Te 200-room hotel is the first in the UK to be battery powered


back to support National Grid. And of course, we have our 198 hotels with solar PV. Battery storage will make them even more valuable assets.


What kind of savings are you anticipating? The trial is expected to save the hotel £20,000 per year in energy costs. You can imagine the costs savings we could make across the whole business if we rolled this out across all our hotels.


Have there been other benefits? Yes, the battery and this UK-first has been a very visible statement to demonstrate our commitment the environment. People are now coming


to stay with us just because of the battery and to see it. As well as


“It’s expected to save £20,000 per year – imagine the saving if it was


in all our hotels ” Ross Greenhalgh


reduced energy costs and giving our customers the low carbon experience they want, we have more security of electricity supply too. If there’s any intermittent problems with our power supply, we have the battery to keep the lights on and showers hot for our guests.


Are you looking at any other energy efficiency measures? Yes. We’ve already been doing lots of things in our hotels, like upgrading lighting to LEDs, voltage optimisation, staff engagement, improving controls on heating systems etc. These actions are helping the business reduce its carbon footprint and energy costs. In fact, Premier Inn has more sites with solar panels than any other hotel chain in the UK, with 198 in total. Battery storage is the next step for


us – going beyond energy efficiency and looking at the cost and carbon- saving benefits we can get out of energy storage systems.


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