Motel Association New Zealand Sustainability Presentation

31st July 2010

SAVING MONEY BY BEING GREENAdvice for Motels

Tim GrubbTourism Resource Consultants

www.trcnz.com

+Presentation

Tourism Resource Consultants and STAR

Costs to your business

Some easy wins

Major investment…?

Management practices

Support and information

+The cost of electricity

+The cost of water and waste

+Demand for environmental practices…

Small market niche

Mainstream views…

Green price point

Tolerance

+Where does energy get used?

+Lights

Standard incandescent

New Generation Halogen

Compact Fluorescent (CFL)

Watt 100w 70w 20w

Cost $1 $5.95 $7.00

ROI term - 7.5 months 4.3 months

Savings per year (Per bulb)

- $10 $20

Potential savings(24 bulbs)

$240 $480

www.rightlight.co.nz

+Lights continued…

www.rightlight.co.nz

Turn off unnecessary lights

Lighting design

Sensors

Consumer energy efficient lighting guide

+Showers

Check flow rate

Invest

…$85 per shower

…Investment of $1,020

Savings…

…Annual savings of $840 …ROI = 1.2 years

+Other energy savings…

Set laundry to ‘Cold’ as a default setting and do laundry in full loads

Shut down appliances when not in use

Turn off towel rails when guests are not in the room

Ensure fridges are working properly and ventilated

Set computer to standby setting

Check hot water temperature – 60 degrees

$430 /year

$45

$36 room/year

$50 - $100 cylinder/year

$15 per appliance/year

+Waste

In-room recycling

Buy in bulk

Purchasing policy

Potential savings = $270 p/a

+Water

Reduce water use of toilets

Reduce flow of sink taps

Check for leaks / monitor

Reduce water use in the garden

+Savings so far…

Savings per year ROI

Easy wins $1487 -

Lights $280 - $480 4 – 8 months

Showers $840 1.2 years

Waste $270

TOTAL $3,077

+Appliances

Main energy users = washers, driers, refridgerators

Lifetime operating costs e.g. washing machine

Other considerations

$350

$1,250

+More expensive options

What Investment ROI

Insulation Wide range 10 – 20 years

Heat pumps (ea.) $2,500 - $4,500 12 – 17 years

Solar hot water $7,000 - $12,000 12 – 14 years

+Paper work

What exactly?

1. Standard Operating Procedures

2. Supplier Register

3. Monitoring

Extra merit

+Supplier Register

+Monitoring

+Monitoring

+Monitoring

+ Monitoring

+Information and assistance

www.ecanz.co.nz

www.stewardship.co.nz

www.eeca.govt.

www.sbn.org.nz

www.smarterhomes.govt.nz

www.rightlight.govt.nz

Ecosmart Electricians

Energy auditors

EECA

Sustainable business networks

Subsidies

STAR Programme!!

+Summary

Focus on easy wins

Investigate best opportunities for investment

Paper work..?

Seek further information

Avoid impractical solutions