Resources
• Hospitality Sector – Saving Energy Dollars in Hotels, Motels and Restaurants  | |
| Information: guide written for hospitality managers and is meant as an introduction to energy efficiency. Provides hospitality managers with information on how to calculate their facility's current energy use, compare their operation with others in Canada, adopt measures that could lead to both cost and energy savings, and calculate those potential savings. (51 pages) Date of Publication: 2003 | |
| • Hospitality Topic Hub | |
| Information: provides information on and links to pollution prevention, waste minimization, environmentally-preferable purchasing, energy and water conservation, environmentally-beneficial landscaping, and recycling resources for the hospitality sector. | |
| • Pollution Prevention for Hotel and Conference Management | |
| Information: provides links to information on green meetings, green hotels and pollution prevention in the hospitality sector. | |
| • Pollution Prevnetion in the Hospitality Sector | |
| Information: this resource provides links to information for the following areas within the hospitality sector: lodging and tourism, golf courses, energy and water efficiency, restaurants. | |
| • Audubon Green LeafTM Eco-Rating Program | |
| Information: graduated rating system designed to identify hotels committed to improving their bottom line fiscal and environmental performance. Program recognizes environmental achievements through a reward of 1 to 5 Green Leafs; 1 for a minimum of committing to a set of environmental principles and 2 through 5 for results in applying those principles. | |
| • Energy Star for Hospitality | |
| Information: voluntary partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S EPA, product manufacturers, local utilities, and retailers throughout the United States. Energy Star is a labeling program allowing businesses and consumers to purchase energy-efficient products. Role: This website provides information geared to the hospitality sector, including backgrounders on how to design and implement an energy management strategy that will improve performance while cutting costs. | |
| • The Natural Step | |
| Role: engages with companies to transform the way they do business by integrating sustainability principles into their core strategies, decisions, operations -- and bottom line. Information: case studies, articles, reports | |
| • Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise - NOPP | |
| • "Green" Hotels Association | |
| Role: to bring together hotels interested in environmental issues Information: catalog of environmental products, list of member hotels | |
| • British Columbia and Yukon Hotel Association | |
| Role: advocate and spokesperson for the interests of the Hotel Industry throughout British Columbia and the Yukon. | |
| • Hotel Association of Canada | |
| Role: national organization representing the accommodation industry in Canada with an objective to assist both their national and international members as they endeavor to enhance their competitiveness and achieve their bottom line. | |