A recent study shows that five- star hotels in Dubai, the second largest emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), consume 225 percent more energy than their counterparts in Europe, local newspaper Gulf News reported on Sunday.

According to the study by Farnek Avireal, a Dubai-based total facilities management company, hotels in Dubai on average consume between 650 and 1,250 liters of water per guest and between 275 and 325 kilowatt-hours of power per square meter, the report said.

The study shows that similar hotels in Germany use only 350 liters and 100 kilowatt-hours per square meter, which makes a difference of 225 percent.

Despite a difference in climate between the UAE and Europe, such vast differences in energy consumption are abnormal, the report added.

"Hotels in European countries with temperate climates endure cold winters when they need heating, and due to global warming, endure much longer and warmer summers when they need cooling. The energy output differential should not be three-fold," Markus Oberlin, a senior official with Farnek Avireal, stressed.

Statistics show that Dubai has about 285 hotels and 135 serviced apartments. In 2006, Dubai received 6.5 million visitors and registered revenue of around 3 billion U.S. dollars.

Source: Xinhua