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Assessment of Energy-Saving Practices of the Hospitality Industry in Macau

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  • Xu Wang

    (Institute of Systems Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China)

  • NaiQi Wu

    (Institute of Systems Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China
    School of Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China)

  • Yan Qiao

    (Institute of Systems Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China)

  • QingBin Song

    (Macau Environmental Research Institute, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China)

Abstract

Macau is building a world tourism and leisure center. In the context of flourishing hospitality development, energy issues have attracted more and more attention in recent years. On the basis of the field survey of 28 hotels, an evaluation index system is built to assess the status of energy-saving and environmental protection practices in the hospitality industry in Macau. This system is built by selecting some credits from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and adding several new indices according to the social and economic characteristics of Macau. The results show that the hotels have made significant efforts to improve the energy efficiency in recent years. A total of 71.4% of the hotels have formulated and implemented the energy-saving and environmental protection programs. However, there is an apparent gap in energy and environmental performance between different star-level hotels. The higher is the star-level of a hotel, the higher enthusiasm on energy-saving a hotel has, e.g., 63.6% of the 5-star hotels carried out the carbon auditing and energy management measures, but there is no 2-star hotel that adopted them. The energy-saving performance can be great improved if more efforts are made in the future, especially for the 2-star hotels. Finally, we put forward some suggestions for how to bridge this gap and present a possible roadmap for the further improvement of energy efficiency of the hotel industry in Macau. The results from this work are useful to help the government and hotel managers to take actions for improving the energy utilization and efficiency of the hospitality industry in Macau.

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  • Xu Wang & NaiQi Wu & Yan Qiao & QingBin Song, 2018. "Assessment of Energy-Saving Practices of the Hospitality Industry in Macau," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-14, January.
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    1. Alexis Ioannidis & Konstantinos J. Chalvatzis & Leonidas C. Leonidou & Zhiteng Feng, 2021. "Applying the reduce, reuse, and recycle principle in the hospitality sector: Its antecedents and performance implications," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(7), pages 3394-3410, November.

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