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Sustainable Energy Opportunities in the Hotel Sector in Egypt SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUPPORT FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HOTEL SECTOR OF EGYPT (RED SEA AND SINAI REGION) FINAL REPORT Prepared for: Prepared by: AF-MERCADOS EMI (SPAIN) September 2013 AF-MERCADOS EMI REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HOTEL SECTOR OF EGYPT (RED SEA AND SINAI REGION) FINAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 5 2 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 13 3 BACKGROUND CONSIDERATIONS FOR INVESTMENT .................................................... 18 4 MARKET SURVEY ...................................................................................................................................... 25 5 WALK THROUGH AUDITS ................................................................................................................... 30 6 TECHNICAL AND MARKET POTENTIAL ...................................................................................... 60 7 MAIN FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.......................................................................... 67 8 ANNEX A: ENERGY PRICES ............................................................................................................... 71 9 ANNEX B: LIST OF RESORTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY ...................... 72 10 ANNEX C: MARKET SURVEY .............................................................................................................. 74 11 ANNEX D: KPIS PER SQUARED METER ..................................................................................... 83 12 ANNEX E: CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER ........................................................................... 95 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES AT THE HOTEL SECTOR IN EGYPT – DRAFT FINAL REPORT 2 AF-MERCADOS EMI TABLE OF EXHIBITS Exhibit 1- Cost per guest night in the different resorts ............................................................................................................... 7 Exhibit 2- List of the energy conservation measures and simple paybacks ................................................................. 7 Exhibit 3- WTAs resume (CHP results not included) ...................................................................................................................... 8 Exhibit 4- CHP resume ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Exhibit 5- Technical market: Number and percentage of hotels per prototype segment ................................... 9 Exhibit 6- Market Barriers and way to overcome ............................................................................................................................. 9 Exhibit 7- Number of projects and associated investment in detail ................................................................................. 10 Exhibit 8- Average number of projects and associated investment ................................................................................. 11 Exhibit 9- Red Sea and Sinai distribution per hotels category ............................................................................................. 14 Exhibit 10- Red Sea and Sinai hotels distribution per room number............................................................................... 14 Exhibit 11- Distribution per category according to the room capacity at the Sinai .............................................. 15 Exhibit 12- 4* segmentation per number of rooms at Sinai .................................................................................................. 15 Exhibit 13- 5* segmentation per number of rooms at Sinai .................................................................................................. 15 Exhibit 14- Distribution per category according to the room capacity at the Red Sea ....................................... 16 Exhibit 15- 4* segmentation per number of rooms at Red Sea .......................................................................................... 16 Exhibit 16- 5* segmentation per number of rooms at Red Sea .......................................................................................... 17 Exhibit 17- Air temperatures (ºC) in Sharm El Sheikh .............................................................................................................. 17 Exhibit 18- Approximate Amount of Egypt’s Energy Subsidies in FY 2009/2010 ................................................... 19 Exhibit 19- Responses per hotel category ........................................................................................................................................... 25 Exhibit 20- Position of the surveyed ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 Exhibit 21- Distribution of answer per guest rooms..................................................................................................................... 26 Exhibit 22- Refurbishment Classification .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Exhibit 23- Opening year of the resort .................................................................................................................................................. 26 Exhibit 24- Energy costs over sales ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Exhibit 25- Age of the hot water facilities ............................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Exhibit 26- Age of the cooling facilities ..................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Exhibit 27- Distribution of the fuel use to produce hot water ............................................................................................... 28 Exhibit 28- interest for the application of conservation measures .................................................................................... 28 Exhibit 29- Interest for technological investments ....................................................................................................................... 29 Exhibit 30- Simple payback as a decision factor ............................................................................................................................ 29 Exhibit 31- Perception for Energy Service Companies ............................................................................................................... 29 Exhibit 32- Location of the visited resorts for WTAs .................................................................................................................... 30 Exhibit 33- General data of the visited hotels .................................................................................................................................. 31 Exhibit 34- Room occupancy evolution ................................................................................................................................................ 32 Exhibit 35- Average room occupancy ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 Exhibit 36- Average guest nights per resort ...................................................................................................................................... 33 Exhibit 37- Resume of the consumption and cost baselines for selected resorts ................................................... 35 Exhibit 38- Energy cost (EGP) per resort ............................................................................................................................................. 36 Exhibit 39- Energy and water breakdowns in four representative hotels..................................................................... 37 Exhibit 40- Electrical, diesel and water Key Performance Indicator ................................................................................. 38 Exhibit 41- Cost per guest night in the different resorts .......................................................................................................... 39 Exhibit 42- Cost per guest night in the different resorts .......................................................................................................... 39 Exhibit 43- Areas of Energy Efficiency ................................................................................................................................................... 40 Exhibit 44- List of the energy conservation measures ............................................................................................................... 40 Exhibit 45- Typical monthly electrical consumption of a resort in Sinai and Red Sea (kWh) ........................ 41 Exhibit 46- Coefficient of Performance of the cooling systems ...........................................................................................
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