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Tool Promises Reduction of Energy for Cruise Hotel Services
International classification society RINA has a new tool to monitor and optimise the power cruise ships use to provide hotel services, according to a report in industry news site Maritime Executive.
"Around half the energy used by a modern cruise ship is for the hotel services," said Paolo Moretti, head of the class society's marine business line.
"So if we can bear down on that we can produce substantial cost savings for cruise operators."
RINA said the tool, InfoSHIP Energy Management, continuously monitors energy use and compares it with a set target, alerting staff if use spikes.
It predicts the tool will reduce energy used on the hotel services by more than 10 percent, reducing fuel costs.
"This system will pay for itself in under a year and is simple to install," Moretti said.
"What it does is focus the engineers and technical department on the actual electrical power demand of hotel services.
"It allows them to make adjustments to operations or pre-set temperatures for the air con, for example."
He said the system promotes energy-saving moves like doing laundry outside times when other kinds of energy use are peaking, as well as providing data to inform choices about vessel retrofits and equipment upgrades.
Last year, Carnival UK CEO David Dingle said that as fuel costs rise cruise ships are likely to travel shorter distances and increase their focus on on-ship attractions, which could mean an increasing portion of their energy use will be devoted to guest services rather than propulsion.
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