Environmental Management for Hotels: A Student's Handbook

Environmental Management for Hotels: A student’s handbook......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
What do we mean by the environment?......Page 12
The driving forces for change......Page 14
Sustainability and the protection of scarce resources......Page 15
Global environmental issues......Page 18
Tourism, hospitality and the environment......Page 23
References and further reading......Page 26
The environmental system......Page 27
Environmental policy, strategy and implementation......Page 29
Environmental impact assessment......Page 33
Case studies......Page 36
References and further reading......Page 41
Water and the environment......Page 43
Water supplies......Page 44
Improving water quality......Page 48
Control of water consumption......Page 51
Case studies......Page 55
References and further reading......Page 56
The principles of energy management......Page 58
Energy supplies......Page 59
The energy management programme......Page 64
 Case studies......Page 86
References and further reading......Page 90
The significance of the indoor environment......Page 91
Chemical hazards......Page 92
Air quality......Page 96
Noise......Page 104
Light......Page 109
Non-ionizing radiation......Page 110
References and further reading......Page 111
The need for materials and waste management......Page 113
The waste audit......Page 114
Product purchasing......Page 116
Operations management......Page 118
Environmental pollution......Page 121
Recycling......Page 127
Case studies......Page 131
Summary......Page 135
References and further reading......Page 136
Index......Page 138