Administrative offices house the management team and managerial staff ( general manager, department heads, secretaries, etc). By incorporating high technology into the office operations, such as, computer systems, the consumption of energy naturally increases. Most offices in a hotel area also equipped with central heating and air conditioning systems. Due to the nature of this area, an energy-saving program in hotel offices is easily overlooked or sometimes ignored than those of other departments. On more occasions that not, managers tend to focus on the hotel's service quality and customer satisfaction rather than their internal controls. If we were to analyze the office systems in many hotels it would be found that much of the energy consumption is unnecessary and inefficient. Therefore an effective energy management program or system in your office(s) can save you a large sum by controlling the times at which energy is bought maximizing its efficiency. For example, costs can be radically reduced by the installation of lighting control systems since people frequently forget to turn off the lights when they are no longer required.

Here are some simple energy management ideas you can implement:

• Do not use artificial lighting in offices when the natural light is sufficient
• Open draperies and raise shades whenever adequate light from windows is available
• Use energy-saving fluorescent lights and lamps
• Switch off lights and appliances in unoccupied offices
• Turn off the bathroom's fan and lights whenever they are not occupied
• Install the light sensors to remind and educate office users about wasted light
• Use rechargeable batteries for calculators and other office devices
• Turn off computers that are not used, and utilized computer's energy/power management tools ( i.e. sleep mode, hibernate mode, screen saver)
• Reduce the use of lighting during night cleaning
• Arrange office meetings or conferences in the day time
• Keep office doors and windows closed if heating and air conditioning is on
• Switch off HVAC systems in offices when they are not in use
• Ensure thermostats are correctly adjusted
• Train and educate office employees to follow correct procedures of energy uses
• Report immediately for any abnormal equipment operation
• Purchase and use high efficiency office equipment and devices
• Set up a self-adult system for the office energy consumption