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The control of hotel heating and cooling systems has come a long way in a quarter of a century, from reliance on guesswork to the use of intelligent forecasting systems. Tim Dwyer reports


from simple beginnings. Twenty-five years ago, the predictive element of control may have been as simple as the site engineer following the weather forecast, cross-referencing with the


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he application of predictive and adaptive control techniques for buildings, including hotels and conference centres, has developed


bookings for hotel functions and altering the switching times and set points for the hotel HVAC&R systems. However, the intervening years have seen something of a revolution in the way hotel systems are operated. In many cases, the dedicated site engineer


has been subsumed by the broader needs of facilities management and increasingly will work remotely, be employed by a contract service provider and have responsibility for several sites. The changes in the organisation have


been matched, and probably overtaken, by advances in the technologies that control and operate the heating, cooling and


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