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I know I've mentioned before that we don't iron our sheets or pillowcases (and this is by no means a slight against anyone who does). However this is a slant that might make you feel better about not ironing them. Not ironing can be as much of a "green" approach as not changing towels every day (unless requested).Here's a quick sketch of the numbers (your numbers may vary) Roughly speaking an average steam iron (1500Watts) runs at about 1000 watts once up to temp. If you iron for an hour a day on average (some days more some days less) that translates to 1 KWHr per day or up to 365KWHr for the year. In NY we run about 15 cents per KWHr (NY is more costly than many states) so ironing the sheets costs around $55 per year. The cost isn't "green" though so you have to look at it in terms of green or anti-green things.365 KWHrs of electricity is equivalent to any one of the following:15 gal of crude oil (adjusted for efficiency of converting this to electricty)188 pounds of coal (adjusted for efficiency of converting this to electricty)16 gal of gasoline (adjusted for efficiency of converting this to electricty)So if you want to say that you practice green innkeeping by not using 188 lbs of coal to make flat sheets flatter, then go right ahead.
I know I've mentioned before that we don't iron our sheets or pillowcases (and this is by no means a slight against anyone who does). However this is a slant that might make you feel better about not ironing them. Not ironing can be as much of a "green" approach as not changing towels every day (unless requested).
Here's a quick sketch of the numbers (your numbers may vary) Roughly speaking an average steam iron (1500Watts) runs at about 1000 watts once up to temp. If you iron for an hour a day on average (some days more some days less) that translates to 1 KWHr per day or up to 365KWHr for the year. In NY we run about 15 cents per KWHr (NY is more costly than many states) so ironing the sheets costs around $55 per year. The cost isn't "green" though so you have to look at it in terms of green or anti-green things.
365 KWHrs of electricity is equivalent to any one of the following:
So if you want to say that you practice green innkeeping by not using 188 lbs of coal to make flat sheets flatter, then go right ahead.
