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ARTICLE · 05 JULY 2010

Hotels and the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

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Hoteliers should by now be aware of the recent CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (the "CRC Scheme") that came into force in April 2010 and understand the duties and obligations imposed by the Scheme on them.

United KingdomEnergy and Natural Resources
Tom Page
Tom Page
Joanne Hopkins
Joanne Hopkins
Satesh Kumar
Satesh Kumar

Hoteliers should by now be aware of the recent CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (the "CRC Scheme") that came into force in April 2010 and understand the duties and obligations imposed by the Scheme on them.  For a summary of the Scheme's operations, click here.

As a major energy user, the hotel industry certainly has a role to play in addressing global warming.  By establishing sound energy efficient practices on their premises, each and every hotel can do its part for the environment whether or not it is fully subject to the CRC Scheme and at the same time gain financially.

What can hotels do?

Without diminishing the guest experience, there are numerous measures that are neither complicated nor expensive that hotels can take:

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