Joie De Vivre, a San Francisco based hotel company, has made energy efficiency a priority at all of its 31 hotels. The company has made upgrades at its Wild Palms Hotel in Sunnyvale that have saved 445,000 kWh and 13,000 Therms this year. Improvements include new control systems, lighting upgrades, vending misers, a boiler retrofit and ozone laundry technology. The hotel is saving $200,560 per year and Joie De Vivre has plans to continue to upgrade its properties across the State.