Home2 Suites — 84 rooms on one ground loop
When the new Home2 Suites by Hilton in Paris, TX needed heating, cooling, and hot water for 84 guest rooms around the clock — without punishing energy bills — the developers chose geothermal, and chose Excel to build it.
Guest rooms kept comfortable
Water-source heat pumps
Shared geothermal ground loop
Of hotel running on the earth below it
A water-source heat pump for essentially every guest room and common area — dozens of units drawing on one loop field, drilled on site by our own rigs.
Challenge, solution, result
The challenge
An extended-stay hotel where guests expect quiet, consistent comfort night after night: 84 guest rooms, a meeting room, and event space — dozens of independent zones, each with its own schedule and thermostat, running around the clock.
The solution
A ClimateMaster water-source heat pump for essentially every room and common area, all tied into one shared ground loop. Excel's own rigs drilled the wells on site, a crane set the largest units on the roof, and we installed the hotel's domestic water heaters too.
The result
Every guest controls their own space while the whole hotel draws on one highly efficient loop instead of a roof full of conventional condensers — and Excel still maintains and services the building today. One system, one accountable company.
Why this matters if you own a hotel or commercial building
Hospitality HVAC never gets a night off. Geothermal's efficiency compounds across every room-hour — and commercial projects like this one still qualify for federal investment tax credits of roughly 30–50% through 2035.
Dozens of units, one ground loop
A building like this isn't served by one big machine — it's served by many. Every square on this diagram is a zone with its own water-source heat pump: every guest room, the lobby, the meeting room.
Per-room units mean every guest sets their own temperature. But instead of dozens of condensers baking on the roof, every unit quietly trades heat with the same buried loop field — 67–69°F earth, every hour of every day.
The loop field was engineered, drilled, and installed by the same Excel team that set the equipment — our own rigs, on site in Paris.
84 thermostats · 1 loop field · 0 condensers on the roofline
Bringing in a crane
The largest units — the ones serving the lobby, meeting room, and shared spaces — live on the roof. Getting them there took more than a forklift: Excel brought in a crane to hoist each unit up and over the parapet and lower it onto the membrane roof, with the crew rigging, spotting, and guiding every landing by hand.
It's the kind of coordination that only works when one company controls the whole job. Excel handled the full mechanical scope: drilling the geothermal wells, setting and piping every heat pump, and installing the hotel's domestic water heaters — so the building's comfort and its hot water both run on the same dependable system.
And the job didn't end at commissioning. Excel continues to maintain and service the hotel today, keeping dozens of units running reliably for guests in every season. For the owners, that means one phone call.
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Project at a glance: Paris, Texas · Commercial — Hospitality · ClimateMaster water-source heat pumps · Scope: well drilling, all heat-pump units, domestic water heaters & ongoing service.
What property owners ask about this project
Because a hotel is dozens of independent zones, each with its own schedule and thermostat. A water-source heat pump for essentially every guest room gives each guest control of their own space, while the whole building draws on one efficient shared loop instead of a roof full of conventional condensers.
We did — with our own rigs, on site in Paris. The loop field was engineered and installed by the same team that set every heat pump, so nothing got lost between a driller and an HVAC contractor. There wasn't one.
Yes. Excel installed the hotel's domestic water heaters along with the wells and every heat pump — the building's comfort and its hot water were installed by one accountable team.
Excel does. The job didn't end at commissioning — we continue to maintain and service the hotel, keeping dozens of units running for guests in every season. The company that designed and installed the system is the same one that keeps it running.
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