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What a typical independent hotel uses and pays across the UK, from published benchmarks.
Figures are estimates from published UK benchmarks priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are not quotes. See how we estimate.
Owner run and small group hotels, typically 10 to 100 letting bedrooms, with their own boiler plant, breakfast kitchen, bar and often a restaurant, function rooms or a small leisure club. Around 9,810 hotel businesses operate in the UK and the sector is heavily fragmented, with the vast majority holding their own supply contracts rather than sitting inside a corporate procurement deal.
Boilers holding the whole building at temperature overnight whether you are at 40 percent occupancy or sold out
Central hot water plant kept hot around the clock because guests shower whenever they like
Commercial washers and tumble dryers turning over linen from every checkout, every morning
Corridor lighting, lifts, ventilation and reception drawing power 24 hours a day with nobody using them
Typical equipment loads across hotels and accommodation, with annual kWh and cost bands from published benchmarks.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Gas Boilers / Space Heating | 20,000–500,000 kWh | £1,400–£35,000 |
| Central Hot Water Plant | 8,000–250,000 kWh | £560–£17,500 |
| Commercial Laundry (Washers & Dryers) | 5,000–64,000 kWh | £1,250–£16,000 |
| Breakfast & Restaurant Kitchen (Mixed Fuel) | 5,000–90,000 kWh | £900–£16,200 |
| Guest Room Electrics, TVs & Air Conditioning | 5,000–120,000 kWh | £1,250–£30,000 |
| Heated Pool, Spa or Hot Tubs | 15,000–250,000 kWh | £1,900–£31,300 |
Fit key card or occupancy control so unsold rooms drop back to a setback temperature instead of full heat
Zone your heating so bedroom floors, function rooms and public areas run on separate timings rather than one master clock
Service and re-commission boilers and the calorifier every year, a badly set flow temperature wastes gas quietly all winter
Run laundry in full loads and shift drying off peak, drying is the most expensive stage of the whole cycle
Ask your supplier for half hourly meter data before you renew, it exposes the overnight baseload most hotels never realise they are paying for
Illustrative example
Around 20 letting rooms with breakfast and a bar
Heating and hot water for the rooms sit alongside a kitchen and a bar that trade every day.
Illustrative example, not a real customer. Figures are estimates based on published UK benchmarks. See how we estimate. See all worked examples.
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