Reviewing the carbon footprint analysis of hotels: Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA) as a holistic method for carbon impact appraisal of tourist accommodation |
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| Authors: | Viachaslau Filimonau Janet Dickinson Derek Robbins Mark AJ Huijbregts |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Tourism, Dorset House, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom;2. Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Environmental Science, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands;1. Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Box 483, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;2. MECO P.C., Technopolis Thessaloniki ICT Business Park, 55535 Pylaia, Greece;1. Welsh Economy Research Unit & ESRC Business Relationships Accountability Sustainability and Society Centre, Cardiff University, UK;2. Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance, School of Management and Languages, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK;1. Program of Landscape and Recreation, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Rd., Taichung 402, Taiwan;2. Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan;3. Department of Architecture, National United University, 1 Lienda, Miaoli 360, Taiwan;4. Department of Leisure Planning, National Formosa University, 64 Wen-Hua Rd, Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan;1. Public Research Centre Henri Tudor (CRPHT)/Resource Centre for Environmental Technologies (CRTE), 6A, Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg;2. Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources, University of Sassari, Via Piandanna 4, I-07100 Sassari, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This study discusses the potential for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to be utilized for the environmental assessment of tourism accommodation facilities, and their contribution to global carbon footprint. To demonstrate the viability of employing LCA in the hotel sector, its simplified derivative, Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA), is applied to two tourism accommodation facilities in Poole, Dorset (UK) to quantify their CO2 emissions. The results indicate that the reviewed hotels are less energy and carbon-intense than the tourism accommodation establishments reported in the literature. This may indirectly imply the continuous progress of hotel’s energy efficiency over time. The implications of the current energy use practices in the reviewed hotels are discussed and suggestions are made on how to further improve the energy performance and therefore cut the carbon footprint. Recommendations for hotel management and policy-making are developed to reduce the energy and carbon intensity of the hotel industry. A method for energy and carbon footprint analysis of outsourced laundries and breakfast services is also proposed. |
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