Sustainable Hospitality in Hotel Designs: An Ideal Process towards Limiting Energy Use in Hotel Facilities

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Onunwo Chisom N.
Arc. Tonye D. Pepple

Abstract

Is no longer news that the cost of energy use in hotel facilities are ever-increasing, and this as a result of not just change in climatic conditions, but the earnest desires to give the customers the best of experience as customers always want something more. Apart from competitions that these various hotel brands face within themselves, yet another smart and intelligent business idea has emerged ‘Air bed and Breakfast' founded in 2008, which is positively disrupting the industry and competing with all brands at the same time. This new disruption means most small and medium brands might go out of business as they wouldn't be able to meet up financially! The bigger brands will have to do even more in terms of technology upgrade, human resource, and maintenance and design in general to maximize profits. All these will lead to an increase in energy demand for hotel facilities especially in areas where these competitions are very high like Washington D.C, New York City, Sans-Francisco, Los-Angeles etc. This paper is aimed at outlining the ideal process to be adopted in limiting energy by design for hotel facilities, and identifying technology and management tools, and equipment's to be adopted for best practices.

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