The goal of this guideline is to help solve the current need for responding to client requests for carbon measurements of meetings and room nights by defining a common measurement method across the hotel industry globally.
To solve this need, this guideline was developed by the Carbon Measurement Working Group, a joint initiative of the International Tourism Partnership (ITP) and the World Travel &Tourism Council (WTTC). The guideline applies the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard at the hotel property level to serve as hotel sector guidance.

This spreadsheet should be used in connection with the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative 1.1 Methodology, which can be obtained from the ITP and WTTC websites.

How the methodology works

What data is needed

• Energy and electricity consumption data for 12 months using meter readings or invoices

• Area data (square meters or square footage) for:

– Guest rooms and corridor area

– Meeting space area

– Total area

• If you have private areas (e.g. private appartments or on-site staff accomodation): area of private space and total conditioned area

• If you outsource your laundry: carbon emissions or energy consumption data from your supplier OR laundry tonnage per annum.

• If you have significant refrigerant gas usage: refrigerant gas usage

• If you have significant transport fuel consumption: fuel consumption

• If you purchase or use energy from renewable sources: certificates of origin, supplier bill detailing energy mix, on-site generation meter readings

Who it's designed for

Hotel Managers

What it will tell you

Total carbon footprint for guest rooms and meeting space during the specified reporting year, per night and per guest

Total renewable energy used by the hotel (% of total energy consumption)

How the information should be used

For Group and individual hotel responses to corporate RFPs

Energy Consumption

Total Consumption

Private space consumption (Tab A- if applicable)

Outsourced Laundry (Tab B- if applicable)

Total

Unit

CO2e emission factor

Emissions (kg CO2e)

Total Electricity consumption for reporting period* (in kWh), including renewable electricity

-

kWh

0,2988

-

Total Gas consumption for reporting period* (in kWh)

-

kWh

0,1822

-

Total Oil consumption for reporting period* (in litres)

-

litres

2,6765

-

Please list below any other fuels (e.g. district heating, propane, LPG, coal, etc.), and other commodities (e.g. chilled water)- excluding transport fuels and biofuels. Please detail consumption for each type of fuel with corresponding emission factor.

Consumption

Private space consumption (Tab A- if applicable)

Other energy sources from outsourced laundry

Total

Unit

CO2e emission factor

Emissions (kg CO2e)

-

kWh

0

-

kWh

0

-

kWh

0

-

kWh

0

Click here to convert your existing data to a different unit

Renewable energy

Consumption

Private space consumption (Tab A- if applicable)

Total

Purchased renewable energy

Total renewable energy purchased from supplier using renewable sources, in kWh (e.g. green electricity supplier, Power-Purchase Agreement, Renewable Energy Certificates, geothermal district heating)

-

Generated renewable energy

Total renewable energy generated from renewable generation (e.g. through on-site solar panels or wind turbines, or using biomass, biofuel, geothermal energy as fuel), in kWh

-

Supplementary questions

A

Do you have any facilities that guests can't use (private space*)? e.g. Timeshares, flats, private club

No need to complete Tab A

B

Is your laundry outsourced?

No need to complete Tab B

C

Have your Air Conditioning or refrigeration units had a refrigerent gas leak of over 100 kg or have you conducted major maintenance on your AC systems during the reporting period? If you have no Air Conditioning or refridgeration units please select NA.

No need to complete Tab C

D

Does your hotel own or operate vehicles (e.g. shuttle bus, hotel car)?

No need to complete Tab D

If your answer is NO for all the supplementary questions, your carbon footprint is calculated automatically on the right of the screen in TAB 1 - Hotel Details and Results.

etc. etc.

Tourism2030 - MONITORING/ REPORTING

Assessment systems on Tourism2030.eu (under development)

Introduction

Energy Consumption