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Power Quality & Utilization Guide
Niki Hendrikx
LaborelecNovember 2008
Hotels
 
 
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Energy Efficiency 
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1. Introduction : general description of the hotel sector 
This application guide aims at describing the use of energy and the potentialenergy savings in the hotel sector, on the basis of theory and practical casestudies. Hotels and restaurants represent some 9% of total energy consumptionin the utility buildings sector. Utility buildings are offices, shops, hotels,restaurants, educational establishments and care institutions.Before going into detail on the energy consumption of a hotel, it is best to get aclear view on the utility sector, the part hotels play in the sector, the number of hotels in Europe and the different types of hotels.
Hotels as part of the utility sector 
The hotel trade has gone through a serious evolution and expansion over therecent decades. Tourism is the most important industry in the world economy,both on the employment side as on the consumer side. Around 35% of the totalworld hotel capacity is available in Europe (the European Union and Northernand Eastern Europe). In Table 1 below, the total number of hotels in the differentEuropean countries in 2006 is shown.
 
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 Application Guide for Hotels
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Table 1 : Number of hotels in Europe (2006) (source : Eurostat)
The grand total for the EU (of 27 countries) amounts up to some 201 168 hotelsand similar establishments (like motels, roadside inns, beach hotels, roomingand boarding houses, etc).In order to get an idea of the energy use in hotels as part of the utility sector, theexample is taken of the utility sector in Flanders. The breakdown for this sector isshown in Figure 1 below. Of course, Flanders is only a part of Belgium and asmall part of the EU, but the numbers are indicative for the rest.
Hotels and similar establishments2006Belgium 1955Bulgaria 1348Czech Republic 4314Denmark 473Germany 36201Estonia 341Ireland 4296Greece 9111Spain 18304France 18361Italy 33768Cyprus 753Latvia 321Lithuania 338Luxembourg 277Hungary 2032Malta 173Netherlands 3099Austria 14051Poland 2301Portugal 2028Romania 4125Slovenia 358Slovakia 922Finland 923Sweden 1888United Kingdom 39107Croatia 762Macedonia 150Iceland 308Liechtenstein 46Norway 1119Switzerland 5693
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