UNCORRECTED PROO Review HOTRES: renewable energies in the hotels. An extensive technical tool for the hotel industry Michaelis Karagiorgas a , Theocharis Tsoutsos b, * , Vassiliki Drosou a , Ste ´phane Pouffary c , Tulio Pagano d , Germa ´n Lopez Lara e , Jose ´ Manuel Melim Mendes f a Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES), 19th km Marathonos Avenue, Pikermi GR-19009, Greece b Environmental Engineering Department, Technical University of Crete (TUC), University Campus, Kounoupidiana, Chania c Renewable Energies Department (ADEME), 500 route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne-Sophia-Antipolis, France d Azienda Municipale del Gas (AMG), via Ammiraglio Gravina 2/e-90139 Palermo, Italy e Sociedad para el Desarrollo Energe ´tico de Andalucı ´a (SODEAN), C/Isaac Newton, s/n 41092 Sevilla, Spain f Age ˆncia Regional da Energia e Ambiente da Regia ˜o Auto ´noma da Madeira (AREAM), Madeira Tecnopolo, 9000-390 Funchal NIPC 511058012, Portugal Received 12 February 2004; accepted 15 September 2004 Abstract The project HOTRES aimed at the systematic implementation of conditions for future massive applications of the renewable energies in the tourism industry. Under the umbrella of this project five renewable energy technologies were promoted (solar thermal, solar passive, solar PV, biomass 1364-0321/$ - see front matter q 2004 Published by Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2004.09.012 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews xx (xxxx) 1–27 www.elsevier.com/locate/rser Abbreviations: ADEME, Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maitrise de l’ Energie; AMG, Azienda Municipale Gas; AREAM, Agenzia Regional da Energia e Ambiente da Regiao Autonoma da Madeira; BEMS, building energy management system; CRES, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources; DGTREN, Directorate General for Energy and Transport; DHW, domestic hot water; EGEC, European Geothermal Energy Council; EPIA, European Photovoltaic Industry Association; ES, energy saving; ESD, executive design sheet; ESTIF, European Solar Thermal Industry Federation; EU, European Union; EUBIA, European Biomass Industry Association; HVAC, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning; MA, Manufacturer Association; OPE, operational programme for energy; PV, photovoltaic; RES, renewable energy sources; RET, renewable energy technologies; RUE, rational use of energy; SHW, solar hot water; SME, small and medium enterprises; SODEAN, Sociedad para el Desarollo Energetico de Andalucia; TUC, Technical University of Athens. * Corresponding author. Tel.: C210 660 3300; fax: C210 660 3302. E-mail address: tsoutsos@mred.tuc.gr (T. Tsoutsos). RSER 195—19/11/2004—21:02—VEERA—125636—XML MODEL 1 – pp. 1–27 DTD 5 ARTICLE IN PRESS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45