1. Pro-ecological solutions applied in hotels – examples
Agnieszka Stachowiak
Joanna Oleskow-Szlapka
Paulina Golinska   Poznan University of Technology

2. AGENDA Green management Green hotels – why?
Enviromental impact of hotels
How to become green hotel
Green hotels – examples in Poland

3. Green management
Green management is defined as “the processes and practices introduced by an organization for reducing, eliminating and ideally preventing negative environmental effects arising from its undertakings”

4. GREEN HOTELS
Hotel industry turn to the “green” side and implement more and more environmentally friendly solutions
The concept of a green hotel is well articulated by the Green Hotels Association [10], which states that
“Green Hotels are environmentally friendly properties whose managers are eager to institute programs that save water, energy and reduce solid waste – while saving money – to help protect our one and only Earth!”

5. Why hotels are becoming green
Hotels are advertising their green virtues and demonstrating their concern to customers
Hotels are installing allergy-free rooms and selling them at a premium
Meeting planners now ask for green menus
Hotels now offer Green Wedding packages

6. Why Green Your Hotel: Reduce Costs and other reasons
Energy Star buildings use 35% less energy than comparable buildings
Reduced energy, water and waste disposal bills go directly to the bottom line
Recruiting: some people prefer to work for green businesses — especially younger professionals
↓ toxic products = ↓ health risks to staff
Healthy indoor air quality may lead to improved productivity etc.

7. The enviromental impacts of the hotel

8. Energy, water and materials Generation of waste and hazardous waste
Service/ Activity
Description
Environmental Impacts
Administration
Hotel management
Reception of clients
Energy, water and materials
Generation of waste and hazardous waste
Technical services
Equipment for producing hot water and heating
Air conditioning
Lighting
Swimming pools
Green areas
Mice and insect extermination
Repairs and maintenance
Energy and water consumption
Consumption and generation of a wide range of hazardous products
Air and soil emissions
Generation of waste water
Pesticides use
Restaurant / bar
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Beverages and snacks
Energy, water and raw materials consumption, Packaging waste, Organic waste
Kitchen
Food conservation
Food preparation
Dish washing
Consumption of energy and water
Packaging waste, Oil waste
Organic waste, Generation of odors
Room use
Use by guests Products for guests’ use
Housekeeping
Energy, water and raw materials consumption
Use of hazardous products
Generation of waste packaging
Laundry
Washing and ironing of guests clothes
Washing and ironingn of hotel linens
Use of hazardous cleaning products
Graci, S. 2009, Can Hotels Accommodate Green? Examining What Influences Environmental Commitment in the Hotel Industry, VDM Verlag, Frankfurt.

9. HOTELS – enviromental impact…
The hotel industry is one of the most energy-intensive subsectors of the tourism industry, with about 50% of the overall energy consumption due to space conditioning. Hotels have been found to have the highest negative impact on the environment of all commercial buildings, with the exception of hospitals.

10. HOTELS - ENVIROMENT
Hotels: must limit a negative influences on the environment.
Basic questions: water, energy and materials.
3 different planning levels: architectural-technical planning of the building, implementation and utilization and, the enforcement.

11. Focus area Waste Management Energy Conservation Water Conservation
Recycling
Organics Diversion
Food & Goods Redistribution
Energy Conservation
Lighting retrofits
HVAC upgrades
Alternate energy technology
Promoting sustainable energy
Water Conservation
Tap aerators
Low flow showerheads
Low flush toilets
Wastewater recycling systems

14. The group Soneva Fushi Resort develops in Male, Maledives, the Soneva Fushi Resort - „Zero carbon” resort

15. Green hotels in POLAND
One of the examples of ecological hotels in Poland is Starwood. Sheraton Hotel in Poznan was awarded internationally as one of the most ecological hotels in Europe, Africa and in the Close East.

16. SHERATON - POZNAŃ
Together with Remondis - waste management company implemented program of waste sorting and managing to enable guests waste segregation.
The hotel cooperates with Philips Lightning Poland to benefit from energy saving lighting systems. The system used in Sheraton Poznan includes LED lighting sources (Philips Master LED – presented in the photo below) and ecological lamps Philips MASTER LED is a combination of a high quality light with low exploitation costs.

17. Sheraton on the website iStayGreen

18. Ecological initiatives implemented by Starwood Hotels&Resorts include, among others:
Green patrols – teams responsible for implementation of green solution in hotels,
Segregation of hazardous waste (batteries, electronics etc)
Recyclable materials collecting (paper, glass, plastic),
Water saving thanks to modernization of water distribution equipment (it has been proved that water use decreased by 40% after implementation of before mentioned facilities),
Saving energy thanks to using energy-saving lighting sources,
Monitoring and scheduling ventilation systems with respect to demand level,
Using environment-friendly detergents,
Green Room program, developed to suggest guest reusing their towels and sheets.

19. LIM Center/ Marriot in Warsaw
It modernizes its infrastructure to save energy and increase comfort of guests and become greener (more ecological).
The Hotel and office building were awarded with Trane Energy Efficiency Leader Award.

20. LIM Center/ Marriot in Warsaw
The infrastructure improvements implemented has led to 30% electric energy use decrease, noise level decrease and greenhouse gases emissions reductions.
Modernization of the HVAC(Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) system included implementation of four new cooling aggregates of high efficiency (1650hW), automatic and equipped with “free-cooling” towers. Preventive maintenance service was implemented as well.

21. CONLUSIONS
However not only achieving ecological requirements is important, but also proving the level of meeting green standards. The most reliable proof for meeting the standards is a certificate - Benchmark Hotels , International Hotel Environmental Initiative (IHEI), Green Hotel Association, Green Leaf Program