Hotel MEP & Energy on Holbox: Chillers, VRF, Hot Water and Controls

Cooling, hot water and power are the biggest running cost of a hotel on Holbox and its most visible failure; we replace them with the hotel open and cut energy bills on the way. Power through a submarine cable fails regularly, water is scarce and sewage infrastructure is limited, so treatment plants, solar and back-up power are core hotel projects.

Systems We Replace and Upgrade

How the climate on Holbox wears out plant rooms

Low, sandy island with salt, sargassum and hurricane exposure, plus mosquitoes and humidity that punish wood, thatch and exposed steel. We specify coated coils, stainless fixings and ventilated plant rooms so new equipment lasts in these conditions.

Replacement windows on Holbox

Whale-shark season (June–September) and winter holidays are the peaks; construction is planned for late autumn and spring shoulder months. Chillers and boilers are swapped unit by unit in these windows, with rental plant when needed.

Permits and authorities on Holbox

Inside a federal protected area, every project needs environmental authorisation from federal agencies and Lázaro Cárdenas municipality; wastewater and density are the critical points.

MEP Retrofit Costs (2026) — Holbox

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Why Hotels Choose Recrea for MEP

• One contractor for the whole hotel — structure, MEP, interiors, back-of-house, pools and site
• Works while the hotel operates: phasing agreed with operations and revenue management
• Brand and code compliance: operator design standards, Protección Civil, NOM and environmental conditions
• Open-book or fixed price, weekly reporting for owners, asset managers and lenders
• 18+ years and 196 projects in the Riviera Maya, own steel and carpentry workshops

Tell us about your hotel systems — Holbox

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