Hospitality

Carbon saving advice for businesses with an energy spend up to £500k. Larger business?

The hospitality economy has an estimated turnover of £90 billion and one in thirteen people work in the hospitality industry. In 2010, approximately 403 thousand people worked in hotels and related industries, 1.26 million worked in restaurants, and 754 thousand worked in catering.

Highlights

First steps for SMEs: hotels and First steps for SMEs: pubs and restaurants - Get support from identification to implementation of energy saving projects

Video-based-online training tool
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Hospitality sector overview publication
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How to save energy in the hospitality sector

If you're a small business and new to energy saving, view our first steps for SMEs: hotels and first steps for SMEs: pubs and restaurants. See below for three areas to focus on for reducing energy in your sector.

Heating: this can account for 60% of your total energy costs. Read our low cost housekeeping tips and advice for implementation of energy efficient equipment to find out how you could reduce your heating costs by up to a third.

Lighting: on average, 25% of an organisation’s electricity costs come from lighting. Find out how you can cut these costs by up to a third while reducing your carbon footprint and improving the working environment for your staff.

Energy management: get buy-in for energy saving across all levels of the company, from appointing an energy manager and monitoring energy use, to developing an action plan and training staff.

Next steps

Walk round checklist – hospitality energy savings	View our video-based online training tool	Create an action plan for your site

Apply for energy efficiency financing	Get tax relief on energy saving equipment