Energy & Resources

Guests expect cooler evenings but seek al fresco drinking, dining and socialising as part of their experience. What if winter nights are a too bit cool to enjoy outdoor life? After all, you want your guests to shiver with excitement, not because they are bitterly cold. Most accommodation properties, if possible, want to provide fantastic outdoor facilities for their guests …

Objectives achieved by outdoor lighting can range from effective backlighting for tennis enthusiasts or a sure-footed approach for night swimmers, to creating ambience for outdoor piazza-style dining.

Designing a lighting fit-out or upgrade for a hotel can be an epic adventure but it’s an adventure that requires some knowledge and planning. Rose-coloured glasses will not look favourably upon a stark glare from overhead lights, or lights so dim that your guests are squinting to see their travelling companions. Lighting matters, and it requires a degree of expertise …

LED lighting can enable a hotel to make significant cuts in energy use and create a dynamic atmosphere to adapt to the different needs of guests. However, it pays to shop around – trusted brands deliver better performance and cost-effectiveness.

LED lighting has emerged as a versatile technology for accommodation and hospitality applications, able to showcase ambience in its true light while delivering significant energy savings.

Light is life. Our biological rhythms depend on it, we release hormones upon exposure to light that energise and revitalise us; then as the light fades the decrease in these hormones prepare us for sleep.

When reviewing your hot water system for energy reduction, consideration needs to be given to not only the amount of energy used for human consumption and the efficiency of the heating plant.

NSW accommodation hotels are setting the standard internationally with their sustainability efforts slashing energy usage by millions of kilowatts each year.

I have been asked recently by some resort managers will a variable speed pool pump save me money and what effect, if any, will the pump have on the pool heater.

Nine-to-five business owners can happily shut-up-shop at 5pm, safe in the knowledge that everything is as it should be and the company’s energy consumption is also taking a break. But this isn’t the case for those in the hospitality industry. Guests come-and-go at all times of the day and night and providers need to power their business around the clock.