Hotels: cut 15 to 20% off your heating bill, with zero upfront cost.
Energy costs have doubled for UK hotels since 2018. The Commercial Heating Efficiency Programme installs patented technology, monitors the savings against a verified baseline, and splits them with you 50/50. You pay nothing if your bills do not fall.
Hotel heating bills doubled in four years. Most operators are quietly losing 15 to 20% of every pound to a system flaw.
Inside any wet heating system, dissolved nitrogen and oxygen form microbubbles that line the inside of pipes and radiators. They act as insulation. The boiler works harder. The radiators run cooler. Guest comfort suffers and the gas bill climbs.
Most maintenance contracts do not address this because it is not a boiler problem. It is a water-chemistry problem inside the heating loop. The technology we install removes those gases continuously, lifts radiator surface temperature by 10 to 12 degrees, and protects the system from the corrosion that produces magnetite sludge. Lower bills. Warmer rooms. Quieter plant.
VorteXtract: a one-time install that runs for the lifetime of the building.
CHEP is an independent operator that deploys VorteXtract, a patented vortex-based heating system optimiser, into the wet heating systems of UK hotels, care homes, farms, and commercial estates.
The unit uses your existing circulation pump to spin the heating water into a vortex. The low-pressure zone at the centre draws dissolved gases out of solution. The gases are collected and vented continuously. No moving parts. No consumables. 40+ year working life.
Once installed and commissioned, the unit works automatically through every heating season for the lifetime of the building.
| Heating cost reduction | 15 to 20% (typical) |
| Carbon emissions reduction | ~20% (typical) |
| Radiator surface temperature | +10 to 12°C |
| Dissolved oxygen post-treatment | ~0.2 ppm (inert) |
| System lifespan extension | +6 to 7 years |
| Product lifespan | 40+ years |
You take no financial risk. We take all of it.
We fund the installation
The unit, the engineer time, the commissioning, the monitoring kit. All paid for by us. There is no invoice from CHEP at install.
We measure the savings
Twelve months of pre-install consumption data become your baseline. Post-install consumption is monitored against a degree-day-adjusted forecast. The methodology is auditable.
You share the savings
50% of every verified pound saved goes to you, recurring, for the duration of the agreement. If there is no saving, there is no payment.
What this looks like in a real hotel.
118-room mid-market hotel
Typical result. Site-specific savings depend on heating load, system age, and occupancy patterns. Verified using the IPMVP Option C methodology with 12 months of pre-install data.
What you get for free, with no obligation.
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Site visit by a qualified heating engineerVisual inspection of plant room, system age and condition assessment, dissolved gas indication test where access allows.
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12-month consumption baselineAnalysis of your last 12 months of meter data to establish the verified baseline that any savings calculation will reference.
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Site-specific savings projectionA forecast of the annual saving range your site can realistically achieve, based on system characteristics and consumption profile.
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Written proposal and contract draftIf your site qualifies, you receive a one-page proposal and the EPC contract for review by your finance team or solicitor.
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No obligation to proceedYou can decline at any stage. The site visit, baseline analysis, and projection are yours to keep.
The questions Finance Directors ask first.
What does the programme actually cost the hotel?
Nothing upfront. Nothing at install. Nothing if your bills do not fall. We invoice only against verified savings, and only for our 50% share. If your bills go up due to colder weather or a tariff change, the methodology degree-day-adjusts the comparison so you are not penalised.
Will it disrupt guests during install?
Install is typically half a day with the system briefly drained. We schedule outside peak occupancy and outside heating-critical periods. Most hotels report no detectable guest impact.
How long is the agreement?
Typically a five to seven year shared-savings term. The unit remains yours at the end of the agreement. Specific terms are set in your contract following the assessment.
We are mid-refurbishment. Bad timing?
Often the opposite. Installing the unit pre-refurbishment protects new boilers and pipework from day one and removes a hidden inefficiency before you commit refit budget.
Who is CHEP and how is this funded?
The Commercial Heating Efficiency Programme is operated by an independent commercial entity. We are not a government scheme, statutory body, or public authority. The programme is privately funded and recovers cost solely from the share of savings generated post-install.
How does this fit with our ESG and sustainability reporting?
The unit reduces gas consumption and carbon emissions by approximately 20%. We provide quarterly verified data suitable for inclusion in corporate sustainability disclosures, ISO 14001 reporting, and supply chain ESG questionnaires.
See what your hotel could be saving.
Fill the form for a callback within one working day, or book a 15-minute discovery call directly in our calendar.
Prefer to book directly?
If you would rather skip the form, pick a 15-minute slot for a discovery call with our programme lead. We use the time to confirm fit, walk through the assessment, and answer any questions before any site visit is scheduled.
No sales pitch. No pressure. If your site is not a fit we will tell you.