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Hot water for every room, for a fraction of the fuel bill

Guest showers, kitchens, laundry and the pool are a hotel’s biggest heat loads, and most of them sit between 28 and 80 °C — exactly where a heat pump works best. One heat pump plant can replace diesel, LPG or electric heating across the property, and a water-source machine can cool and heat at the same time.

2012Building heat pumps since
5,000+Installations across India
28–80 °CPool to laundry, one technology
−20 °CEVI machines for hill resorts
Typical duties

Where the heat goes in a hotel

Size each load separately; a heat pump plant with storage covers the morning and evening peaks without oversizing.

DutyTemperatureWhat a heat pump does
Guest room hot water55–60 °CHeats and stores water in insulated tanks; storage held at 60 °C for hygiene.
Kitchen and dishwasher booster60–85 °CHigh-temperature machines replace electric boosters and LPG.
Laundry60–80 °CWash water from a high-temperature heat pump instead of a boiler.
Swimming pool and spa26–36 °CTitanium heat exchanger for chlorinated water; optional summer cooling.
Space heating (hill resorts)35–55 °CFan coils or floor heating from EVI machines down to −20 °C ambient.
Air conditioning with heat recovery7 °C chilled + 60 °C hotA water-source heat pump makes chilled water and hot water together.
Worked example

A 100-room hotel replacing a diesel boiler

Guest rooms at about 120 litres a day each at 80% occupancy, plus kitchen and laundry: 12,000 litres a day heated from 27 to 60 °C, about 460 kWh of heat a day, every day of the year.

₹17.8 lakhDiesel boiler, per year (85% efficient, ₹90/L)
₹4.3 lakhHeat pump, per year (COP 3.5, ₹9/kWh)
₹13.5 lakhSaving per year

That load needs roughly 40 kW of heat pump running about 12 hours a day into storage. Payback is the installed cost divided by the yearly saving; for a diesel site it is usually short. If the hotel also has a pool or central air conditioning, a water-source heat pump can use the heat rejected by cooling to make hot water, and the saving grows.

Example only: occupancy, tariffs, fuel price and climate change the result. Use the calculator or send us your numbers.
Why Sunniva

Built for hotel engineering teams

Sized on your occupancy

We size on litres per room, occupancy and peak hours, not on a catalogue rating, and include storage in the selection.

Cold-climate proven

Our EVI machines run hotels and guest houses in Leh and the hills, where winter is the design case.

Service across India

A nationwide service network, spares from our own factory, and remote support by video call.

Made in our own factory

Designed and built in Asangaon, Maharashtra, so custom duties and replacement parts come from us directly.

Honest numbers

Capacity and COP come from our published datasheets at several ambient temperatures.

One partner for every load

Rooms, kitchen, laundry and pool from one supplier, with one set of controls to learn.

Questions we hear

Before you decide

Will a heat pump give enough hot water at the morning peak?

Yes, when it is sized with storage. The heat pump runs steadily and fills insulated tanks; the tanks cover the peak. We size the tank and the heat pump together from your occupancy and peak hours.

Do we need a backup boiler or heater?

Usually not in most of India. Many hotels keep the existing boiler as a standby for the first season. In very cold locations we select EVI machines that hold 60 °C output without electric backup.

What about Legionella?

Store water at 60 °C and run a periodic higher-temperature cycle. Our commercial and high-temperature machines are built for 60 °C storage and above.

Can the same system heat the pool?

Pools need a titanium heat exchanger because of chlorine, so we use a dedicated pool heat pump. It can share controls and installation with the hot water plant.

How much space does it need?

Air-source units go on a terrace or service yard with open air around them. Tanks go in a plant room. Send us a photo or drawing and we will propose a layout.

Send us your hotel’s numbers

Rooms, occupancy, current fuel and monthly bill, and any pool or kitchen loads. An engineer will come back with a selection, a layout idea and an honest payback.

Example figures use stated assumptions and example tariffs; your site’s numbers will differ. Model selection and capacities are taken from our published datasheets; confirm the final selection with our engineers.