EcoGreenHotel has launched its Energy Efficiency Analysis program, or E2A, designed to help green hotels assess their exact energy usage and develop cost-effective ways to reduce it. “Our goal was to develop a hospitality-specific program for evaluating and increasing the energy efficiency of hotels without sacrificing guest satisfaction or the hotel’s financial wellbeing,” says company president Scott Parisi.
The energy efficiency process begins with EcoGreenHotel analyzing a year’s worth of each property’s utility bills using Energy Star’s benchmarking system. An EcoGreenHotel E2A professional conducts an on-site visit to evaluate the property’s operations and efficiency. EcoGreenHotel then creates a customized, cost-effective energy efficiency strategy that takes industry factors, property specifics, and region into account.
Once the analysis is complete, each hotel receives a comprehensive report; a cost-benefit breakdown for each of the recommended Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs); a five-year cash flow analysis for each of the ECMs; and a list of federal, state, local, and utility-sponsored rebates, grants, incentives, and loans that will help pay for them.
