Hotels, Leisure & Hospitality Solar Carport Buyer's Guide and Checklist

The Hotels, Leisure & Hospitality Solar Carport Checklist

This checklist is for hotels, leisure & hospitality buyers — typically finance directors, sustainability heads, estate managers or procurement leads — and sets out what to check, ask and budget for before a carport project goes to tender.

What to check

• AIA: check the tax benefit for your group structure
• OZEV Workplace Charging Scheme: check eligibility for staff and guest charging
• Guest EV charging: check PMS integration (Opera, Mews, Cloudbeds)
• Heritage: design for Conservation Area and Listed sites
• GSTC, Green Tourism Gold and B Corp: check what evidence a carport can supply
• Hotel Energy Solutions (HES) toolkit: check how the project fits
• Worked example: see the modelled 120 kWp hotel group carport on the hospitality sector page

How to use the checklist

• Run an internal feasibility estimate for your site profile
• Identify the right funding route (capital allowances / PPA / asset finance / nation-specific public-sector programmes)
• Build the business case for board/committee approval
• Know what to ask installers when running a competitive tender

Before you appoint an installer

• Check the installer's MCS certificate on the MCS register where the scheme applies, and OZEV authorisation if EV chargers are included
• Ask who holds the principal designer and principal contractor roles under CDM 2015
• Ask for a RIDDOR record and a current CHAS, SafeContractor or Constructionline certificate
• Ask who submits the planning and G99 grid applications, and what the quote includes
• Ask what the O&M agreement and the manufacturer warranties cover

Related on solarcarparks.co.uk

• Full Hotels, Leisure & Hospitality sector guide
• Grants & funding routes
• Compare PPA, AIA, asset finance, Salix