talking about the significance of hotel energy saving and consumption reduction in a vertical and horizontal way
● Micro: reducing the cost burden
The consumption generated in hotel operation mainly includes: first, daily consumption; The second is the energy consumption in the operation of facilities and equipment, which are always called the energy consumption of hotels. There are two major outlets for energy consumption in general hotels: water and electricity, mainly electricity. Air conditioning accounts for half of the total energy consumption, followed by hot water. As a big energy consumer, hotels save energy and reduce basic consumption, which means reducing hotel operating costs and improving operating profits. Compared with developed countries, China's hotel energy consumption is on the high side. According to relevant data, the power consumption level of hotels in China is about% higher than the average power consumption of developed countries abroad. Therefore, hotels in China have great potential in saving energy and reducing cost burden.
● Medium view: alleviating the energy crisis
The Basic Conception of National Energy Strategy, written by the Industrial Economics Department of the State Council Development Research Center, points out that "China will face a series of challenges in the future energy field. China's per capita energy recoverable reserves are far below the world average. XX's per capita oil recoverable reserves are only. tons, natural gas recoverable reserves are cubic meters, and coal recoverable reserves are tons, which are.%,.% and.% of the world average respectively. " According to the data of the National Electric Power Dispatching Center, except for the power supply in Northwest China, Northeast China and Shandong, the power supply in East China, North China, Central China, Sichuan, Chongqing and Guangdong is in short supply to varying degrees. Tourism has achieved rapid growth in China with an extraordinary development track, which has great economic radiation effect and industrial multiplier effect. Tourism relies heavily on resources. Besides tourism resources, which are the basic resources for tourism development, hotels are also enterprises with high energy dependence. Energy saving and consumption reduction of hotels can play a positive role in solving China's energy problems. At the same time, due to the foreign-related nature of hotels, promoting the concepts of energy saving and environmental protection in the hotel industry will help to improve and strengthen the overall image of the industry and even the comprehensive image of the region.
● Macro: promoting sustainable development
As we all know, hotels are big consumers of energy and pollution. Many hotels are still using refrigerants that destroy the ozone layer, and a considerable number of hotels have exceeded the standard in washing and catering water, which has caused serious impact on the environment. According to the theory of sustainable development, human survival and development should be carried out on the basis of destroying the survival and development of future generations, that is to say, development should be "moderate" and full of "rationality", and the output of products should not be at the expense of destroying the environmental quality of future generations. Moreover, energy storage is limited and it is impossible to use it indefinitely. The same is true of hotel products, which should not only satisfy the target group, but also bear the social responsibility of the enterprise, which is also the inevitable requirement for the target market to gradually become rational in consumption. Therefore, saving energy and reducing consumption in the hotel industry not only plays an important role in realizing the economic interests of individual hotels, but also has far-reaching significance for the sustainable development of the industry and the whole society.
saving energy and reducing consumption: another synonym for green hotel or frugality?
The slogan of "saving energy and reducing consumption" is often associated with "green hotels" at present. At the same time, because knowledge stays on the surface of things, many people simply equate it with "frugalism" Understanding the connections and differences between different concepts is beneficial to better grasp the scientific connotation, scope and implementation scale of hotel energy saving and consumption reduction.
Generally speaking, a green hotel has the following standards: minimum discharge, recovery and reuse of related items; Effective utilization, storage and management of energy; Management of fresh water resources; Waste water management; Pay attention to the procurement policy of environmental protection; The development of social culture. In this sense, energy saving and consumption reduction is only one of the necessary factors of green hotels, which is not the same as green standards. There are also great limitations in equating energy conservation and consumption reduction with frugality. For example, formaldehyde, a chemical substance with low price, can really achieve the goal of "reducing costs" when used in decoration. However, formaldehyde is harmful to human health and is recognized as the main source of four diseases (vision, respiration, digestion and nervous system). This means to reduce energy consumption by affecting human health and destroying environmental quality is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst. Therefore, the blind "marriage" of "energy saving and consumption reduction" with "green hotel" or "frugality" is a partial solution to hotel energy saving and consumption reduction. ， 1 2 3