Ops / GMThis year

Job brief

Cut energy 15% without guest comfort hits

How and who for the hotel job—verified when attested.

When the utility line is eating GOP, I want a savings plan that treats comfort as a constraint so we do not trade five-star sleep for a greener invoice.

Usable on this screen

Scoped brief

Meter, then sequence, then behave. A contractor who will kill a setpoint that produces comfort comments is worth more than a dashboard. Software can overlay complaints on kWh. An agent can suggest schedules. A human applies the setpoint. Shared-savings deals must be readable.

Outcome: At least 12–15% kWh or a documented 'cannot hit 15 without comfort' memo, with temperature comments flat or down.
Catalog budget band: $20–80k plus any hardware. A worksheet range, not a quote.
Catalog timeline: 1–2 heating/cooling seasons to prove. Not a promise.

Step 1
Meter by floor and daypart
If you cannot see laundry, kitchen, and guest floors apart, you will cut the wrong thing. A monitor without a contractor is still useful — it is not the job done.
Step 2
Sequence the work that actually pays
Controls, lighting, and heat recovery beat a poster in the linen room. Write the 'do nothing' case. Write the capex.
Step 3
Put comfort on the same page as kWh
Temperature comments are a kill-switch. If they rise, you roll back and you say so. That clause belongs in the contract.
Step 4
Loop daily after the project
An agent can propose schedules against occupancy. The engineer or GM applies them. Auto-setpoint is how you freeze a fourth floor at 2 a.m.

Provider shortlist

People
Copperline Energy
Hotel energy without comfort hits
Catalog score 8.6. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id copperline.
Software· demo
Kilowatt Hall
Hotel energy monitoring
Catalog score 7.7. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id kilowatt-hall.
Agent
Energy Loop Agent
Setpoint & schedule suggestions
Catalog score 7.8. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id energy-loop.
People
Vale Street Capex
Rooms vs public-space capex
Catalog score 8.3. A post-job shape, not a verification. Stable id vale-street.

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AdvicekWh without a comment watch is a comfort cut wearing a utility hat.

VerifiedCopper King: −16% weather-normalized kWh; temperature comments flat.

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Situation

What is actually on fire

A setpoint agent wants the keys. Guests already mention the room was cold. Utilities are a line, not a walk.

Approaches

Two or three paths — with the give

Contractor-led with hardware

When. A real 12–15% shot and a kill-switch

You give. Capital, or a shared-savings contract you must read

Monitor plus behavior

When. Cheaper start, visibility

You give. A ceiling well below 15%

Aggressive setpoints

When. A prettier utility line this month

You give. Reviews, comps, and a GM who looks cheap

Who to involve

· GM
· Engineering
· Rooms
· Owner if capex

First 7 days

YAML-shaped: day / theme / tasks / owner / risk / exit. Advice until a case is verified.

day: 1
Walk vacant vs occupied
- · Setpoints on ten vacant and ten occupied. Write the delta.
owner:
Engineering
risk:
A utility bill only
exit:
Ten-and-ten log
day: 2
Comfort comments
- · Last 60 days of too-hot / too-cold. Cluster them.
owner:
GM
risk:
kWh without guests
exit:
Comfort cluster
day: 3
Agent never-set
- · An agent may recommend. It may not write a guest-facing setpoint.
owner:
GM
risk:
Auto-setpoint
exit:
Never-do line
day: 4
Vacant-only test
- · One floor, vacant rooms, two nights.
owner:
Engineering
risk:
House-wide rollout
exit:
Scoped test
day: 5
Vendor ask
- · Who writes the setpoint — person or product?
owner:
GM
risk:
Comfort as a rounding error
exit:
Scored checklist
day: 6
Kill-switch
- · If comfort comments move, stop. Write the switch.
owner:
GM
risk:
No kill
exit:
Named kill
day: 7
Publish kWh vs comments
- · Both numbers. A bill without comfort is a fail.
owner:
Controller
risk:
Savings slide
exit:
Monday pair

Decision worksheet

Questions, red flags, bands

Take this to a vendor call. Budget bands are Advice — a Harbor shape, not a quote.

Ask the vendor

1. Who types the status / number — a person, or your product?
2. What would have happened anyway in 90 days without you?
3. Show a property of this size and stack. Demo-labeled categories do not count as proof.
4. What can your agent never do (folio post, mark clean, change a rate)?
5. What is the kill-switch if guest comments move?

Red flags

· Savings claimed before weather-normalization.
· An agent that can push setpoints unattended.
· Ignoring laundry heat because the lobby lights were easier.

When not to buy. A setpoint dump that treats guest comments as acceptable collateral. Comfort is a kill-switch, not a footnote.

Do it in-house

Time and a named owner. No vendor. Use the 7-day plan first.

$20–80k plus any hardware

Typical Harbor band for this job — advice, not a quote.

Full program

People + system + 90-day proof. Only if the 7-day plan already failed.

Vendor checklist

Score the call. Keep it on this browser.

Weighted questions — yes/no, scale, or text. Must-pass ids persist on this browser. Pass threshold 70. A no on a must-pass is a walk-away — not a maybe.

Keys

Brand

Stack shape — not a partnership

property context · weight 2 · must pass
Can they name your key count and whether you are independent, soft-brand, or major — without a discovery theater?
property context · weight 2 · must pass
Do they treat your PMS as a shape (Opera-class / Mews-class / Cloudbeds-class) — not a fake partnership slide?
control · weight 3 · must pass
Who types the status / number — a person, or your product?
vendor · weight 2
What would have happened anyway in 90 days without you?
vendor · weight 2
Show a property of this size and stack. Demo-labeled categories do not count as proof.
vendor · weight 2
What can your agent never do (folio post, mark clean, change a rate)?
vendor · weight 2
What is the kill-switch if guest comments move?

Does not clear

0 / 100

must_pass: cut-energy-without-comfort-hits-ctx-rooms, cut-energy-without-comfort-hits-ctx-stack, cut-energy-without-comfort-hits-q1

A must-pass failed. Walk away.

How

The brief

Step 1
Meter by floor and daypart
If you cannot see laundry, kitchen, and guest floors apart, you will cut the wrong thing. A monitor without a contractor is still useful — it is not the job done.
Step 2
Sequence the work that actually pays
Controls, lighting, and heat recovery beat a poster in the linen room. Write the 'do nothing' case. Write the capex.
Step 3
Put comfort on the same page as kWh
Temperature comments are a kill-switch. If they rise, you roll back and you say so. That clause belongs in the contract.
Step 4
Loop daily after the project
An agent can propose schedules against occupancy. The engineer or GM applies them. Auto-setpoint is how you freeze a fourth floor at 2 a.m.

Tradeoffs

Contractor-led with hardware
You get. A real 12–15% shot and a kill-switch
You give. Capital, or a shared-savings contract you must read
Monitor plus behavior
You get. Cheaper start, visibility
You give. A ceiling well below 15%
Aggressive setpoints
You get. A prettier utility line this month
You give. Reviews, comps, and a GM who looks cheap

Choice	You get	You give
Contractor-led with hardware	A real 12–15% shot and a kill-switch	Capital, or a shared-savings contract you must read
Monitor plus behavior	Cheaper start, visibility	A ceiling well below 15%
Aggressive setpoints	A prettier utility line this month	Reviews, comps, and a GM who looks cheap

Pitfalls

· Savings claimed before weather-normalization.
· An agent that can push setpoints unattended.
· Ignoring laundry heat because the lobby lights were easier.

Success criteria

· kWh or $ utility vs weather-normalized baseline.
· Temperature comments flat or down.
· A written kill-switch that has been tested.

Who

Ranked for this job

Rank is post-job score, then listed order. Not for sale. Software marked demo is an archetype.

Agencies & contractors

#1People

Copperline Energy

Energy programs that treat guest comfort as a constraint, not a slide in the savings deck.

$22–50k audit + shared-savings option

8.6

Post-job

17 reviews

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#2People

Vale Street Capex

FF&E and renovation sequencing that starts from guest-job evidence, not a lobby mood board.

$20–45k study; implementation bid separate

8.3

Post-job

14 reviews

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Systems

#1Software· demo

Kilowatt Hall

Demo-labeled energy dashboard by floor and daypart, built to sit next to a comfort complaint feed.

Demo · $1.50–3.00 / room / month + hardware

7.7

Post-job

8 reviews

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AI agents

#1Agent

Energy Loop Agent

Suggests HVAC schedules against occupancy and comfort comments. A human applies the setpoint.

$199–499 / month

7.8

Post-job

6 reviews

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Compare up to three

Fit first. Then the contract.

Default sort is fit, high to low. Unpublished SLA / term / switch cost is labeled ask — not invented. Demo software is a shape.

Sort

Copperline Energy
Highest fit
8.4
People
Price
$22–50k audit + shared-savings option
Impl
7–21 (advice)
SLA
Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.
Support
On-property hours
Term
Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.
Switch
Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.
Verified
None on Harbor
Vale Street Capex
8.1
People
Price
$20–45k study; implementation bid separate
Impl
7–21 (advice)
SLA
Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.
Support
On-property hours
Term
Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.
Switch
Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.
Verified
None on Harbor
Kilowatt Hall
7.6
Software· demo
Price
Demo · $1.50–3.00 / room / month + hardware
Impl
14–45 (advice)
SLA
Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.
Support
Ask — not published
Term
Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.
Switch
Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.
Verified
None on Harbor

Side-by-side vendor compare. Fit is Harbor’s published score. Unpublished contract fields are labeled ask.
Vendor	Fit	Price band	Impl days	Integrations	SLA / uptime	Support hours	Contract term	Switch cost	GM rating	Last verified
Copperline Energy Highest fit People	8.4	$22–50k audit + shared-savings option	7–21 (advice)	energy, BMS, comfort, utilities	Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.	On-property hours	Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.	Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.	8.6	None on Harbor
Vale Street Capex People	8.1	$20–45k study; implementation bid separate	7–21 (advice)	capex, FF&E, renovation sequencing, payback	Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.	On-property hours	Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.	Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.	8.3	None on Harbor
Kilowatt Hall Software· demo	7.6	Demo · $1.50–3.00 / room / month + hardware	14–45 (advice)	energy, metering, BMS, comfort overlay	Not published — ask. Do not treat a slide as verified.	Ask — not published	Ask. Annual-only is a red flag until the 7-day test.	Ask for the freeze window and folio owner.	7.7	None on Harbor

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When to pick whom

People do the work beside the desk. Software is a system — demo-labeled when it is a category shape. Agents draft; they do not post money or mark a room clean.

Provider	Kind	Score	Fee	Pick when	Walk away when
Copperline Energy	People	8.6	$22–50k audit + shared-savings option	Older hotels with a real utility line and a GM who will not freeze guests.	New-build flags with an energy team already in-house.
Vale Street Capex	People	8.3	$20–45k study; implementation bid separate	Owners choosing between a pretty lobby and rooms that book.	Full PIP execution for a 400-key flag.
Kilowatt Hall	Software· demo	7.7	Demo · $1.50–3.00 / room / month + hardware	GMs who want energy and comfort on one page.	Hotels that need a turnkey ESCO, not a monitor.
Energy Loop Agent	Agent	7.8	$199–499 / month	Hotels that already have a contractor and want a daily loop.	A first energy project with no hardware.

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Copper KingButte · 128 keysLabeled estimate

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Evidence

Peer case studies

Ops / GM

8.8

Sixteen percent kWh, comments flat

Copper King · 128 keys · Butte, MT

Claim.: Sixteen percent kWh with comfort comments flat.
Evidence.: Weather-normalized utility vs comment tags by week.
Caveat.: One kill-switch trip. Shared-savings was declined on purpose.

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Scoped brief

Meter by floor and daypart

Sequence the work that actually pays

Put comfort on the same page as kWh

Loop daily after the project

Copperline Energy

Kilowatt Hall

Energy Loop Agent

Vale Street Capex

The next hotel starts from what you leave

Describe your job

Join as a supplier

Record a result

What is actually on fire

Two or three paths — with the give

Contractor-led with hardware

Monitor plus behavior

Aggressive setpoints

Walk vacant vs occupied

Comfort comments

Agent never-set

Vacant-only test

Vendor ask

Kill-switch

Publish kWh vs comments

Questions, red flags, bands

Score the call. Keep it on this browser.

The brief

Meter by floor and daypart

Sequence the work that actually pays

Put comfort on the same page as kWh

Loop daily after the project

Tradeoffs

Ranked for this job

Agencies & contractors

Systems

AI agents

Fit first. Then the contract.

When to pick whom

Hotels on this job

Peer case studies

Sixteen percent kWh, comments flat

Nearby jobs

Fit first. Then the contract.