Sustainability Practices at Hotels and BnB Establishments …
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Table 2 Goals and actions towards sustainable accommodations
Goals and actions in BnBs
Goals and actions in hotels
Our goal is to become an energy center on the
island
Re-cycled interior and construction materials.
Folder in the room talks about sustainability
measures. Ecological sheets
We rent out bicycles to our guests
Being self-reliance—producing my own
vegetables using sustainable cultivation
methods, installing solar panels, insulate the
house to reduce energy usage
Solar panels. Led lighting. We drive electric
car
Certified breakfast buffet. Ecological
products. Local suppliers
Geothermal heating. Waste sorting
We buy wind power, drive gas car. Don’t buy
stuff, borrow machines instead. We have
installed timers for use of hot water
Inform of local excursions, events and local
craftsman. We have info brochures on the wall
We want to be the leading hotel within
sustainability thinking. The guests are to put
their garbage in a vessel—we then sort in 17
different sections
Save water, signs on towel use, waste sorting,
energy efficient (no heating in the rooms when
no guests are present)
The food is from Gotlandic suppliers,
retailers, info boards are placed in the
restaurants for the guests about this
Consumption should go down e.g. sheets
should not be changed so often. Leftover food
goes to biofuel. We compost or the
municipality does it
We have signs on sustainability measures in
all the rooms, at the pool on the water use and
the reuse of the towels
We hire an eco-labelled laundry. The pool is
heated with recycled heat
More waste sorting, we donate goods that are
left behind to aid organizations
Signing lists are available and applied for the
staff in order to check up sustainable measures
No internal training takes place within
environmental issues due to short employment
contracts
We developed our own technology—took
away all chemicals—more money remains in
the cashier, do not release toxins into the
sewer, staff feel better
We have won several awards for our
environmental work
The people, planet, profit—important to
consider
Two days of introductory course for all staff.
In the case of new recruits, we will address
issues of sustainability. Staff meeting every
month—once a year we have an
environmental meeting
Save a pike—an environmental campaign for
the guests made that the environmental issues
aroused
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Table 2 Goals and actions towards sustainable accommodations
Goals and actions in BnBs
Goals and actions in hotels
Our goal is to become an energy center on the
island
Re-cycled interior and construction materials.
Folder in the room talks about sustainability
measures. Ecological sheets
We rent out bicycles to our guests
Being self-reliance—producing my own
vegetables using sustainable cultivation
methods, installing solar panels, insulate the
house to reduce energy usage
Solar panels. Led lighting. We drive electric
car
Certified breakfast buffet. Ecological
products. Local suppliers
Geothermal heating. Waste sorting
We buy wind power, drive gas car. Don’t buy
stuff, borrow machines instead. We have
installed timers for use of hot water
Inform of local excursions, events and local
craftsman. We have info brochures on the wall
We want to be the leading hotel within
sustainability thinking. The guests are to put
their garbage in a vessel—we then sort in 17
different sections
Save water, signs on towel use, waste sorting,
energy efficient (no heating in the rooms when
no guests are present)
The food is from Gotlandic suppliers,
retailers, info boards are placed in the
restaurants for the guests about this
Consumption should go down e.g. sheets
should not be changed so often. Leftover food
goes to biofuel. We compost or the
municipality does it
We have signs on sustainability measures in
all the rooms, at the pool on the water use and
the reuse of the towels
We hire an eco-labelled laundry. The pool is
heated with recycled heat
More waste sorting, we donate goods that are
left behind to aid organizations
Signing lists are available and applied for the
staff in order to check up sustainable measures
No internal training takes place within
environmental issues due to short employment
contracts
We developed our own technology—took
away all chemicals—more money remains in
the cashier, do not release toxins into the
sewer, staff feel better
We have won several awards for our
environmental work
The people, planet, profit—important to
consider
Two days of introductory course for all staff.
In the case of new recruits, we will address
issues of sustainability. Staff meeting every
month—once a year we have an
environmental meeting
Save a pike—an environmental campaign for
the guests made that the environmental issues
aroused