Griswold, Geoff. Energy Savings - Why These Tips Work. Hospitality Upgrade. 10/1/2007. https://mycourses.udel.edu/SCRIPT/HRIM450_050_07F/scripts/student/serve_page.pl/HRIM450_050_07F/assignments/blog_assignment.htm?1156632400+1159553273+OFF+resources.htm+
Some hotels are very concerned about energy management and other hotels couldn’t care less about the government’s pleas for a cleaner environment. Technology developments have made energy efficiency not only possible, but also cheaper. Heating and lighting are the two biggest energy costs for hotels. The next two biggest costs are air conditioning and base load, which includes all appliances and motors. Lighting makes up almost 30 percent of the energy costs. Griswold describes the science between an old incandescent bulb and a new fluorescent bulb. Fluorescent bulbs cost $0.33 cents per year, which is much cheaper compared to $0.60 cents per year for an incandescent bulb. Additionally fluorescent bulbs use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs.
Hotels should also take preventative maintenance into consideration. Heating and cooling coils should remain clean to prevent the compressor from having to do extra work.
Digital thermostats are another energy saving device. They are more accurate than analog thermostats. When used along with motion sensors, a hotel may save up to 25 percent on heating and cooling costs.
By applying these energy saving devices, hotels can conserve a considerable amount of energy. The more devices that are applied, the more energy and money that will be saved by the hotel.
I am very interested in the issue of going green and energy conservation. This article was interesting to read because not only did it discuss the different devices available for energy conservation, but it discussed why these devices worked better than others. I never knew the difference between how an incandescent bulb glowed and how a fluorescent bulb glowed. I didn’t know that there are two different kinds of thermometers, analog and digital. Also, I would not have guessed that the two different thermometers would make a difference in energy conservation. I was impressed with the amount of effort that the author put in to thoroughly explaining just how the devices worked, rather than assuming that the readers already know such a vast amount of information about technology. Accordingly, I feel like I enjoyed reading this article much more than any of the past articles that I have read for these blog assignments.
I hope that some day in the future, all hotels will have made an honest effort to conserve energy. Not only will it save the condition of our own environment, but it will save them money. It also looks good to concerned possible guests when a hotel is going out of their way to work for a better cause. I would choose an energy efficient hotel over a wasteful hotel, just as I would choose a pink breast cancer pen that donates a portion of the sales over a blue pen that keeps all of the profit.
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Based on the information in this article and response, i feel that energy management systems do and wil continue to play a large role, especially in the hotel and resort business. The light bulbs, thermostats, and heating and cooling coils are all upgrades that hotels and resorts can put into effect whether they are new construction or renovating an old property. In addition to these topics, I think that hotels and resorts should work towards increasing the amount of solar energy used and exploit certain spaces unused by guests such as the roof. Although solar panels can be quite expensive, they are a great long term investment and can help in the entire "going green" process.
@I agree that it is very important for hotels to start being conscious of how their business affects our environment. In the past the invention of new technologies have led to more damage and pollution in our environment; however this article talks about technologies that can help our environment and I think it is important that hotels take this into consideration when choosing technologies for their property. Now there are heating and lighting options available for hotel companies to decrease the amount of energy they use. Not only will these options not cost the hotel more money, there are some technologies that could even save them money; thus meaning there is no reason for a hotel to not go in the environmental friendly direction. Like Laura, I too would choose a hotel that makes the effort to decrease energy usage before a similar hotel that shows no regard to their effect on the environment. If hotels and other companies don’t start considering some of these less damaging choices, our environment will be destroyed. There is already so much damage being done to the environment that it is necessary for companies to prevent as much of it as they can.
As we all known, our environment is getting worse as time goes by. Energy management became an important issue not only for hospitality industry but also the global business. Since hotel is consuming huge amounts of energy everyday, it is necessary to develop a new technology in order to be environment friendly. As Laura said, small things such as fluorescent bulb and digital thermostats are energy saving devices. By applying these small things, we can significantly preserve our environment and cut down the heavy energy costs. In order to make machines efficiently, preventative maintenance is needed to reduce the extra work.
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