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Maximizing Hotel Energy Efficiency for Cost Savings and Guest Approval

Learn how to manage energy consumption in hotels to save money, attract environmentally-conscious guests, and improve operations. Utilize lighting, HVAC, laundry, kitchen, and general operational strategies to reduce costs and enhance sustainability.

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Maximizing Hotel Energy Efficiency for Cost Savings and Guest Approval

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  1. Managing Energy Consumption ENERGY SAVING IS ONLY GOOD IF IT SAVES YOU MONEY. ENERGY SAVING IS BETTER IF IT MAKES YOU MONEY.

  2. GUESTS APPROVE OF ENERGY SAVINGS. • Hotel guests who care about the environment will choose you over others, if they know about your environmental efforts. • Maho Bay Resort, in the U.S. Virgin islands, reports that media interest in the resort’s environmental programs has made a publicity budget unnecessary for the past ten years.

  3. How To tell Guests • Use placards in rooms. • Use signs or table tents in public areas. • Inform guests at check-in. • Display your Environmental Policy. • Small signs calling attention to specific areas of savings.

  4. Electricity use accounts for 60% to 70% of utility costs of a typical hotel. • LIGHTING • HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING • LAUNDRY AND KITCHEN • GENERAL OPERATIONS

  5. Lighting is about 30% to 40% of Hotel Electricity Costs. • North Carolina’s Administrative code 15A NCAC 18A.1800 requires 10 foot-candle illumination in Hotel common areas and 30 foot-candles in guest rooms.(at 30 in. off the floor) • Light energy saving rate of 50% or more is possible, when rooms are occupied. • Electricity to run a light bulb can cost 100 times more than the bulb did. • Energy efficient compact fluorescents use athird the watts, making the electric billsmaller for the same light.

  6. Lighting is about 30% to 40% of Hotel Electricity Costs. • Inefficient bulbs create serious heat that can run up air conditioning costs. • CLEANING fixtures once a year can save as much as 30% in room lighting. • Is outdoor lighting being used well and inspected regularly? • Old style EXIT Signs can cost $250 /year to run, while LED EXIT signs can cost $3/year.

  7. The Easy Lighting Cost Savers • CHOSSE LOWER LAMP WATTAGE. Today’s bulbs are brighter but use less wattage. • TURN OFF UN-NEEDED LIGHTS. • USE TASK LIGHTING. It puts light where it is needed, saving wasted overhead lighting. • INSTALL TIMERS AND MOTION SENSORS.Controls can SAVE 10% or more of lighting costs.

  8. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) • HVAC systems have coils that need cleaning and/or filters that need changing.Dirty coils and filters cut efficiency and could create many thousands of dollars in extra costs. • HVAC Fan motors and drive belts need maintenance.A worn belt can mean 10% extra motor operating costs. • Look for heat sources under thermostats. Such as coffee pots or computers • Use Zone and Automatic Controls.

  9. Laundry and Kitchen • Properly use and maintain equipment. • Periodically clean refrigeration condenser coils can save thousands. • Is there “over” refrigeration or freezing? • Can the kitchen exhaust be better balanced? • Use energy saving appliances. • The timing of when you use equipmentoften makes or looses an energy profit.

  10. General Operations in Energy • Are Ice Machines energy efficient? • Are office machines energy efficient? • Are hot water heaters maintained? • Are boiler tubes cleaned every few years? • Are Pool pumps and filters cleaned? • Can pool filter running time be reduced?

  11. Employee Power Saves Energy • Employee Common Sense makes all the difference in energy savings. • What employees and management know about energy saving helps then to spot energy waste. • Rewards and incentives remind employees to save energy. • Energy saving practices often save work-hours.

  12. Energy Bills can LIE • Problems with meters could go undetected for years. • Compare electric bills with the same periods in previous years to detect costly hidden problems or practices. • Rate Schedules can be adjusted once a year to get the best rates, as equipment, practices, and circumstances change. • Rate Schedule fees and penalties can show something is wrong with your operation.

  13. FREE Energy Audits are Available NC Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA) 1-800-763-0136 www.p2pays.org

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