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title: "A virtual chief engineer for the whole portfolio."
description: "Cadae finds where each of your hotels spends more on energy and water than it needs to, turns that into costed projects, and checks the savings are real."
language: en-GB
canonical: https://cadae.ai/en-GB/hotel-groups
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# A virtual chief engineer for the whole portfolio.

Cadae finds where each of your hotels spends more on energy and water than it needs to, turns that into costed projects, and checks the savings are real.

## Identifying hotel projects that save money.

At one UK hotel, Cadae identified 11 projects spanning operational changes, control improvements and planned investment.

- 34%

- Identified potential reduction in annual utility costs

- 11

- Projects identified

- More than £225,000

- Estimated annual utility-cost reduction

- Estimates for one hotel. Actual savings depend on which projects are delivered and what subsequent verification shows.

### Operational quick wins

#### Optimise plant schedules

Match operation to occupancy and area use.

#### Adjust towel rail operating times

Remove unnecessary heating hours.

### Targeted improvements

#### Upgrade lighting to LED

Reduce lighting load and maintenance.

#### Improve air handling fan controls

Reduce run hours and fan energy.

### Planned investment

#### Install rooftop solar

Reduce purchased electricity.

#### Separate pool and spa heating circuits

Control heating loads independently.

- Selected opportunities from one hotel assessment. The order is illustrative and depends on site evidence, risk and operational needs.

## How it works across your group.

### Send your bills

Recent energy and water bills and occupancy. No new meters or BMS connection needed to start.

### See every hotel ranked

Each hotel against its own best in class, so you know where to look first.

### Approve costed projects

Investment, annual saving and payback on every proposal, within each hotel's budget.

### Check the savings

A saving only counts once its verification is accepted.

## Where to look first

Largest gap to best in class at the top.

| Rank | Hotel | Overall PHI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9 | Castle View | 39 |
| 8 | Station Hotel | 32 |
| 7 | Harbour Court | 25 |
| 6 | Market Square Hotel | 22 |
| 5 | Westgate Inn | 18 |
| 4 | Mill Street Hotel | 14 |
| 3 | Lakeside Lodge | 13 |
| 2 | Riverside House | 10 |
| 1 | Abbey Gardens | 6 |
| Not ranked | York Lodge | Not available |

## What to approve

## Heating bypass and independent zone control

- Investment: £26,604

- Estimated annual saving: £30,603

- Simple payback: 0.9 years

## Air handling fans, pumps and controls

- Investment: £57,769

- Estimated annual saving: £35,381

- Simple payback: 1.6 years

## Chiller replacement and resilience

- Investment: £168,650

- Estimated annual saving: £57,986

- Simple payback: 2.9 years

## Why you can rely on it.

- Published monthly by Cadae. Your teams never see a draft.

- Unchangeable once published. Corrections keep their history.

- Gaps visible. Missing data is never counted as 0.

## The experience behind Cadae.

### Dr Cedric Rodrigues

CEng MCIBSE. More than 30 years in hotel energy and water consultancy, grounded in practical building engineering.

### BTB Consulting

More than 20 years of hospitality asset expertise, including technical due diligence and capital planning.

## Start with what you already have.

Send recent bills from two or three hotels and we will show you what a PHI assessment finds.