One-of-a-kind hotel runs entirely on electricity, showing the future of sustainable hospitality

[@GenRN]

Some would think that saying it’s run on SOLAR generated electricity would be important. 🙄 Running on electricity isn’t exactly special.

[@VRM983]

It actually is.

[@digitalhen]

Hahaha, it was such a confusing headline

[@rmkensington]

Genius headline CBS. Come do a story on my cell phone and house. They BOTH run on electricity

[@crazyjds]

I think they were Trying to point a full electrification including cooking and heat which typically done by burning some form of fuel. Also makes it viable to look for alternative tech.

[@TheOisannNetwork]

@@crazyjds I'm sorry for you. That sounds awful. This is very much peak 90s for the modern world.

[@Calizen]

It would actually make sense for stadiums or large parking lots to have solar panels acting as shade for cars, it’s a win win.

[@ArizonaSquatch]

Don't most buildings run on, wait for it, electricity?

[@TrevorBrass]

Not for heating, water heating, or the kitchen appliances.

[@Innerbrave]

@@TrevorBrass Natural gas heating is efficient, electric heating is a bit more efficient, but also can be much more expensive depending on the heat needs of the building. Plus, the emissions from industries such as power generation are so much greater than from water heaters or gas furnaces. I don't see much of a reason to push all-electric unless it makes sense in that climate. The real push needs to go to EV innovations, and nuclear or renewable energy.

[@DG-nk7jo]

My home runs on both electricity and natural gas. Yours probably does too.

[@harry1923]

Nope. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (eia.gov), only 31% of commercial buildings in the U.S. are all-electric!

[@ItsTrizzy262]

I was so confused by the title that I had to click. These people are geniuses!

[@DevinZA]

same 🤣

[@ianchandley]

During the research for my MSc I came to the realization that THE SINGLE biggest impediment to sustainable development is our mindset. Sustainability has been demonstrated repeatedly to lower development, construction and operating costs by about 10% on average….

[@lvjungle2840]

Why not walamrt and other big store can’t use their parking lot for this?

[@filanfyretracker]

I am honestly surprised stadiums do not cover their parking with solar. Its a huge area so it would make a lot of power and speaking in business terms it means on non game days their lot is making money and on game days its double dipping. The panels make them money selling power and the lot itself is making probably $40 a car.

[@ItsTrizzy262]

It's an American city requirement to have parking lots that big

[@scottcampbell96]

Looks just like the hotel at UMass-Amherst. Edit: it’s the same architect, Marcel Breuer.

[@andytang04]

Nice they have battery storage for the energy

[@Casey-ip7ug]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I feel like we ,as a society, have moved away from the first two. I'm thinking of fast fashion, single use items that restaurants use, packaging of items like drinks, ect. Couldn't dine-in restuarants use reusable straws that gets dishwashed like forks and other utensils?

[@Masterdebater-q5c]

You’re exactly right, bringing that same mindset into automotive, while electric cars are good, nothing beats the environmentally friendly vehicle that’s been maintained and used for 20+ years

[@michaelbruchas6663]

Very, very smart design AND developer…

[@edimalan14]

Why not have a green roof on there as well?

[@funnyfarm299]

Green roofs require a significant amount more reinforcement. Since this is an existing structure, they probably couldn’t retrofit it.

[@sosoutherncustomequestrian4598]

Bravo!

[@gavinvideos8062]

But where does the electricity come from?

[@nnjjee1]

My house runs on electricity too

[@FrancoisTCS]

Interesting approach, when one is convince, one can make it happen.

[@richardgarrett2946]

I bet it uses water too.

[@algernon5776]

This Show is so Top Notch. Excellent programming

[@urarke]

Only electricity? No Water or Gas?

[@genewheeler6320]

Europe does this now

[@treyperalta9014]

Why not plant more trees?

[@ManWander]

bravo!!

[@ras2930]

So what happens when the sun doesn’t shine or the panels are covered in snow during a snowstorm?

[@phakeAccount]

There is no evidence that anything like that would happen but even if there was snow the panels are angled so the snow will fall to the bottom.

[@supersize75k5]

watch the video, they also have a battery bank

[@barbaraolson6783]

Love the idea, pan and thought behind this. Would love to be the Marketing and Sales Director as this concept could be promoted. I was a Marketing and Sales Director for several Hotels , this concept would really sell, rent rooms. I am currently in La Mesa , CA and out of the business but would love to make this work.

[@mrbear1302]

He got rid of his gas water heater; however, has a large propane tank sitting outside???????

[@supersize75k5]

for the back up generator 👍

[@danielabrams7962]

This man roof good Connecticut cold solar power wow. cool

[@tigerphid9677]

The solar panels are heavily subsidized by taxpayers. The "savings" are funded by those taxpayers. If solar is so great, then just buy it retail.

[@JosephKalmen-sv6bi]

Where's the green space? There's just bleak asphalt surrounding this interesting structure.

[@andysinthegarden]

There was large green space all around it when it was built in 1968. Redevelopment took it for parking. It was originally the Armstrong Rubber Building.

[@cindywiech2675]

It’s right next to IKEA….and their big parking lot

[@Rob17970]

The plastic label on the avocado skin in the kitchen compost bin is NOT compostable.😢

[@cannyp3]

Glad they finally found a use for that eyesore. That alone is worth a story.

[@purelyangi]

I always dreamed there would be greenery on the gap. Would really make it nicer too

[@bradfordjhart]

my heat pump water heater gets its energy from my electric dryer, free energy don't vent it outside.

[@praiserdusty]

News flash. All buildings run on electricity. Just saying 😅

[@dand5829]

The ugliest building you’ll see on I-95

[@camacho1234]

surprised they went brutalist for something 'green'

[@kmtaylor88]

There's something wrong with the description...

[@jbrudert]

Needs a sustainable paint 🎨 job

[@halecj1]

Is this supposed to be a flex?

[@TheOisannNetwork]

"One-of-a-kind"

[@billyolsson3340]

nice title. Doesn't all hotels run on electricity tho?

[@harry1923]

No. All hotels use electricity but it is pretty unique to run ONLY on electricity (no natural gas, no heating oil, no propane), especially since it’s mostly from their solar panels!

[@joeb5080]

Hotel runs entirely on electricity, as opposed to Flintstone animals?

[@davidsorensen4400]

Ok it is electric , but where does the ENERGY come from ? Coal ? Natural gas? Hydro? Nuclear? It is not POWERED by electricity , there must be a prime mover (solar , ect) . Newscasters need a few STEM courses .

[@Meatinskull]

Than god it’s not a diesel building anymore

[@PinnyBecker]

Except when it's cloudy

[@ranbyyw]

What happens when there is a snow blizzard? Or hail?

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

The video title makes no sense. All hotels run on electricity. If you meant to say that it runs entirely on sustainable electricity, that is something very different.

[@susanwetter3107]

Not really, this is being done in Europe for years! You are way behind!

[@tappcs]

Haha. The Climate Industry is alive and well.

[@artanisknarf]

I’ve only stayed at hotels that run on Dunkin’.

[@ibme93]

The idea of covering the parking lot with solar panels is pretty cool.

[@kakarotdragonball265]

Ran entirely on electricity?! How unique!

[@Tortilla.Reform]

Solar, this news title is flawed

[@willbostic339]

At last, the steam hotel will finally be obsolete

[@zachgonser]

My house runs on electricity, wheres my CBS morning special?

[@FritzAlcindorJr]

Its smack dab in the middle of an IKEA parking lot.

[@jessefillmore]

Sorry , looks like the county jail with solar panels

[@sethweber3916]

You actually paid someone for this headline? Lmao

[@GrantDWilliams82]

The amount of emissions used in the mining operations that are necessary to acquire the rare metals needed to make solar panels and advanced heat pumps and inverters and batteries… But let’s not think about any of that. We’ve got good feelings to feel.

[@gemmeldrakes2758]

It's always a trade-off. The alternative is using electricity generated using fossil fuel, which also creates emissions, both during drilling and when it is used for fuel. The reasoning behind solar panel use is that for the situation right now, it is the lesser of the two evils. Unless we can get nuclear cold fusion sorted out soon.

[@GrantDWilliams82]

@@gemmeldrakes2758It isn’t the lesser or two evils though. It’s the same as conventional power sources, if not even dirtier.

[@supersize75k5]

it their energy was coming from coal prior, yes this quite possibly is much greener long term even when you factor in the the mining and production of the battery & panels