Become more sustainable with your heating and cooling settings
Last Updated: 07 Oct 2022
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Visit Scotland
What does this involve?
VisitScotland has created the sustainable tourism fact sheet: heating and cooling settings. It supports Scottish tourism and hospitality businesses to manage energy more efficiently.
Heating can account for more than 40% of total energy use. Depending on which system you use, controlling your heating can save 5 to 15% of fuel consumption.
This guide has advice on:
- appropriate temperatures throughout your building(s)
- set heating systems to the right temperatures
- Thermostatic Radiator Valves
- wall / room thermostats
- using time controls in terms of your occupancy and requirements
- reviewing your controls
What does this cost?
This is a free service.
Who is this for?
This is aimed at tourism and hospitality businesses.
How long does this take?
It takes around 4 minutes to read the article.
Next steps
Visit the VisitScotland website to read the guide.
Support provided by
Visit Scotland