Hotel Casino Analysis
CHP in the Hotel and Casino Market Sectors
Prepared for: U.S. EPA CHP Partnership December 2005
Prepared by: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc. www.eea-inc.com
For more information about the EPA CHP Partnership, please visit: www.epa.gov/chp or email: chp@epa.gov. For more information about ENERGY STAR for the hospitality industry, please visit: www.energystar.gov/hospitality.
CHP in the Hotel and Casino Market Sectors
Note: This report was initially released in December 2005. In November 2007, EPA completed an addendum to this report containing updated market information. The 2007 addendum can be found on the CHP Partnership Web site at www.epa.gov/chp/documents/hotel_casino_addendum.pdf.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Hotels and casinos have a number of characteristics that make them good targets for installing combined heat and power (CHP) systems. The facilities operate around the clock year-round; a portion of the industry has significant thermal and electric loads even at night: they have significant air conditioning requirements that could be met with thermally activated technologies running off the waste heat of an on-site generator; and there are establishments in every state in the U.S. Hotel and Casino Industry Structure The industry consists of nearly 48,000 establishments with over 4.4 million guest rooms. Table ES1 shows the breakdown by size. The industry revenues for 2004 were $113.7 billion, up 8% from the previous year.
Table ES1
Number of Hotels and Lodging Establishments by Size
Number of Rooms 500 Total
Property 27,464 14,326 4,235 1,070 503 47,598
Rooms 1,163,668 1,524,099 847,089 398,491 478,561 4,411,908
Average Rooms 42 106 200 372 951 93
Source: American Hotel & Lodging Industry Association, 2005 Lodging Industry Profile Casinos and gaming overlap in the hotel and lodging industry to the extent that there are nearly 300 land-based casinos with associated lodging. There are commercial gaming
Prepared for: U.S. EPA CHP Partnership December 2005
Prepared by: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc. www.eea-inc.com
For more information about the EPA CHP Partnership, please visit: www.epa.gov/chp or email: chp@epa.gov. For more information about ENERGY STAR for the hospitality industry, please visit: www.energystar.gov/hospitality.
CHP in the Hotel and Casino Market Sectors
Note: This report was initially released in December 2005. In November 2007, EPA completed an addendum to this report containing updated market information. The 2007 addendum can be found on the CHP Partnership Web site at www.epa.gov/chp/documents/hotel_casino_addendum.pdf.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Hotels and casinos have a number of characteristics that make them good targets for installing combined heat and power (CHP) systems. The facilities operate around the clock year-round; a portion of the industry has significant thermal and electric loads even at night: they have significant air conditioning requirements that could be met with thermally activated technologies running off the waste heat of an on-site generator; and there are establishments in every state in the U.S. Hotel and Casino Industry Structure The industry consists of nearly 48,000 establishments with over 4.4 million guest rooms. Table ES1 shows the breakdown by size. The industry revenues for 2004 were $113.7 billion, up 8% from the previous year.
Table ES1
Number of Hotels and Lodging Establishments by Size
Number of Rooms 500 Total
Property 27,464 14,326 4,235 1,070 503 47,598
Rooms 1,163,668 1,524,099 847,089 398,491 478,561 4,411,908
Average Rooms 42 106 200 372 951 93
Source: American Hotel & Lodging Industry Association, 2005 Lodging Industry Profile Casinos and gaming overlap in the hotel and lodging industry to the extent that there are nearly 300 land-based casinos with associated lodging. There are commercial gaming