What is a low-carbon hotel

As an economic model based on low energy consumption, low pollution and low emission, low-carbon economy has emerged in the context of global response to climate change, and is regarded by experts as a global revolution involving production methods, lifestyles and values. Low-carbon hotel, that is, integrating the concept of environmental protection and low emission into hotel construction and operation, has recently become a kind of creativity and fashion.

For hotels, choosing energy-saving and emission reduction and low-carbon environmental protection is not only the social responsibility of enterprises and responding to the call of the government, but also provides enterprises with a brand-new perspective to examine the process, positioning, industry, supply chain and value chain, thus reducing costs, increasing benefits, creating value and building their own competitive advantages. It can not only highlight the social responsibility of hotel enterprises, create a good social image for hotels, but also reduce the operating costs of hotels and greatly enhance the profitability of hotel enterprises.

Provide bicycles and advocate environmental protection travel.

The carbon emission of buying 1 piece of clothes is 5.7kg, the carbon emission of electricity consumption 1 degree is 0.79kg, the carbon emission of burning 1 m3 of natural gas is 2.17kg, the carbon emission of traveling by plane is 27.5kg, and the carbon emission of taking subway station is 0./kloc-0. If cycling is used instead of everyday, the hotel will provide free use of bicycles for the tourists who stay, which not only conforms to the theme of low-carbon hotels, but also allows tourists to try different ways of travel within a suitable mileage.

Abandon the "discipline" of changing sheets every day;

1. Relevant carbon emission indicators for cleaning sheets, quilts and towels.

2. Clean the electricity consumption, water and washing powder of each sheet, quilt cover and towel.

According to statistics, if you can change the sheets and quilts less once when you stay in the hotel, you can save 0.03 kWh, 13 liter of water, 22.5 grams of washing powder, and correspondingly reduce 50 grams of carbon dioxide. If all star-rated hotels in China can change their sheets once every three days, they can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40,000 tons per year, and comprehensively save energy by about10.6 million tons of standard coal.

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In Japan, which has always been famous for its comfortable and caring service, many hotels have "environmental protection signs" hanging on the bedside of rooms, telling guests that if they don't need to change sheets every day, they can enjoy room price concessions or give away free services such as fruits. China's hotel industry has also put forward the concept of "green rooms", marked by "changing sheets every three days".

Deciphering the first carbon neutral hotel in China

URBN is the first "carbon neutral" hotel in China opened by Australians, which advocates low-carbon consumption. By calculating the carbon emissions generated by guests' consumption, the fees are collected in the form of carbon points, attracting a large number of customers to experience low-carbon life and stay in low-carbon hotels.

URBN was transformed from the old warehouse of a factory in Jiaozhou Road, Shanghai. The interior decoration is taken from the bricks and tiles when the old house in Suzhou was demolished. The porch is made of old wood, and the cabinets and floors are made of recycled wood, which is painted with environmental protection paint. The bathtub is made of mahogany and rock chips, and other things, such as wall tiles and furniture, are also transformed from old furniture. Fashion is filled with nostalgia, and more importantly, it conveys the concept of environmental protection, so that guests can always feel the moral superiority and responsibility of participating in environmental protection.