Heat and hot water
at a fixed price.
No investment.
The heating in your hotel runs 365 days a year. We make sure a provider builds, finances and operates it, and you only pay the agreed heat price. Your guests will not notice.
- €0investment for the conversion
- 15 yearsfixed heat price, at least 10
- Hotel stays openno access to the rooms
Heating is the biggest lever, and the one postponed the longest.
Gas prices eat the margin
A hotel needs heat for bathrooms, kitchen, laundry and spa, all year round. When prices rise the margin suffers, because you cannot adjust room rates at will.
Guests and banks ask for evidence
Corporate clients, booking platforms and lenders want to know how the hotel is heated and what the energy certificate says. An old gas boiler becomes a question in every negotiation.
Capital is better used elsewhere
A new boiler room costs six figures. The money is better spent on rooms, service and marketing, and the conversion must not disturb guests.
Where your hotel needs heat
- Bathrooms and showers
- Kitchen
- Laundry
- Spa and pool
- Rooms and corridors
- Lobby and restaurant
Buy heat instead of owning a heating system
Own retrofit
- You bear the conversion costs
- You plan, finance and maintain
- A fault in high season is your risk
- Heat price fluctuates with the gas market
- Conversion often touches guest areas
With NetZero
- The provider bears the conversion costs
- The provider plans, finances and operates
- Fault service and response times in the contract
- Heat price fixed for 10 to 15 years
- Work in boiler room, outdoor area and roof
You pay the agreed heat price per kilowatt hour. Kola NetZero is paid by the provider, the assessment is free for you.
What gets installed in your hotel
Planning, conversion and operation are handled by the provider. Tap the points on the image.
Supplies the electricity to run the system where the roof allows it.
Replace boiler and burner. The outdoor units stand next to the building or on the roof, the technology in the basement.
Designed for your morning and evening peaks and for drinking water hygiene requirements.
Sensors and valves on the existing pipe network balance the risers hydraulically and lower the flow temperature. That saves energy without any room getting cooler.
Your hotel stays open
The switch-over is scheduled in the off season or in a window with low occupancy and usually takes a few days.
Planning
Site visit of boiler room and roof, design based on your actual consumption.
Preparation
Work outside and in the basement, without access to the rooms.
Switch-over
A few days in the off season, hot water remains available throughout.
Operation
Maintenance, fault service and billing sit with the provider.
- No scaffolding on the facade
- No access to the rooms
- No building site in guest areas
Which hotels qualify
- Central heat generationOne boiler room for the hotel, today gas, oil or district heating.
- From around 30 roomsOr a comparable heat demand through spa, kitchen and laundry. Several hotels of one group are assessed together.
- One owner for the buildingThe heat supply contract runs with the owner.
- Space for the technologyOutdoor units next to the building or on the roof, roof area for photovoltaics is an advantage.
- Energy statements and energy certificateOf the last three years, available or obtainable.
What you can show afterwards
For guests and corporate clients
A hotel heated with heat pumps and photovoltaics is an argument in conversations with buyers and event organisers.
For banks
The figure on the energy certificate drops clearly, heat costs are predictable over the term. Both count in financing and valuation.
For reporting
You receive the operating data from the provider. How you classify it in your sustainability reporting is something to clarify with your advisers.
Four steps to an offer
- 1
Submit your hotel
Address and key data, plus energy certificate and energy statements. Takes two minutes, we read the key data from your documents.
- 2
Calculation
We check the data and align the design with the provider. Feedback usually within 5 working days.
- 3
Offer and site visit
Written offer with a guaranteed heat price, site visit of boiler room, floor space and roof.
- 4
Contract and implementation
Heat supply contract with the owner, then scheduling of the switch-over outside high season.
Frequently asked by hoteliers
Does the hotel stay open during the conversion?
Yes. Work concerns the boiler room, outdoor areas and roof. The switch-over itself is scheduled in the off season or in a window with low occupancy and usually takes a few days.
Is a heat pump enough for hot water in a hotel?
The system is designed for your actual consumption, including morning and evening peaks, based on your statements of recent years. Where necessary a peak load unit stays in the system.
What happens in case of a fault?
The provider operates the system and is responsible for faults. Response times and availability are set out in the heat supply contract.
We operate the hotel but do not own it. Is that possible?
You can submit the property and start the process. The heat supply contract is concluded with the owner, because the system is installed in the building. We talk to both sides.
Does this also work for several hotels?
Yes. Several hotels of one owner or group are assessed together.
What does the assessment cost?
Nothing. Assessment, site visit and offer are free of charge and without obligation. Kola NetZero is paid by the provider.
Does your hotel qualify? Let us find out.
Energy certificate and energy statements are enough to start. Feedback within 5 working days, free and without obligation.
Submit hotel with documents