Arup. "Transforming Existing Hotels to Net Zero Carbon". 2021. https://www.ihgplc.com/...
Gregory Autin | December 31, 2021
The majority of hotel carbon emissions result from operational energy consumption. With 80% of hotels in 2050 already in existence, this white paper sets out a high-level framework and prioritizes interventions throughout the remaining life cycle of the existing building stock. The paper addresses the net-zero carbon challenge to meet new regulatory requirements for existing hotels. Using a typical holiday hotel as a test case, it demonstrates the impact of interventions along a timeline aligned with the replacement point for each system. The paper suggests that sustainable solutions can potentially deliver a 38% internal rate of return after 5 years.