Prospects And Challenges of Green Hotels Prepaid For: Dr. Noor Azimin Binti Zainol Group Members : ZHOU CHEN YU 234763 NABILAH NAJDAH BINTI AHMD NOR 238349 SHAIRA IRIEN BINTI ABDUL SALAM 239112 TAN SHEE YEE 239533 YIM HUI MING 240169 LIM KOK HAO 240663

Outlines : Introduction to Green Hotels Prospects of Green Hotels Challenges of Green Hotels Conclusion 4/25/2017

Introduction To Green Hotels The environmentally-friendly properties to minimize the impact on the environment Save energy and water , also decrease solid waste Provide high quality products for guests that fulfil the demand of environment protection Become the role model for the world by promoting the green initiative

Prospects Waste management Environment management practices Energy efficiency Water conservation Implementing green initiatives

Waste Management Waste materials can be in condition of gas , liquid or solid Causing dangerous effects Ways to reduce waste : Implementing concept of 3R Reuse,Recycle,Reduce Save energy and resources Reduce pollution Save operating costs

Environment Management Practices Reduce the environmental impact that caused by a hotel business operations Improve green hotel’s performance overtime Effective cost saving measure for hotel Ways to implement environment management practices: Environmental training programme for staffs from all levels Using the BEP guide: 1) Water 2) Energy 3) Wastes 4) Purchasing policy 5) Logistic 6) Noise, air quality, and landscape integration

Energy Efficiency way of using the same amount or less energy to produce more output Use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function Ways to save energy: LED light bulbs- can save electricity and last up longer Daylighting method- natural light from sun provided in the rooms

Water Conservation Water is the important stress for local environment Hotels use large amount of water per day The way to save water : Low-flow shower heads Automatic flushing system Rainwater harvesting

Implementing Green Initiatives to reduce the environmental impact on our planet effort to provide more efficient and eco-friendly services Ways to implement green intiatives: Management can guide all the staff to save every paper Give a directions to employees for the item that can be recycle Conserve energy Eliminating paper waste Staff play an important role in implementing green initiatives building maintenance

Challenges Of Green Hotels Having enough capital to build a green hotel Limited knowledge or resources from green hotel management Ability to find suppliers offering the products for green hotels Ability to find profit for green hotels Getting green certification

Having Enough Capital massive costs for a hotel to get new technology to buy the new facilities and equipment. needed for the investors to contribute funds for the hotel Many hotel failed to prepare a good business plan because they lack of knowledge in the field of green hotels Cash flow management is important for business to plan its future Mistakes that hotelier made and cause poor cash flow management: always overestimate future sales volumes cash flow budget should be using for a hotel to operate

Limited Knowledge And Resources Environmentally friendly hotel that using energy-saving technologies The knowledge gained purely from the internet are not exhaustive Green hotel seen only limited to saving energy source, but it actually involves operations throughout the hotel is also managed by the healthy way, the state and society

Ability To Find Suppliers Green hotel need equipment to design rooms and facility in hotel The equipment needs by the green hotels mostly is from foreign country Cost of equipment from foreign country is higher Hard to find supplier in Malaysia Bring trouble to green hotel while equipment have any problems

Ability To Find Profit Green hotel hard to save money in other ways Green equipment will also increase the hotel’s costs Hotel has earned the profit through their operating and marketing, the hotel still needs to pay the taxations which created by government face the challenge of different sectors especially environmental regulations and policies.

Getting Green Certification Certificate is very expensive Certificate takes a lot of time to settle Better choice is using the money that hotel would spend on certification to improve the quality of the stay with facilities .

Conclusion Green hotel bring a lot of benefit to environment Save energy, save water, save electric and reduce wasted Prospects : Waste management, Environment management practices, Energy efficiency, Water conservation, Implementing green initiatives Challenges Of Green Hotels: Having enough capital to build a green hotel, Limited knowledge or resources from green hotel management, Ability to find suppliers offering the products for green hotels, Ability to find profit for green hotels and Getting green certification .

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