Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in the Cyprus Tourism Sector
Tue 10 Dec
|Paphos
The general objective of this programme is to improve the competitive advantage of Cypriot hotels and other travel sector companies by adapting to and investing in sustainability and energy efficiency solutions. In doing so, they will reduce operating costs and gain an important tourist marketing ad
Time & Location
10 Dec 2019, 08:20 – 11 Dec 2019, 17:40
Paphos, Paphos, Cyprus
About the event
Hotels and other tourism sector enterprises in Cyprus are confronted by high operating costs due to high energy and water costs and consumption in both the summer and winter months. This is due to the high prices of both electricity and water, as well as a range of other factors:
Temperatures and humidity in the peak summer months are rising due to global warming. Air conditioning of public areas and rooms is a necessity and cannot be avoided.
Lower temperatures in the winter months and the quest to expand the tourism season mean that certain costs, such as heated indoor swimming pools, are high.
Most Cypriot hotels date to the 1970s and 1980s. Despite renovations since then, the use of insulation (e.g. double- or triple-pane glass), automated lighting driven by movement sensors or timers, central energy consumption monitoring, rooftop photovoltaic panels, and other energy efficiency methods are not widely in…