ECA Technology: promoting sustainability through car charging stations in accommodation facilities

The concept of sustainability is becoming more and more topical given the urgency of the environmental issue. This is why a new way of travelling and discovering new places while respecting the Planet and the destinations themselves, through quality experiences, is also emerging in the tourism sector. People are thus travelling more and more in electric vehicles because sustainability is also crucial in mobility.

Electric car charging stations in facilities

Hospitality facilities are very attentive to customers’ needs and also to the increasingly widespread philosophy that sees environmental sustainability as a goal to be pursued in order to live better and make people live better. Faced with more and more guests equipped with electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, tourism operators are aware that having car charging stations is an extra weapon to attract customers and confirm loyal ones. In fact, several portals host a list of campsites and villages with electric car charging stations, giving camping enthusiasts the chance to choose the facilities that best meet their needs. In Italy, the number of facilities equipped with this service has tripled since 2022. These portals usually indicate the number of sockets available, and the charging power (usually from 7.4 to 22 kW).

Incentives for energy efficiency and charging stations

The Italian Ministry of Tourism on this topic has supplemented the list of energy efficiency works that can be subsidised for tourist accommodation facilities. Among the incentives provided by the State is also that for the installation of infrastructure for recharging electric vehicles. These facilities must be intended for the exclusive use of the tourist facility involved in the intervention in order to be included in the eligible expenses to benefit from the 80% tax credit and non-repayable contribution for accommodation facilities provided by the implementing decree of the PNRR decree with the incentives known as the “superbonus hotel” for tourist enterprises. Specifically, the following can benefit from the reliefs: hotel enterprises, enterprises engaged in agritourism, enterprises that manage open-air accommodation facilities (campsites), enterprises in the tourism, recreation, trade fair and conference sector, including: bathing establishments; spa complexes; marinas; theme parks (including water and wildlife parks).

ECA Technology Charging Stations

ECA Technology charging stations offer the possibility for tourism facility managers to provide an optimal and customised service through the single installation or the distribution of several charging points that can be managed simultaneously.

The advantages of ECA Technology’s charging stations:

• Ease of use: activation of the service is simplified thanks to the management of the service via RFID cards, approaching the station will quickly initiate the recharging service. The service can be charged to the customer via the cards
• Flexibility and versatility: type 1 and type 2 vehicles can be connected to the type 2 (universal) socket
• Robustness and resistance: ECA Technology’s charging stations are IP54 and IK10 certified to withstand water and dust
• Connectivity and remote management: the ECA Technology charging station is always connected via Wi-Fi, Ethernet cable, 4G connectivity, or Bluetooth

Choosing ECA Technology’s charging stations is the best way to benefit from the available incentives and start a new service available to customers of tourist facilities.