HENOC sector focus
Leisure & Sport
Pools, pitches and plant rooms — heat is the whole conversation.
Gym chains, leisure centres, swimming pools, golf clubs and arenas carry an unusual cost profile: continuous pool heating and ventilation, long opening hours, and short, very sharp event peaks. Gas often outweighs electricity, and pool halls run plant around the clock regardless of footfall. We buy for that plant load, not for a generic hospitality profile.
Typical supply
HH electricity at larger centres, substantial gas for pool and space heating, NHH at smaller clubs
Load shape
Early-morning and evening peaks, continuous pool plant, event spikes at arenas
Main cost drivers
Pool heating and dehumidification, ventilation, floodlighting, gas commodity
What makes leisure & sport different
Pool plant never stops
Water heating, circulation and air handling run continuously. That base load dominates the bill and rewards close attention to gas price timing.
Event peaks at arenas
Floodlighting and event power concentrate demand into a few hours, which can push agreed capacity and trigger excess charges.
Membership-driven revenue
Income is comparatively fixed while energy is not, so budget certainty is often worth more than chasing the last fraction of a penny.
Mixed estates
Chains typically hold a mix of owned centres, leased units and local-authority contracts on different terms and end dates.
How we work with leisure & sport clients
Gas-first strategy
Where gas is the larger exposure, we build the buying strategy around gas timing rather than treating it as an afterthought.
Capacity review before events
Agreed capacity checked against measured event peaks so excess charges do not appear after the fact.
Portfolio alignment
Sites worked towards common end dates so the whole estate can be tendered as one volume.
Plant-hours reporting
Where HH data shows plant running outside opening hours, we flag it plainly with no fee attached.
Common things we find
- Pool plant schedules unchanged since installation
- Excess capacity charges after adding floodlighting or new studio kit
- Individual clubs auto-renewing outside the group contract
Findings vary by client and site. Nothing here is a guarantee of saving — we quote against your own bills, and where we quote savings our clients average around 15%.
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