度假酒店应考虑使用热电联产，以利用更高的热效率，从而避免能源成本。现代度假酒店要求机械和电气系统24小时提供舒适性和可靠性。负荷分析揭示了同时进行的工艺加热和用电需求，有助于选择和确定热电设备的尺寸。度假酒店的需求包括照明、风扇电机、电梯、自动扶梯和插座使用的电力负荷。工艺热需求来自厨房、服务器、宴会、餐厅、洗衣房和面包房功能。 一旦需要服务的负荷被量化并重新调整（转移）以最大化同时的需求，联合发电应用的工程任务就成为一项经济任务。国家立法现在已经到位，以促进使用联合发电的中央公用设施。现在，法律要求服务的公用事业公司在酒店需求减少期间回购多余的能源。将度假酒店的负荷转换为电能和热量需求，并按节省（正现金流）或成本（负现金流）列出。包括以图表表示的现金流量表。这些图表显示了公司初始成本的大致简单回报- 基于不同电费的发电系统。单位:双引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，1986年，第92卷，pt。1B，旧金山

Resort Hotels should be considered for application of co-generation to take advantage of higher thermal efficiency and consequent energy cost avoidance. Modern resort hotels require comfort and reliability from mechanical and electrical systems on an around the clock basis. Load profiling reveals simultaneous process heating and electricity use requirements that aid in the selection and sizing of co-generation equipment. Resort Hotel needs include electrical loads for lighting, fan motors, elevators, escalators and receptacle uses. Process heat demands arise from kitchen, servery, banquet, restaurant, laundry, and bakery functions.Once the loads requiring service have been quantified and realigned (shifted) to maximize simultaneous demands the engineering task of co-generation application becomes one of economics.National legislation is now in place to foster the use of co-generating central utility plants. Serving utility companies are now by law required to buy back excess energy during periods of reduced hotel demands.Resort Hotel loads, converted into electricty and heat demands are tabulated in terms of savings (positive cash flow) or costs (negative cash flows). Cash flow tabulations expressed in graphs are included. The graphs show the approximate simple payback on initial costs of co-generation systems based on varying electricity charges.Units: Dual