Energy use in hotels: a case study in Gran Canaria

Calculation of tourist sector electricity consumption and its cost in subsidised insular electrical systems: the case of the Canary Islands

Dunia E Santiago

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 2021, vol. 16, issue 4, 1264-1276

Abstract: In this paper, the energy models of six hotels were compared. Food and beverage (F&B) service demands the highest amount of energy (over 50%), followed by the hot water system. A regression analysis revealed that, among 31 different characteristics, the revenue per available room, the pool volume, the number of diners and the mean number of guests per occupied room can explain the total energy demand of the studied hotels. The possibility of including photovoltaic solar energy could increase the renewable contribution of the energy mix by 8–30%, but this highly depends on the available surface for this installation in each hotel.

Keywords: environmental performance; hotel sector; energy consumption; Canary Islands; energy optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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