Hotels

 

Large U.S. hotels spend an annual average of $1.05 on electricity and $.25 on natural gas per square foot of floor space (DOE, EIA for hotels > 8,000 square feet). In a typical lodging facility, lighting, space heating, and water heating represent close to 60 percent of total energy use, making those systems the best targets for energy savings.

 

For a full service hotel, energy costs are usually between 4 and 6 percent of top line revenue, but historic and luxury properties may operate with energy costs of 10 percent or more.

To better manage your building's energy costs, keep in mind how you are charged for energy. Most utilities charge commercial buildings for their natural gas based on the overall amount of energy delivered. Electricity can be charged based on consumption and demand.

 

Peak demand is generally summer afternoons or evenings and can be a significant challenge and cost for the generating utility and the distribution grid. The cost of supplying power at peak demand is very high and most utilities charge much more for use during peak demand. Saving energy always saves money but shaving use during peak periods can represent even larger savings.

 

For example, lighting represents on average 23% of hotels electricity use and water heating represents 31% of natural gas use. U.S. Grid Solutions can reduce operating expenses for lighting up to 75% and hot water heating up to 70%.

 

The bottom line, recommendations that U.S. Grid Solutions will make result in good investments for the typical hotel. One hotel chain worked to implement a package of energy improvements that resulted in savings equal to revenue for 3,500 sold rooms. Energy conservation measures can not only save money but also help to ensure they improve comfort of your guests and staff.

 

Hotels are complex operations but offer big opportunities to generate savings without adding to the complexity of operations and maintenance. Our targeted review of savings opportunities typically focuses quickly on major savings potentials while offering a variety of low cost and no cost improvements which can be implemented easily. We help you work with general guidelines from Energy Star, USGBC LEED assessment, AHLA's Green Task Force and others and go beyond to assess and deliver solutions and financing to help you trim your operating costs.

 

We help you adopt energy saving technologies at your hotel – with all the cash-flow, marketing, and image benefits – and actually save money right from the start.

 

U.S. Grid Solutions' sustainable technologies reduce energy significantly for hotels.

 

U.S. Grid Solutions offers financing solutions that can eliminate up-front capital outlay

 for most of our clients, easing adoption of green technologies that improve cash flow.