On 27 Aug 2005 11:03:59 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote:

and saving energy is also an economic argument: you aren't that dependent
on energy.

Not! Our largest expense every month is for electricity and gas.

I meant: after saving energy (with using better insulation, for example),
THEN you aren't that dependent on energy any longer.

During our recent heat wave, I paid over $4000 to air condition our
three 3-story buildings -- for the single month of July.

hmm. don't you think it's time to insulate the building and look for
windows that are state of the art - technology-wise?

It's usually around $3K per month. And that has gone up 30% since we
bought the place in 2002. (And we have NOT raised rates since we
opened.)

so you are eating all the losses (inflation not calculated)


if you have to spent less on heating/cooling at your hotel
because of a new insulation, then you won't have many problems on keeping
your rates constant. But you will have to increase your room rates when
your costs for heating/cooling rises 20 or 30%.

Sadly, the energy companies have seen fit to continually raise rates,
even before the recent run-up of oil prices, and we (as a nation)
continue to ignore the relatively cheap energy alternatives.

... but this is not really news, is it?

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