RELACS PROGRAM: Renewable Energy for Tourist Accommodation Buidings

RELACS is a project which is financed in the framework of the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, whose objective is to encourage the tourist-accommodation sector to invest in energy efficiency- renewable measures. Launched at the end of May 2010, it involves partners from 10 countries. Trybos, VEA´s engineering partner, is the Spanish representative in this Programme.

The project aims to involve and motivate a significant number of accommodations throughout  Europe (at least 60) in implementing renewable energy technologies as well as energy efficiency measures on their buildings. In order to reach its mail goal of reducing energy use and CO2 emissions, the project will develop appealing marketing tools for hotels, creating:

• a European tourist resort network
• a sustainable energy logo
• information tools (website, European Catalogue, national brochures…, etc) on RELACS itineraries
• a final prize.

The formal involvement of entrepreneur associations of the sector from the beginning is foreseen. To help the creation of the network, the RELACS Consortium will ensure a set of free energy services to the interested hotels, namely: 

• e-mail and hotline assistance, 
• "light" energy audits in their premises, 
• training workshops on sustainable energy use for hotel management and staff, 
• creation of large purchasing groups to overcome cost barriers associated with technologies. 

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