Project Overview
Construction
Occupancy
Behavioural models
Demand
Renewable technologies
Conclusion
Team
Acknowledgements
Occupancy
Occupancy Data Collection
The occupancy data has been collected from two holiday accommodations and one statistic database which are:
1. Lagnakeil Lodges, Oban
- Lagnakeil holiday accommodation has 17 self-catering Lodges and 4 cottages
- Each Lodge may accommodate between 2-6 people per night depends on the type of lodge
- Every Lodge includes a kitchen, electric cooker, electric heating, natural ventilation for cooling, microwave, water heater, television and appliances.
- Lagnakeil holiday accommodation is situated close to the banks of Loch Feochan, Scotland
** Energy consumption data per lodge throughout the year has also been collected from Lagnakeil holiday accommodation, Oban.
2. Strathyre Forest Cabins, Strathyre
- Forestholidays holiday accommodation has 35 log cabins
- Each cabin may accommodate between 2-12 people per night depends on the type of cabin
- Every cabin includes a kitchen, electric cooker, electric heating, natural ventilation for cooling, microwave, water heater, television and appliances
- Forestholidays holiday accommodation is situated close to the town of Callander, Perthshire
3. Tourism in Southern Scotland 2009, Visit Scotland
- One-year statistics (2009) for self-catering accommodation occupancy in the Scottish Borders.
The occupancy data collected from the three sources was divided into two groups.
a. Timber self-catering lodges/ cabins in Northern Scotland
- Lagnakeil Lodges, Oban
- Strathyre Forest Cabins, Strathyre
b. Self-catering flats, chalets, cottages, bungalows, lodges, cabin in the Scottish Borders
- Tourism in Southern Scotland 2009, Visit Scotland
The data collected from both holiday accommodations was in terms of number of bed nights per week from March 2010 to February 2011. However, the data from Visit Scotland (2009 one-year statistics for self-catering accommodation occupancy in the Scottish Borders) were in percentage of total occupancy. It is important to highlight that in order to convert these percentages to bed nights per month, it was assumed that any house would be fully occupied or unoccupied because the Scottish Borders self-catering accommodation would be more suitable for leisure-seeking visitors as families with children including grand-parents instead of business people. Hence we will work with bed nights per month in further calculations.