No menu items!

COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER

HomeArchiveCentral Pacific Hotels To Reduce Energy Use

Central Pacific Hotels To Reduce Energy Use

Six hotels in the cantons of Aguirre, Garabito and Puntarenas, all in the central Pacific region, have been chosen to implement an energy-saving plan, part of a larger effort to reduce energy expenditures throughout Costa Rica’s tourism industry.

The project, overseen by the Biomass Users Network (BUN-CA), is funded by FundeCooperación, a fund created by the Costa Rica-Holland Bilateral Treaty for Sustainable Development, according to a statement from BUN-CA.

Participating hotels include Hotel Parador and Sí Como No in Manuel Antonio, Club de Mar in Jacó Beach, Marriott Los Sueños in Herradura Beach and Hotel Tioga in Puntarenas.

Kattia Quirós, project official for the network, said in the statement that renewable  energy firms from Holland participatedin planning the project; BUN-CA has conducted workshops in various cantons to inform hotel-sector leaders about energysaving methods and conducted energy audits to better understand the sector’s electricity use.

The resulting plan, called Energy-Efficiency in the Tourism Sector, got under way at the beginning of 2005 with efforts to provide information about reducing energy consumption to businesses.P articipating hotels can earn a Sustainable Tourism Certificate from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).

Electricity consumption in the central Pacific region, a rapidly growing tourist zone, has shown an annual increase of 15% in recent years, the statement said.

For more information on the program, call 283-8835.

 

Popular Articles

El Salvador Denies Gang Pact Amid New Allegations from Barrio 18 Leaders

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on Saturday shared images of gang members in a mega-prison to discredit statements made by two leaders of the...

Trump congratulates Pope León XIV, a “great honor” for the US

President Donald Trump congratulated León XIV, the first pope from the United States, in a message on his Truth Social network on Thursday. “Congratulations...

Costa Rica’s Record Meth Bust in Tibás Raises Concerns

Costa Rican authorities seized 48 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine in Tibás, marking our country’s largest synthetic drug seizure. The operation, conducted by the Drug...
Avatar
spot_img
Costa Rica Tours
Costa Rica Coffee Maker Chorreador
Costa Rica Coffee Maker Chorreador
Costa Rica Travel Insurance
Costa Rica Rocking Chait

Latest Articles