Design of an Energy and Water Efficient Hotel

Located in Tropical climate, buildings in Miami requires cooling around the year. Space conditioning and domestic hot water systems account for 41% of all energy usage in a hotel. To save the energy for space cooling and domestic hot water heating, we proposed a heat recovery system which pre-heats the city water using the waste heat from space cooling. We also proposed to collect, store and process the rain water for non-portable usage. The system is implemented at the Grand Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, FL. This is a joint project with UCI Engineering.

Press Release

UM COE News "Sustainability Research"

Publications

• R. J. Miranda, S. Huang, G. A. Barrios, D. Li, W. Zuo 2015. “Energy Efficient Design for Hotels in the Tropical Climate Using Modelica.” Proceedings of the 11th International Modelica Conference, pp. 71-78, September 21-23, Versailles, France.

Figure SBS lab researcher Rey Miranda is giving a technical tour at the Grand Beach Hotel