Monteleone Hotel Update, New Orleans
Hotel Monteleone – New Orleans
Griswold Controls helps preserve a historic French Quarter landmark through a phased HVAC retrofit using Automizer® coil piping packages.
Project Overview
The Challenge
Located in the heart of the French Quarter, the 15-story Beaux-Arts landmark Hotel Monteleone required a major HVAC retrofit while remaining fully operational. The property includes over 600 guest rooms and had to maintain comfort, aesthetics, and revenue during renovation.
- Minimal Guest Disruption Rooms could only be taken offline in small groups. The hotel had to remain fully operational during renovation.
- Historic Preservation Tight mechanical spaces required a compact, small-footprint solution.
- System Compatibility The four-pipe fan coil configuration required a unified, single-source solution.
- Phased Execution The retrofit needed to be efficient across multiple renovation phases.
The Solution
Working closely with Wink Engineering and the hotel’s facilities team, Griswold Controls recommended installing Automizer® combination control valve coil piping packages on the four-pipe fan coils.
Key Advantages
- Single Source for Coil Components Eliminates coordination issues and ensures system compatibility.
- Multi-Function Valve Combines actuated temperature control and flow limiting in one compact package.
- Small Footprint Ideal for historic buildings with tight mechanical space.
- Equal Percent Control Mirrors coil heat transfer curves for superior temperature regulation.
- Pre-Assembled & Ready to Install Reduces labor, installation time, and jobsite handling.
I told Gary to get the Griswold Control valves on order and let my purchasing department know how much the bill would be.
— A.J. Mattern, Chief Facilities Engineer, Hotel MonteleoneBecause the Automizer features automatic flow control, the retrofit could be accomplished a few rooms at a time without affecting the rest of the hotel's circuits — making it the ideal product for hotel renovation. In a manual balance application, the entire system would have had to be rebalanced every time a room was taken offline. By installing the Automizer, the hotel minimized room downtime, substantially reducing the potential for lost revenue.
The Results
Phase 1 (2002): The Monteleone Hotel renovated guest rooms with 288 Automizer CPP2A packages on horizontal units, plus a number of 3-way Unimizer® actuated control valves on vertical units.
Phase 2 (2004): The hotel ordered an additional 112 Automizer coil piping packages. The re-order decision was automatic — a direct result of satisfaction with Phase 1 performance.
Because the Automizer features automatic flow control, rooms could be renovated individually without requiring a system-wide rebalance — protecting guest comfort and preventing revenue loss.
The success at the Monteleone Hotel demonstrates how a technically superior product can simplify phased renovation in occupied, operating buildings — protecting revenue while delivering measurable long-term performance gains.
It's nice when you are selling a quality product like Griswold Controls. You put your time and effort into getting that first order, and then getting the next order just takes a few minutes on the phone.
— Gary Lewis, Schully Strawn & AssociatesThey work great! I'm very satisfied and look forward to buying Griswold Controls for every new FCU in the hotel as we continue to renovate additional rooms.
— A.J. Mattern, Chief Facilities Engineer, Hotel MonteleoneAutomizer® Combination Control Valves
Automizer® Next Generation valves combine an actuated 2-way control valve with a stainless steel automatic flow limiting cartridge and manual isolation ball valve — all within one compact body.
- Globe Valve Performance Ball valve pricing with equal-percent control.
- Patented Optimizer® Inserts 30–50% greater rotation response.
- Automatic Flow Limiting Eliminates overflow and underflow.
- Field Repairable Stem Resistant to chemical treatments and temperature swings.
Coil Piping Packages & Hose Kits
Griswold Controls offers over 900 standard pre-plumbed coil piping packages that simplify engineering design and speed installation.
- Pre-Assembled & Shrink-Wrapped Ships ready to install.
- 48-Hour Shipping Standard packages up to 2″.
- Automatic or Manual Flow Options Works for any balancing application.
- Single Source Supply Eliminates compatibility concerns.
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