Sustainable Hospitality: Environmental Performance
1 THE BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABILITY
1. Introduction
2. Increase Revenue
3. Reduce Costs
4. Non-Financial Benefits
5. Hotel Chains Are Going Green
6. Achieve SHA Climate Change Goals
7. Respond to Incentives
2 STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
1. Introduction
2. Assess the Hotel’s Performance
3. Understand the Hotel’s Environmental Impact
4. Understand Stakeholder and Customer Priorities
5. Establish Goals and Priorities
6. Establish the Management Structure
7. Develop Expertise
8. Identify Financial Resources
9. Get Employees Involved
10. Green Marketing
3 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
1. Introduction
2. Principles
3. Benefits
4. How to Organize an Energy Efficiency Program
5. Application Questions I
6. Operations and Maintenance
7. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
8. Domestic Hot Water (DHW)
9. Heat Recovery and Transfer
10. Interior Insulation
11. Motors
12. Lighting
13. Laundry
14. Kitchen
15. Elevators and Escalators
16. Bathrooms
17. Swimming Pools
18. Data Centers
19. Plug Loads
20. Transformers
21. Building Shell
22. Reduce Demand Charges
23. Incentivize Hotel Tenants
24. Renewable Energy
25. Reducing Fossil Fuel Use by 100 Percent
4 WATER CONSERVATION
1. Introduction
2. Principles
3. Benefits
4. How to Organize a Water Conservation Program
5. Bathrooms
6. Laundry
7. Kitchen
8. Landscaping
9. Heating and Cooling
10. Swimming Pools
11. Guest Incentive Programs
12. Stormwater Management
5 WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. Introduction
2. Principles
3. Benefits
4. How to Organize a Waste Management Program
5. Application Question
6. Reduce
7. Reuse
8. Recycle
9. Resources
6 INDOOR AIR QUALITY/TOXICS USE REDUCTION
1. Introduction
2. Principles
3. Green Product Certifications
4. Product Substitution
5. How to Assure Good Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
6. Odor Problems
7. Mold
8. Allergy-Friendly Rooms
9.Green Cleaning
10. Legionellosis
11. Mercury
12. Indoor Plants and Biophilic Design
13. Landscaping: Reducing Chemical and Fertilizer Use
7 TRANSPORTATION
1. Introduction
2. Principles
3. Low-Emission Vehicles
4. EV Charging Stations
5. Green Parking Garages
6. Greener Parking Lots
7. Other Forms of Transportation
8. Carbon Offsets
8 FOOD
1. Introduction
2. Principles
3. Meat
4. Eggs
5. Sustainable Seafood
6. Beehives
7. Other Ideas
9 PROCUREMENT
1. Introduction
2. Principles
3. How to Organize a Sustainable Procurement Program
4. Recycled-Content Products
5. Sustainable Furniture 6. Fabrics
10 MEETINGS AND EVENTS
1. Introduction
2. Transportation
3. Energy Efficiency and Carbon Offsets
4. Waste Management
5. Food
6. Publicize Sustainable Practices
11 RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
1. Introduction
2. Principles
3. General Resilience Measures
4. Resilience to Flooding
5. Resilience to Extreme Heat
6. Resilience to Wildfires