5 key metrics to measure your hotel's sustainability

Content in collaboration with our partner Bioscore Sustainability, a sustainability consultant for tourism companies.

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Managing a hotel with sustainability criteria involves facing several challenges. Many accommodations struggle to accurately monitor their energy, water, and waste consumption, which prevents them from making informed decisions to improve their efficiency. The lack of adequate tools, the complexity of the data, and the need to comply with environmental regulations make this task a constant challenge.

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To address these issues, it is essential to have clear metrics that allow you to evaluate the environmental impact and optimize the hotel's management. Below, we present five key indicators that will help you measure and improve the sustainability of your establishment.

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1. Energy consumption per stay

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Energy use in hotels is often one of the main sources of operating expenses and environmental impact. Measuring energy consumption per occupied room allows you to identify inefficiencies and establish corrective measures, such as installing LED lighting systems, automating climate control, and using renewable energies.

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2. Hotel's water footprint

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Water waste is a critical problem in the hotel industry. Measuring water consumption per guest and stay facilitates the implementation of strategies to reduce its use, such as installing low-flow faucets, water recycling systems, and raising guest awareness about the importance of water saving.

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3. Waste generation and management

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Controlling the waste generated in the hotel is essential to minimize its environmental impact. Quantifying the amount of waste recycled, sent to landfills, or reused allows you to establish reduction and improvement objectives in waste separation. Initiatives such as eliminating single-use plastics can make a big difference.

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4. CO2 emissions

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A hotel's carbon emissions come from various sources, such as energy consumption, supply transportation, and operational activities. Monitoring these emissions and adopting measures to reduce them, such as using renewable energy sources and carbon offsetting, is key to reducing environmental impact.

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5. Level of certification and compliance with standards

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Complying with internationally recognized regulations and certifications, such as those of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), allows you to evaluate and validate the hotel's efforts in terms of sustainability. Bioscore Sustainability provides a comprehensive platform that facilitates the management and monitoring of these indicators, ensuring that accommodations can meet the required standards.

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Measuring and managing these indicators can be a complex task, but tools such as the Bioscore Sustainability platform allow you to centralize information and optimize decision-making. Its advanced technology helps hotels analyze, measure, plan, and achieve their sustainability goals through solutions such as:

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• Circularity diagnosis, which allows evaluating the level of resource utilization in the hotel.
• Carbon footprint calculation, to measure and reduce the emissions generated.
• Water footprint measurement, facilitating strategies for a more efficient use of water.
• Sustainability report generation, to comply with regulations and improve the communication of responsible actions.
• Consumption record, for a detailed monitoring of the accommodation's environmental impact.

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Adopting a data-driven approach is the first step towards more sustainable hotel management. Implement these metrics and take advantage of the benefits offered by Bioscore Sustainability to transform your accommodation into a benchmark for sustainability.

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