The EU-funded SWITCH ASIA PROGRAM – Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project has launched an initiative where hotels are able to make a quick calculation of the carbon footprint based on a uniform methodology, of their carbon emissions.“The carbon foot print calculator estimates the approximate CO2 equivalent emissions, a typical hotel releases by its operations. The [...]

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The EU-funded SWITCH ASIA PROGRAM – Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project has launched an initiative where hotels are able to make a quick calculation of the carbon footprint based on a uniform methodology, of their carbon emissions.“The carbon foot print calculator estimates the approximate CO2 equivalent emissions, a typical hotel releases by its operations. The individual hotel has to only fill in its usage of electricity (kwh), diesel and petrol (liters) and LP Gas (kg) and furnace oil in the appropriate fields on the web, for a given period of time, together with the corresponding guest nights or room nights,” the statement said.

The online Web based application, then immediately shows the equivalent CO2 emissions per room night, or guest night as the case maybe, it said.This application was launched recently, and is now available for all hotels at the Greening Sri Lanka Hotels website www.greeningsrilankahotels.org.

Project Director, Srilal Miththapala said that this will help hotels to evaluate their approximate carbon footprint, and use it for various management and marketing applications.




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