This is the first time that New Energy Technologies’ MotionPower technology is being tested at a hotel property.
The Four Seasons Washington, DC hotel has an effective environmental program. Management and staff are dedicated to pursuing, maintaining, and implementing standards that reflect their commitment to environmental, social and economical responsibilities, all without compromising the guest experience. In 2008 the hotel was awarded the Good Earth Keeping award by the Hotel Association of Washington, DC.
“It’s an honor to be supporting new and creative ways to produce clean energy through technologies like the one developed by New Energy,” stated Tony Savage, director of property operations at Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC. “We’re a brand that’s examining all the possibilities for making a ‘greener’ existence for the hotel industry.”
“We are privileged to be working alongside such a well-noted brand as the Four Seasons as we continue to advance the development of our MotionPower™ technology with this second set of durability tests,” stated Meetesh V. Patel, president and chief executive officer of New Energy Technologies. “The data we collected from our first set of tests at a high-traffic Burger King® drive-thru during the busy Labor Day long weekend has already produced significant engineering improvements to our MotionPower™ technology, and I’m hopeful we can replicate that same success at the Four Seasons in the upcoming weeks.”
Earlier October 2009, New Energy Technologies announced that first-ever durability field tests of its MotionPower technology were conducted, resulting in numerous important engineering and design advancements, including: Increasing the amount of electricity generated from each pass of a vehicle by making use of multiple input power mechanisms, and a novel storage system which will help to better utilize the power of each wheel’s weight, capture it and retain it for conversion to electrical energy; Improving durability of the system through design modifications and materials selection; New design features, mimicking the appearance and feel of a conventional speed bump/hump; Reducing the length of the system to 12” from 12’ by eliminating the existing elevated ramp structures; Minimizing the vertical height of the system in order to calm potential driver disruption; and reduce the rolling resistance of the device; and Repositioning moving parts into a single housing unit, allowing for quicker, easier, and lower-cost maintenance.
New Energy Technologies’ MotionPower technology is designed to be installed in locations where vehicles are required to reduce their speed, thus ensuring that the system only makes use of vehicle energy that would be required to slow down and does not rob vehicles of energy they would otherwise use to accelerate.
Every day, millions of vehicles slow or come to a stop at toll plazas, rest areas, traffic calming areas, drive-thrus, and countless other roadway points. New Energy Technologies hopes to utilize its MotionPower devices to make use of the energy wasted by these millions of cars, trucks, and heavy vehicles when they slow down or come to a full stop countless times throughout the day, and convert this otherwise wasted energy into valuable, clean electricity.
Once fully optimized and installed, engineers anticipate that MotionPower devices may be used to augment or replace conventional electrical supplies for powering roadway signs, street and building lights, storage systems for back-up and emergency power, and other electronics, appliances, and even devices used in homes and businesses such as the Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC and other commercial sites participating in New Energy Technologies’ ongoing durability tests.
New Energy Technologies is a US-based developer of next generation alternative and renewable energy technologies.