domestic hot water. Solar-heated water is stored in a tank with a capacity of 4,500 litres.<\/p>\n

The savings. The estimated pay-back time (amortization period) is less than six years, based on an estimated five per cent annual price increase on natural gas rates. A federal grant from the ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat Initiative reduced the cost of the solar part by 25 per cent.<\/p>\n

Swiss Solar Tech is a BC-based company that creates cost-effective renewable energy and heat recovery solutions by designing and installing highly efficient heating and cooling systems for commercial buildings. They combine solar thermal with ground-source heat pumps and heat recovery systems.<\/p>\n

The Listel Hotel is known as \u201cVancouver\u2019s most art-full hotel*\u201d and one of the city\u2019s most well-appointed boutique hotels. Its other green initiatives include a comprehensive recycling program, composting, various water, energy reduction and air quality programs, a towel and sheet reuse program, bulk amenities, and a strong commitment to organic and local food and wine.<\/p>\n

The Hotel Association of Canada awarded The Listel the highest eco-rating of any Vancouver hotel – 4 Green Keys. The hotel\u2019s restaurant and bar \u2013 O\u2019Doul\u2019s – is an active member of both the Green Table Network and the Vancouver Aquarium\u2019s Ocean Wise program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ROBSON STREET: The Listel Hotel is the first hotel in Vancouver to install a cutting-edge renewable energy system. The hotel is reducing its carbon footprint — and annual energy expenses — by installing solar panels and a highly efficient heat recovery system. The hotel\u2019s partner on the project, B.C.-based renewable energy leader Swiss Solar Tech, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}