Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAR 2022年3月 亞博匯 66 The operational costs of water and energy are about 30% of a hotel’s operational cost, so if it’s a huge resort, well, 30% of a large number is significant. The larger the resort, the more savings or losses they are going to see. 水和能源的營運成本佔酒店總營運成本約30% ，所以若是一個大型度假村，那麼30%的營運 成本將是頗為可觀的金額。因此，度假村項目 越大，節省金額或損失就會越大，這確實與項 目的規模有關。 Inside Asian Gaming: What advantages does commissioning management provide compared to the traditional method of simply getting a building ready for opening? Kevin Hughes: A lot of the time, commissioning is avoided, and from design through to handing over to operations there has been no independent appreciation of how a system is performing. Sometimes a mechanical contractor or a general contractor will be given a design brief and off they will go and fit it. But it is often the case that the project never truly performs to design specifications and if the general contractor is doing it themselves then of course there is a conflict of interest. They are going to sign it off and say, “Yes that works fine”, because ultimately it comes back onto them. So from an independent commissioning agent such as Commtech Asia, we go in with a view of being non-biased; we’re working on behalf of the owner or the hotel developer, and the idea is that we go through a step by step process of looking at the whole system in relation to performance. Because of our expertise we can suggest tweaking or optimizing certain aspects of the project. In essence it’s making sure that the facility – whether it be electrical, mechanical, plumbing or fire – is performing to design. If not it is unfortunately going to consume more water or more power, which means it is using more energy. The carbon footprint is therefore larger than it should be. IAG: Why do such developments often fail to perform to their design specifications? KH: It could be simple things like a chilled water loop which is designed on a pressure drop, and if that pressure drop is increased FEATURES