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THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SUSTAINABLE HOTELS
Irena Peršić-Živadinov
Sažetak
The paper considers sustainable development in the context of tourism and hospitality practice. The important role that buildings and hotels have in reducing the negative impact on the environment, through implementation of sustainability is highlighted. Sustainable hotels that are designed, constructed, and operated sustainably, use energy, water, materials, and land much more efficiently and effectively than hotel buildings that are simply built to code. Most major chains like Marriott and Hilton are looking for ways to integrate green into their hotels. Although there are upfront costs associated with becoming an sustainable property, the case studies described in the paper show how many changes will pay for themselves in short time. Green practices have high environmental performances but the hotels are adopting it primarily for financial reasons. Differently from international practice sustainable building practice is poorly applied during a life cycle of hotels in Croatia. Conclusions about the achieved level of sustainable building developmentand in the Republic of Croatia, with proposals for further development, are based on the results of extensive research in tourism carried out in 2008, on a representative sample, and using relevant scientific instruments.
Ključne riječi
Sustainable building; sustainable hotel; sustainable practice; tourism; environment; greenhouse gases; global warming; energy; cost; benefit
Hrčak ID:
38214
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Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2009.
Posjeta: 6.135 *