Energy advice and strategy for hospitality and entertainment
Plan energy purchases and facility improvements around guest needs, event schedules, and daily operations.
Hotels, casinos, venues, museums, and attractions use energy differently. Occupancy, events, weather, and operating hours can change consumption, while some building systems need to run regardless of visitor activity. Those differences matter when preparing budgets, choosing contracts, and evaluating improvements.
5 reviews your electricity and natural gas usage, utility charges, and agreements to recommend purchasing strategies. We also help assess efficiency, sustainability, and backup power options based on your facilities and operating requirements.
How we help
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Energy purchasing: Analyze usage and evaluate electricity and natural gas purchasing options, including timing, pricing structures, and contract terms.
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Efficiency and demand management: Review consumption patterns and assess opportunities for efficiency improvements, peak demand management, and demand response participation.
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Sustainability: Evaluate renewable energy credits, renewable electricity agreements, and solar opportunities based on your organization’s goals.
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Reliability planning: Assess backup generation, battery storage, combined heat and power, and other resiliency options, including project costs and operating requirements.
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Budgeting and usage analysis: Prepare energy budgets and use Level5 to help you understand consumption patterns and market pricing.
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Frequently asked questions
What does an energy advisor do for a hospitality business? An energy advisor analyzes how your property uses electricity and gas, runs a competitive procurement process for your supply contract, and looks beyond the rate for savings, through demand-side programs, sustainability options, and resiliency planning. 5 does all four, supported by its Level5 analytics platform.
How is 5 different from an energy broker? Many brokers accept gifts, trips, and dinners from suppliers, which can bias a recommendation toward whoever's paying for the steak. 5's 8-to-5 Rule bans that outright, so the supplier we recommend is the one that fits your load, not the one that courted us. We also stay involved past the signature, on demand-side, sustainability, and resiliency work.
Which hospitality businesses does 5 work with? 5 works with hotels and resorts, casinos and event spaces, museums and zoos, and sports and entertainment venues, along with restaurants and other food service operators, in deregulated electricity and gas markets.
What is a deregulated energy market? In a deregulated market, you can buy electricity or natural gas from a competitive supplier rather than only from the local utility. ERCOT (Texas), PJM (Mid-Atlantic), and NYISO (New York) are examples. Deregulation is what makes competitive procurement possible.
