Company: Medium Sized Hotel
Industry: Hotels & Hospitality
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Case Study
Overview
This luxury 84-bedroom hotel with spa and outdoor pool is located in central Barcelona. It has experienced issues caused by hard water throughout the water systems and other critical equipment such as boilers and heat exchangers.
Key Issues
- Showerheads, shower screens and taps were becoming blocked with scale. Shower screens needed to be cleaned extensively twice a week by the cleaning team due to formation of hard limescale
- The water softener was 18 years old and no longer working effectively
- Limescale build-up and the resulting biofilm could lead to higher levels of waterborne bacteria, including Legionella
- The heat exchangers/calorifiers were badly scaled up
- There was significant evidence of limescale on fixtures and fittings throughout the plant room
Our Solution
Following a site survey it was decided to install two lntegro™ units to points in the hot and cold water systems with the aim of removing the existing scale build-up and prevent any more in the future. One lntegro™ 3 unit was to be installed on the cold water supply which serviced the entire building with an additional lntegro™ 2 being installed on the hot water return before the calorifiers.
The Results
Immediately after installation the lntegro™ technology began to remove historical limescale build-up, dissolving it back into solution to pass harmlessly through the system. After two months of use, observational findings have proven conclusively that the lntegro™ technology has been working effectively to break down existing limescale in the system. No new limescale formed in the areas being observed.
Environmental Benefits
As well as significant cost savings and the other benefits detailed above (Improved legionella control, equipment easier to clean, etc), this hotel will achieve the following environmental benefits.
- Reduced failures in equipment due to scale and corrosion, meaning decreased engineer visits and reduction in the demand for spare parts, both of which carry direct and indirect (manufacturing and supply chain) increases to the hotel's carbon footprint
- Improved water efficiency
- Extended life of water related equipment such as pumps, boilers, heat exchangers and improved efficiency of heating and cooling equipment
- Reduced detergent and chemical use
What the customer had to say?
“We have noticed improvements in the shower screens: less timescale accumulates, and the remainder can be cleaned with a cloth. In the dishwasher, the timescale does not adhere to the nozzles, and in the heat exchangers we have noticed a better heat transfer and have lowered the temperature so that the boiler temperature is also lower.”
Contact Details
- 11777 Bernardo Plaza Ct, Suite 208, San Diego, CA, 92128
- 858-324-2700
- info@sidonwater.com
