| Utility company London Electricity has produced a | | | | their rooms." |
| comprehensive document containing over 40 | | | | The cost-busting guide, available to any hotel |
| money-saving ideas for London hotels that, if | | | | manager in the capital, contains 40 tips on how |
| implemented will significantly boost their profits. | | | | hotels can cut their utility bills. Many are described |
| It seems rather like turkeys voting for Christmas | | | | as "low cost and common sense" by the authors, |
| when electricity companies offer free advice to | | | | such as turning the hotel heating down 1° C |
| customers explaining how they can cut their | | | | to get a 10% reduction in heating bills. Other ideas |
| electricity bills, but London Electricity's head of | | | | include: replacing all standard tungsten bulbs in the |
| business marketing Tony Galloni explains: | | | | hotel with low-energy ones that use one-fifth of |
| "Supplying around 6,000 hotels and restaurants in | | | | the energy, and ensuring that water heaters are |
| and around London has allowed us to get a good | | | | regulated so that just enough hot water is |
| handle on how energy is used in catering and hotel | | | | produced for the hotel's guests and isn't warmed |
| industry. A little bit of thought on managing | | | | simply to just go cold again. Other suggestions |
| energy will result in savings that will lead directly | | | | include things done as second nature in most |
| to increased profits for the hotels. With global | | | | households; switching off electrical appliances such |
| warming such an immediate issue we all need to | | | | as TVs in the lounges when not in use, and killing |
| give attention to how energy is consumed, and | | | | the power to the photocopier in the business |
| ensure that we can do it as efficiently as possible. | | | | centre or office when not needed. Plus, there are |
| Hotels consume vast amounts of energy because | | | | many other ideas contained in the guide that |
| of the fact they operate over 24 hours, and | | | | hotels in London would be advised to adopt, if not |
| guests remain largely unconcerned about the | | | | to increase their profits then at least to cut |
| amount of energy they use while staying in the | | | | excessive energy consumption. |