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Number of Rooms = 331

Power Consumed / Room = 3000W

Total Energy Consumed =

No. of Rooms x Power/room

= 331 x 3000W

= 993000W

= 993kW

This electrical energy is consumed each

hour therefor will be written as 993kWh

1 barrel of oil (boe) = 1628.2kWh

xboe = 993kWh

1628.2x = 993

x = 993/1628.2

= 0.6099 boe

.`. Sandals La Toc consumes less than 1 barrel of oil / hour. Since there are 24 hours in a given day

the total number of barrels of oil consumed per day would be

boe consumed/day = 0.6099 x 24

= 14.64 boe

boe consumed/year = 5,327 boe

Consider 1 boe costs US$100 we can calculate the cost for energy for the year

Cost for oil = 5327*$100

= $532,700

Sandals La Toc would pay USD0.53million per year to
purchase power from St Lucia Electric Company
Limited for the purchase of oil to supply energy to the
facility when it is at full capacity. This does not include
cost for energy transmission, inefficient energy
generation or energy losses in the distribution process.

An energy audit, undertaken by the hotel in 2005,
forms the basis of decisions on EE programmes that
have been embarked on since then. The hotel has
implemented a significant lighting programme through
which 95 per cent of the incandescent lights have been
replaced by Light-emitting Diodes (LED) lighting.
Additionally, many fixtures were eliminated in areas
that were over lit.

The Environmental Manager at the hotel, noted that guests did not necessarily see environmentally
friendly hotels as better hotels. There are some clients who value the environmental work; but it is
generally not a deal breaker. Sandals, however, recognises the direct financial benefits of being
environmentally friendly.

It is apparent that the developments in Sandals La Toc, although spurred by external hotel policy, have
much to do with the drive that the Environmental Manager brings personally to environmental
management. She came to the hotel having experience in health and safety, but always had a personal
interest in the environment, having been involved in environmental clubs at school and university.
When speaking of how environmental issues were viewed when she joined the organisation, she
recalled that environmental awareness was often seen as a matter of pest control and garbage
removal. A lot of staff education was needed.

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