Hotel Energy Solutions will deliver training, information and technical support to help small and medium sized hotels across the 27 EU countries to increase their use of energy  efficiency and renewable energy. This will help to reduce hotel operational costs, while increasing competitiveness and sustainability and assist in alleviating the industry’s impact on climate change.

The Island Government of El Hierro (Cabildo de El Hierro), UNELCO (local utility) and ITC (Technical Institute of the Canary Islands) are collaborating in a project whose objective is to cover the energy demand of the island with 100% RES by 2005.