Resources and Environment 2019, 9(1): 19-26 DOI: 10.5923/j.re.20190901.03 Relationship of Hotel Energy Management Strategies and Hoteliers’ Perception on Sustainable Energy Management in Abuja Nigeria A. I. Shehu * , I. I. Inuwa, I. U. Husseini, Ibrahim Yakubu Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria Abstract This study examines the relationship of hotel energy management strategies (HEMS) and hoteliers’ perception of sustainable energy management (SEM) in Abuja, Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered while descriptive and inferential analyses methods were applied. The combined respondents mean ranking on application of HEMS revealed timely implementation on preventive and major maintenance programs, educating staff and guests on energy consciousness, frequent insulation assessment ranked (3.57-4.27) as applied HEMS. Setting energy conservation target and energy audits ranked moderately applied (3.34-3.36) while installing centralized energy management systems, on- site renewable energy generation, smart digital thermostats installation ranked (1.57-2.15) were least applied. The result further demonstrates return on investment, price and efficiency of technology, cost savings, Stabilized prices and availability of energy, improving hotel brand image and desire on improving guests’ experience ranked (4.27-4.52) as important factors encouraging adoption of SEM. Environmental Concerns and Fiscal/economic incentives ranked (3.25-3.68) were moderately important while investor requirements, regulatory affairs and creating positive corporate culture/employee retention ranked (2.31-2.56) were least important factors encouraging the adoption of SEM. Moreover, all identified barriers ranked (3.08-4.34) were either severe or moderately severe. Hoteliers also ranked all the identified benefits of SEM as beneficial (3.75-4.36) to hotels management for energy sustainability attainments. The correlation results revealed moderate positive correlation between HEMS and both Hoteliers’ perception on importance and benefits of SEM at r=.393 and r=.348 respectively. However weak positive correlation was found between HEMS and hoteliers’ perception on barriers to SEM at r= .174. The study thus recommends that deserved cognizance be given to identified least applied but vital HEMS and also improves hoteliers’ perception on importance, barriers, and benefits of SEM for effective hotel energy management. Keywords Energy management Strategies, Hoteliers’ Perception, Sustainable energy management 1. Introduction The increasing global energy consumption is contributing to greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions that are central to global warming problem [20, 24]. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated that residential, commercial and public buildings account for 30% to 40% of world’s energy consumption that contributes 25% to 35% world’s carbon iv oxide (CO 2 ) emission [1, 37]. Hotels are rated high among energy consuming public buildings [4, 15, 32]. They consume energy to meet the broadened demands for space heating, cooling, and ventilation, heating water, lighting, laundry, kitchen, recreation and miscellaneous. Their * Corresponding author: aishaisashehu@gmail.com (A. I. Shehu) Published online at http://journal.sapub.org/re Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Scientific & Academic Publishing This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ diversified energy resources consumption is responsible for approximated harmful CO 2 gas emissions of between 160kg to 200 kg per square meter of room floor area [2, 31, 12]. Abuja the administrative capital of Nigeria is among cities with the highest numbers of global hotel brands. This is expected to grow with the recent increase in interests in hotel and hospitality businesses [21]. Moreover, this highlights a significant improvement compared to the estimated drop in the average hotel occupancy rate across the major cities by around 60% – 65%, from a high of 80% in 2008 attributed to heightened insecurity [13]. However, the challenges are not limited to insecurity but also to the Nigerian electricity supply which has been characterized as inadequate and unstable for decades induced by an overburden and failing energy system. This situation earned the country lowest rating in per capita electricity consumption in Africa [28, 1] and manifests in the high incidences of power outages forcing a large portion of