Case Study: Candlewood Suites
Overview Candlewood Suites are a brand name of the InterContinental Hotels Group. There are more than 300 Candlewood Suites locations worldwide. The IHG owns over 4,600 hotels (including Holiday Inn’s) with 670,000 rooms worldwide. Challenges Hard water was presenting serious problems in both hotels with the boilers scaling up, and limescale formation in the pipes, […]
Case Study: Horizon Bay Living Facility
Overview Horizon Bay Living Facility is one of the Brookdale Senior Living communities and is the largest owner & operator of senior living communities in the United States. The Lutz location is a first-class facility that covers 5 acres and is surrounded by wildlife, trees and ponds. Challenges The facility was renting a commercial salt-based […]
Case Study: Palm Garden Healthcare
Overview Palm Garden Healthcare is a very large assisted living facility for senior citizens in the USA. They are committed to leading in the skilled nursing and rehabilitation arena. Challenges Most of the Palm Garden facilities were using water softeners on their hot water tanks, boilers, washers, dishwasher & ice machines. One of the main […]
Case Study: the Villages
Overview The Villages is an active retirement community located in central Florida that was conceived more than 50 years ago. Today, it has a population of about 52,000 and Forbes magazine ranked The Villages as the number one fastest-growing small city in the USA. Challenges Florida’s hard water presents a host of problems for health […]
Case Study: Amway Center
Overview The Amway Center is a 20,000 seat sports and entertainment venue in Orlando, Florida. They are the home of the Orlando Magic NBA team in addition to major concert acts and shows like Cirque du Soleil. Challenges The player’s sauna room’s heating elements were scaling up dramatically from the steam being generated. The problem […]
Case Study: Amalie Arena
Overview The Amalie Arena is a 21,500 seat state-of-the art arena that is used for ice hockey, basketball, arena football games, as well as concerts. It is home to the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League and Tampa Bay Storm Arena Football League. The 2012 Republican National Convention was held there. It is […]
Case Study: Derby Lane
Overview Derby Lane Greyhound Track is a racino located in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is the largest and oldest (since 1925) continuously operating greyhound track in the world. The huge, four level facility offers dining, the top racing dogs in the world, large poker rooms and simulcast pari-mutual wagering on hundreds of TVs from tracks […]
Case Study: Boston Convention Center
Overview The Boston Convention & Exhibition Center is the largest exhibition center in the Northeast United States with 516,000 square feet of contiguous exhibition space. In 2009, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority launched the “Top 5 Campaign” aiming to make Boston one the top five cities in North America for conventions. Challenges As an initial […]
Case Study: Cirque Du Soleil
Overview Cirque du Soleil is a Quebec based company recognized all over the world for high-quality, artistic entertainment. Founded in 1984, the company now employs over 5,000 people including 1,300 artists. Each show is a syntheses of circus styles from around the world, with its own central theme and storyline. They perform in 271 cities […]
Case Study: Touch of Class
Overview Touch of Class is a dry cleaner and laundry facility in Apollo Beach, Florida. The facility has all the laundry and dry-cleaning equipment on the premises. Challenges The dry cleaners needed a way to keep the boiler from scaling up and causing an explosion. They had been injecting chemicals and renting a water softener. […]