Energy and consumption

Term	Meaning
kWh	Kilowatt-hour, the unit of energy. Everything is converted to this so you can add different sources together.
Feed-in	The electricity your solar panels return to the grid because you aren’t using it yourself at that moment.
SCOP	Seasonal Coefficient of Performance of a heat pump: how much heat it delivers on average over a year per unit of electricity. SCOP 4 means 4 kWh of heat per 1 kWh of electricity.
GO	Guarantee of Origin. A certificate proving that as much renewable electricity was generated as you consumed.
EAN number	The unique number for your electricity or gas connection. Found on your invoice and on the meter.
Heat pump	Device that extracts heat from air, water, or soil using electricity. Delivers more heat than the electricity it consumes.

CO₂

Term	Meaning
CO₂e	CO₂ equivalent. Other greenhouse gases are converted to the amount of CO₂ with the same effect.
Scope 1	Direct emissions from what you burn yourself: gas, heating oil, pellets.
Scope 2	Indirect emissions from the energy you purchase, mainly electricity.
Scope 3	All other emissions in your chain, from purchasing to your guests’ travel. Not included in your footprint.
Emission factor	How much CO₂ is released per unit of fuel or electricity.

Term	Meaning
pppn	Per person per night. Your consumption divided by your person-nights.
rpn	Per room per night. Your consumption divided by your room-nights.
Room-nights	Number of occupied rooms multiplied by the number of nights.
Person-nights	Number of guests multiplied by the number of nights they stayed.
Benchmark	The anonymous comparison with accommodations similar to yours.
Percentile	What percentage of comparable accommodations are performing worse than you. High is always good.
HCMI	International method for measuring and comparing the consumption of accommodations.

Term	Meaning
EU Ecolabel	European environmental label, also for tourist accommodations.
Green Key	International sustainability label for accommodations and catering.
Certification	The process to obtain a label, including evidence and inspection.

Term	Meaning
TVL	Visit Flanders (Toerisme Vlaanderen), which recognizes accommodations. Recognition is required for publication.
Statbel	The Belgian statistics office, where you report your accommodation figures.
Mijn Fluvius	The grid operator’s customer portal containing your consumption and EAN.
EnergyID	Platform where you collect your consumption data and from which we can automatically retrieve it.
EPC/NR	Energy Performance Certificate for non-residential buildings.