Our courses
Energy Efficient Hotels
In this training module number 1 you will find an overview of the energy efficiency in hotels. After going through the focus area of the topic (including transport, external supplies, hotel, gardening and catering) you will find one chapter dedicated to indicators and benchmarks divided in 5 sectors: good [...]
EU - Ecolabel
The specific aims of the project are to develop and disseminate a web-based environmental training programme for energy managers of the hospitality sector.
The modules can be summarised under the following headings: [...]
Heating, Ventilation and AC
The Ventilation module is meant to teach the user how to reduce costs and energy through the ventilation system. The module is divided into several sections, starting with background information on ventilation systems, continuing with heating ventilation and air conditioning including [...]
Energy Consumption Monitoring
The module 4 is dedicated to the energy consumption monitoring in hotels. It starts with energy indicators, benchmarks and variable. Then it goes thorough gas consumption and electricity consumption. The final part focuses on the multiregression analysis, monitoring and targeting.
Insulation
The module number 5 is dedicated to explain the importance of a good insulation and the different ways of insulation, such as thermal insulation, underlining the disadvantages of a low efficiency distribution. Before starting with an insulation reform, it is important to keep in mind than an analysis [...]
Heating Systems
This module focuses on heating systems. The following will be covered:
- The main components of heating systems, their strengths and weaknesses.
- Activities to decrease heat consumption by simple actions and to minimise [...]
Water Management
The module number 7 focuses its teaching material on water management. The areas of work are: water consumption measurement, areas of water use (bathroom, laundry, swimming pools, grounds, kitchens, housekeeping.). It also includes a chapter on good [...]
Cooling Systems
The cooling module number 8 starts with a step-by-step guide on how to audit. It continues with a chapter on how to calculate the cooling energy consumption and losses. The last chapter is dedicated to the energy savings opportunities, including insulation, reduction of [...]
Equipment
The kitchen equipment module is divided into two sections, the first one dedicated to food preparing equipment and savings opportunities for its different components, such as cookers, ovens, ice cream freezers, minibars, dishwashers, etc. The second focuses on the ventilation system.
Lighting
The main topic of this module number 10 are lighting sources and characteristics. The following subjects will be analyzed:
- Lighting facts.
- Wattage: traditional bulbs, fluorescent lamp standards, compact [...]
Renewable Energy
This module focuses on renewable energy. The following will be covered:
- Wind energy;
- Solar energy;
- Photovoltaic;
- Solar thermal;
- Bioenergy; [...]
