Unit-1
Ecotel certification
             introduction
Ecotels or green hotels are environment friendly
hotels that means crucial envionmental for
consuming natural resources,minimising pollution,
maximising sustainability. Some ecotels consist of
recycled or rennovated buliding with upgrades to
conserve energy and water,minimise waste or
utilise recovered building materials.
• Various properties support local
  environment,efforts or groups or offer
  environmental groups r expedition.ECOTEL
  hotel support local environment ,offer
  environmental education or expeditions.
                 ECOTEL CERTIFICATION
                       CRITERIA
• They follow the three R’s of the environment:
• REDUCE
• REUSE
• RECYCLE
• Popular ecotels in india include the ORCHID
  MUMBAI, FERN HOTELS AND RESORTS,etc.
• There are certain hotels in india even though there
  are not ecotel certified ,they are following ecotel
  rules and regulations for example…ITC WELCOME
• Energy efficeiency: hotel should be designed
  in such a manner that it should conserve the
  energy. For example we will use LED bulb
  instead of normal tubelight,the key should be
  designed in such a way that when we are
  coming out of the room then all the lights
  inside the room should be switch off.
• Environment commitment:the mission statement of
  the hotel should say ‘‘WE ARE COMMITED TO THE
  ENVIRONMENT’’
• Employ education and community
  development:T.his means the involvement of the
  employees to contribute towards the environment
  AND THE TRAINING Module to teach the employees.
  The community name is HVS INTERNATIONAL which
  is responsible for giving a hotel the ECOTEL
  CERTICIFATION.
• Water conservation: this includes recycling of
  water and thus reuse of water. Don’t waste
  water.
• Solid waste management: The hotel must
  recycle and manage waste wherever
  generated.
ECOTEL HOTEL COMPARISON WITH NORMAL
                HOTEL
• Eotel hotels are the hotels that have
  enviormental improvements to their
  environment whereas the normal hotels
  basically provide the paid accomodatiion.
• The main aim of ecotel is to build environment
  friendly hotels along with profit maximisation
  along with customer satisfaction
• Ecotels mainly used products that are safer to the
  environment and cause minimum harm to the
  society and environment. Normal hotels preferred
  branded or known products in order to maintain
  their image.
• The generated waste is differentiated as dry and wet
  garbage and they are recycled and used properly.
  Usually the waste which is generated in hotels are
  thrown away as garbbage and no recycle systems
  are are adopted.
• Ecotel hotels are constructed based on eco
  friendly aspects and eco norms
          Effects on the environment
• No or minimal harmful effects on the environ
  ment,ecology always protects the ecology. No
  hotels indirectly cause harm to the
  environment friendly. Any hotel applying for
  the certification need to fulfill the criteria and
  norms set by authorities before they are
  awarded the 5 globe certification award.
                 The 5 GLOBES
• The ecotel hotel can also be considered as a
  hallmark for environment sensitive hotels.
  Having an ecotel certification that the hotel is
  completely environment friendly. Any hotel
  applying for the certification need to fulfill
  criteria and norms set by the authorities
  before they are awarded