http://www.energyefficiencynews.com <p>A new initiative from the <a rel="external" href="http://www.UNWTO.org">United Nations World Tourism Organization</a> (UNWTO) is targeting the world&rsquo;s 5.9 million hotel rooms in a bid to increase their energy efficiency.</p> <p>The &euro;1.1 million project aims to make overall energy savings of at least 20% from improvements in heating, cooling, lighting and washing/drying systems and increase the use of renewables by 10%.</p> <p>UNWTO is focusing efforts on small- and medium-sized hotels, which make up 90% of hotel rooms, with over half in Europe.</p> <p>The project will create a toolkit to help SMEs take energy efficiency into account when they make investment decisions and improve access to new technologies.</p> <p>Further information:<br /> <a rel="external" href="http://www.UNWTO.org">www.UNWTO.org</a></p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/i/1567/ 2008-11-14T00:00:00-00:00 US EU ROW policy, building regulations, heating and ventilation, lighting, hotels, United Nations World Tourism Organization