UNWTO and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand have officially concluded a project to help hotels along the Thai Andaman coast significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs through energy-saving technologies.
Initial estimations indicate that the measures undertaken as a result of the project will bring in savings of around 385,000 kWh/year in energy consumption, as well as leading to a reduction in CO2 emissions of around 192 CO2 tons/year. This reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is estimated at between 10-25% per year, depending on the technology used and the individual hotel characteristics.
The PEEK project also provided hotels and local communities with training courses and capacity building on EE/RE technologies, not only in Kho Khao and Khao Lak, but all along the Andaman Coast. It is expected that the project will serve as a model for similar efforts in other regions of Thailand and an Energy Efficiency Handbook for Thai Hotels has been produced.
The Program for Energy Efficiency in Kho Khao and Kho Lak (PEEK) is financed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety under the International Climate Initiative. This initiative supports climate protection projects worldwide in developing, newly industrializing and transition countries in order to contribute effectively to emission reductions and mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
The project was implemented by UNWTO in collaboration with Adelphi Research and the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC).
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