Hospitality program

EmiratesGBC supports UAE properties in reducing their carbon footprint by improving water & energy performances, waste management, education and awareness since June 2013

with its Benchmarking and Reporting Exercise and a holistic set of Training modules, the Program offers a comprehensive and relevant source of information to various hotel-related stakeholders, spanning across all levels of technical understanding and roles within the UAE hospitality industry

Greening the Hospitality Sector
Hotel Benchmarking
Hospitality Workshops
Get Involved

Greening the Hospitality Sector

How to green the Hospitality Sector?

Greening a property needs to take into account two main components:

The property’s design and physical performances; and
The hotel’s daily operations

All components need to be considered and continuously assessed simultaneously.

What can be done?

Invite all hospitality professionals to consider the following:

Engage Hoteliers on green initiatives and related financial, technical and operational benefits
Help identify areas of actions and apply corrective/proactive measures
Raise awareness towards staff and end-users (i.e. hotel guests)

Position Emirates Green Building Council
as a key stakeholder and support provider:

Conduct workshops covering key areas of actions
Develop green benchmarking data and analytical reports for the U.A.E. hotels
Be recognized as a knowledge platform for green technologies, design practices and operations
Cooperate with U.A.E. Authorities on eco-tourism and green buildings
Promote the Green Key Program

Hotel Benchmarking

As part of its Hospitality Program, EmiratesGBC is assisting UAE hotels to reduce their carbon footprint by equipping them with the information to improve their water and energy performances. In order to achieve that, EmiratesGBC has developed an Energy and Water Benchmarking Tool to benchmark UAE hotels’ consumption against similar properties in the country.

Participating hotels participating in the Energy and Water Benchmarking Project were asked to provide monthly data which was normalized and analyzed against other participating properties. Results were used to build an annual analytical report based on statistical observations and mathematical analysis.

Click here to check the findings of the EmiratesGBC Energy and Water Benchmarking for UAE Hotels 2016 Report

Hospitality Workshops

The experts of Emirates Green Building Council have developed modules covering the key operations of a property that can benefit from implementing sustainability- related initiatives.

Topics

The following topics have been addressed addressed within the modules:

Green Hospitality and Sustainability

climate change, environment, setting sustainability targets, assessment and measurement of property’s sustainability achievements, potential hotel programs

Water Management

reasons and strategies to reduce water consumption, equipments/technologies, methods of implementation, evaluation

Energy Management

reasons and strategies to reduce energy consumption, equipments/technologies, methods of implementation, evaluation

Strategy for Responsible and Efficient Retrofit/Refurbishment and Responsible Procurement

lifecycle, strategies, 3 Rs, carbon emissions

Waste Management

waste reduction strategies, segregation, education and signage

Sustainable Food & Beverage

understanding eco-labelled/organic/local food, ways to reduce food waste

Sustainable Housekeeping

existing programs and initiatives, education and engagement

Communications and Education

how to engage staff and guests to be part in environmental initiatives

CSR and Community Development

internal policies and corporate standards, human right, events and engagements

Availability and Facilitation

The modules are developed in a format that can be tailored to assist any level of hotel staff, addressing general facts on green hospitality for those less informed, while also covering more technical aspects that can support the engineering department. The level of customization will therefore change upon request and actual needs of each group.

The workshops can be facilitated in the EmiratesGBC office in Dubai or directly in the hotel premises.

Costs associated to the workshops’ planning and conduction are shared upon request and based on duration, level of technical details, and agreed venue.

Get Involved

As a member-driven organization, EmiratesGBC has been developing its Hospitality Program thanks to its members’ expertise and direct experience with the hotel sector.

The Program has been designed to respond to the sector’s genuine needs, and we always welcome active feedback. As an hotelier your input is highly valuable and the Office team remains at your disposal.

As an EmiratesGBC member, should you be interested in joining the working group as technical contributor or trainer, feel free to contact the Office at info@emiratesgbc.org or call +971 (0)4 346 8244.

The Emirates Green Building Council currently offers five membership levels, which cater to Industry, Corporate, Individual, SME, and Student stakeholders within the Industry

EmiratesGBC hosts events throughout the year as a platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing across the industry

EmiratesGBC offers a wide range of training and workshops related to sustainability and green buildings to build capacity in the UAE and wider region.

The EmiratesGBC Green Building Tooltips is a rich online resource that provides useful information on green building practices.