World Tourism Organisation introduces e-tool to check energy consumptions, boost profits of hotels

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has out-doored an online product known as Hotel Energy Solutions (HES) that can be used to determine the cost of energy consumptions of hotels.

The project is in response to the challenge of climate change and in helping hotels increase business profits.

The e-toolkit provides hoteliers with a report which shows their current energy use and recommends appropriate renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and actions.

According to the UNWTO, the tool sets out what kind of savings on operational expenses hotels can expect from their green investments through a return on investment calculator.

The organisation says “tourism is responsible for 5% of the world’s carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions, out of which hotels and other types of accommodation account for 2% – a comparatively small, yet important, footprint that the tourism sector has assumed as a priority to be addressed.”

HES is currently running in Europe but UNTWO says “the project is expected to be rolled out globally over the coming years.

It is being implemented in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA), the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) as well as the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME).

By Ekow Quandzie