Top Tips – Water – Measuring Flow

Every business needs to know the volumes of water that flows from wash basin taps, showers,
toilets and cisterns. Why?
Because water costs money – and hot water can cost from 4 to 10 times the cost of cold water.
Currently in Ireland businesses are charged from €2.00 to €3.20 per cubic litre of water (1,000 litres).
So a cold water tap in a guest bedroom that has a flow rate of 15 litres per minute that is operated
for 3 minutes per use, 6 times per day (occupied room), @ 100% occupancy will cost you up to €158
– for each occupied room. Reduce the flows to 6 litres per minute and it will cost you €63 – a saving
of €95 – at a cost of a few Euro to install an aerator or nothing if you can reduce the pressure.
If it is a hot water tap using electricity to heat the water the 15 ltr cost will be c. €1,588 and the 6ltr
cost will be €950 – a saving of c. € 638 – per annum – forever! (Can you imagine the costs in your
public bathrooms which are constantly in use)
So, get measuring and start reducing those flows – without impacting on guests comforts or needs.

This article was taken from the greenhospitality.ie

Summer is a good time to save on those electric bills

It's great to see the fine weather , families out and about enjoying the sunshine.
It'a a great opportunity to save on your electric bill.
People are outside cooking on the BBQ
Clothes are getting dry on the line outside
No need for the heating to be on
No real need for lights around the house to be left on
But are you checking everything
Make sure all household appliances are turned off that are not being used
Heating timers should be off
Simple checks can further reduce electric bills