United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
(4204)
EPA832-F-99-070
November 1999
www.epa.gov/owm/genwave.htm
Water Alliances For
Voluntary Efficiency
WAVE Partners:
Hotels and Motels
Water Alliances for Voluntary Efficiency (WAVE) is part of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA's) long-term effort to prevent pollution and reduce demands
on the nation's water and energy resources. WAVE is a voluntary partnership that
encourages commercial businesses and institutions: to examine water usage and implement water
efficiency programs. As the first sector served by the WAVE program, the lodging industry has an
established history of water efficiency success. Since WAVE'S inception in 1992, establishments
ranging from family-owned bed-and-breakfasts to international hotel corporations have proven
that the benefits from water efficiency flow down to the bottom line.
How Can MY Hotel Become IVIore Water Efficient?
The average hotel in the United States consumes 209 gallons of water each day for each occupied
room,1 meaning even moderate-sized hotels can USQ tens of thousands of gallons of water each
day. By integrating water efficiency practices into everyday operation and installing water-effi-
cient equipment, a 30 percent reduction in water consumption is possible with no loss of comfort
to guests. These cost-effective practices conserve energy and valuable natural resources and can
considerably reduce your chemical and maintenance costs... and your hotel's bottom line.
In most cases, increasing water efficiency is simple: to do and quick to pay off. Choose the water
efficiency practices that are economically viable and offer the greatest rewards for your facility.
How Can I Determine Which
Efficiency Measures Are Best for IVIe?
WAVE'Saver, a windows-based
software package available from
EPA, enables hotel engineers and
managers to survey and track water
use, and identify specific water
saving opportunities. The program
includes full-motion video demon-
strations, color photos and graphics,
and online tutorials. WAVE'Saver
allows you track water use through-
out your hotel, including linen
laundering, irrigation, and cooling
towers. You can then identify and
evaluate a variety of water efficiency
measures to save water in those
functions. WAVE*Saver has budget-
ing and forecasting features, and
also includes an automated WAVE Example WAVE-Saver Fixed Data Input Screen
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1 Redlin, M. and J. DeRoos. 1990. Water Consumption in the Lodging Industry. A Study prepared for
the Research Foundation of the American Hotel and Motel Association.
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report feature to make completing and submitting
efficiency measures reports as simple as printing!
Operating instructions are included in the "help" feature
on the CD-ROM, making a paper copy unnecessary.
For technical questions or software-related problems,
please call the WAVE»Saver Technical Support Line at
800 993-WAVE (9283).
Wave-Saver Efficiency Report
For Hotel WAVEINN Retrofit amretrol
Water Cost: $1,64iKGal Sewef Cost; J2SSKGal
Summaiy of All Efficiency Measures
payback: 12 years
Annual Savings $13,778
MalUnstaP Cost: $16,740
Water: $5.986 (1428 KGal)
Energy. 57.790 <111285kwhs)
Chemical: $0
O3M Cost: $0
Faucets - Install aerators
jeel - Quest Room. Doiiblg
Payback 0.4 years
Annual Savkigs: $1,375
MatMnstaH Cost $540
017:100
Toilets . Ultra low flow toilet
Toilet - Guest Room Doiibla
Payback: 6.3 years
Annual Savmgs:'$2,157
MatlJInstan Cost $13,500
Water $482 (114KGal)
Energy: $893 C12763 Kwhs)
Chemlcat $0
OSMCost:$0
Water $2,157 (514KGal)
Energy; $0 (0 kwhs)
Chemical: $0
iciency Report Screen
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Water Efficiency Success
Story: Meyer Jabara Hotels
Moro than 20 million gallons and nearly
$145,000 in water and se\ver costs! This is how
much Meyer Jabara Hotels, a WAVE Partner
since February 1995, estimates its water effi-
ciency program saved in 1997 and 1998. Meyer
Jabara Hotels, with headquarters in Danbury,
Connecticut, and West Palm Beach, Florida,
owns 22 properties with more than 4,000 rooms
located in 14 states. Specific water efficiency
measures vary among the individual properties;
each facility decides which measures are most
appropriate and will provide the greatest bene-
fit. Typical measures include installing water-
efficient fixtures, repairing equipment leaks,
and instituting towel and linen programs, which
allow guests to decide \vhether or not to reuse
towels and sheets.
(Used with permission of Meyer Jabara Hotels.)
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"It has been a pleasure participating in the progressive
WAVE program. The WAVE software allowed us to take a...
deep look at all of the arqas of water usage in the hotel.
Based on the results of our survey, we have, begun to
strategically plan for water-efficient replacement fixtures
in our 5 year capital plan. Further, water conservation.^
is important to our local community. Therefore, we
frequently communicate the conservation efforts that we
take through our local marketing efforts. This is great
"feel good" marketing content_that gives us a.unique edge
over our competition." "" ""•
Brent Reynolds
Assistamt General Manager
Holiday Inn Youiigstown-Sbuth
How dan I Join?
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WAVE membership is only a phone call away! Call 202 260-7288 for complete information/on becoming a WAVE Partner
or Supporter. You also can write to the WAVE Program at U.S. EPA (4204), 401 M Street,' S/V, Washington, DC 20460; or
Visit our site on the Internet at . Don't just go with the flow, ride the WAVE of water
efficiency bv joining those WAVE members who have already made the commitment to coixseivg^our yiLaLwater_rg§,QUrces
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