Climate effects of TUI Hotels & Resorts
Using fossil fuels to operate our hotel activites (i.e. heating) causes direct emissions. The use of electricity results in indirect emissions.
The efficient use of energy sources is one of TUI Hotels & Resorts main priorities to minimise impact on the local environment and global climate. The proportion of renewable energies providing heat and power in TUI hotels is set to increase in future.
ROBINSON Club Amadé - biomass power plant
The Amadé ROBINSON Club in Kleinarl (Salzburger Land, Austria) uses energy from a CO2-neutral biomass power plant using ultramodern condensation technology. The plant was built in spring 2004 in co-operation with the club investors, farmers in Kleinarl, and two companies, Nahwärme GmbH and AESG.
Local farmers supply the biomass plant with shredded wood chips from the forests – a renewable resource. The club was able to dispense with the complex construction measures which would have been involved for the installation of an oil heating system, and Nahwärme Kleinarl was able to supply heat to a large part of the village centre thanks to the support of this major customer. Up to 100% of the ROBINSON Club's requirements for heat and hot water are supplied by this modern plant. The plant makes annual savings of around 800,000 litres of heating oil possible.
Iberotel Sarigerme Park - parabolic trough collectors
The Iberotel Sarigerme Park has been a leader in environmental innovation for 15 years. The world’s first parabolic trough high temperature solar system was commissioned at the Iberotel Sarigerme Park in April 2004.
The parabolic trough collectors at the hotel are the optimal technology to solve the cooling problems in sunny countries. The solar collectors are used simultaneously to air-condition the hotel as well as generate warm water.
ROBINSON Club Agadir - Solar plant
The ROBINSON Club Agadir operates Morocco’s largest hotel solar plant, with a surface area of 950 m2. The solar panels are placed on the hotel’s roof and generate 2,600 kWh per day. The energy generated in this way as well as the heat recovered from the air conditioning system is used to produce hot water and to heat the swimming pools. This system provides approximately 70% of the hot water supply for the rooms. Due to the success of this solar plant other hotels and companies in the vicinity are planning similar projects.