Hoteles Hesperia S.A. owns and operates hotels. Its hotel facilities include guest rooms, health and beauty centres, golf facilities, restaurants, swimming pools, and gyms. The company also provides facilities for wedding receptions and meetings. Hoteles Hesperia S.A. is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. The company has hotels in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.

The Hesperia Tower is a building situated in the district of Bellvitge in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
It has a tower of 28 storeys and 105 metres (340 ft). It is topped by a glass dome that contains a revolving restaurant headed by chef Santi Santamaria. It was designed by the British architect Richard Rogers together with Luis Alonso and Sergi Balaguer. It has 280 rooms, a 5,000 square metres (53,800 sq ft) congress centre, and a sports centre.

Hesperia Tower is a very ambitious building. Its design is focused on energy efficiency and bioclimatic technologies. Its structure is made of concrete, aluminium, and natural stones. A key objective was to combine the highest level of comfort with optimum energy efficiency. 
 
''The design of the energy solution was one of the most important points for choosing the company to provide the equipment. To be able to provide the Medium voltage, Low Voltage and a centralised control of all the installations gave us a global solution for the entire building management.'' 

     -- Innocenci Novell, Maintenance Director of Hesperia Tower

• A single supplier
• Ability to monitor and control all installation centrally
• CapEx reduction through optimisation of the communication and networks
• OpEx reduction through energy efficiency and maintenance optimisation

All of this while delivering the optimum level of comfort and security to the guest.

''The advantage of Schneider Electric is the ability to supply a global solution for all our requirements. We are talking about medium-voltage, low-voltage, and a centralised management for the entire building.''  

     -- Innocenci Novell, Maintenance Director of Hesperia Tower

Schneider Electric was first considered to implement the electrical distribution in the hotel. Thanks to a strong collaboration with the hotel operator, Schneider Electric was able to understand the specific needs of this project and to build, with its partners, an added value proposal which included a much larger offer scope.

Foundation work for Hesperia Tower began in the summer of 2003 the hotel opened in 2006. Services to the hotel and upgrades have been implemented in 2008 and 2009.

Hesperia Tower is a bioclimatic buiding which includes the following advanced technologies:
     -renewable energy
     -hydro & aero thermic installation
     -photovoltaic
     -use of environmental-friendly material from production to recycling

The solution provided by Scheider Electric followed the new regulation defined in the Codigo Tecnico de Edificacion' (CTE). Savings are estimated to be up to 30%. Key savings in this project have been achieved through the following implementation efforts:
     - improved power quality
     - speed drives and motor starters to manage the motors
     - accurate management of the HVAC systems, such as the boilers and air handling units
     - advanced building automation
     - Simple solutions like light and movement detectors 

'Hesperia Tower has an energy efficiency and environment policy. That's why we've invested in the management of items such as twilight switches, which we want to install in the building to control when all the lights come on...having the Schneider Electric controllers allows us to manage the building from a centralised position, which makes it possible to maintain suitable energy efficiency ratios.'' 

     -- Innocenci Novell, Maintenance Director of Hesperia Tower

- A complete and integrated solution
- An open system which can integrate both existing and future third-party systems
- A strong relationship with the different personnel
- A long-term partnership which includes service contracts and agreements concerning the use of the hotel for corporate events

All electrical equipment is provided by Schneider Electric, including:
   - Medium-voltage SM6 cubicles & trihal transformers
   - Low-voltage Prisma Plus cubicles including PM710 for power quality
   - Unica top switches and sockets for guest room sand common areas, to fulfil the interior designer expectation

The building management system, TAC Vista allows for:
   - Management of climate and lighting in the public areas
   - Control of the climate and blinds in the suites
   - Integration of the fire detection alarms
   - Monitoring of consumption of the different areas

Key benefits of the functions implemented:
   - Easy adjustment of the operation to the occupancy
   - Central control but capacity to operate autonomously to ensure continuity of service
   - Automatic alarms to solve the problem even before the guest is aware of it
   - Load shedding function to automatically connect and disconnect loads based on priority defined by the hotelier
   - Full visibility of consumption to optimise the installation