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Sustainability

2019 Lynn Haggard Undergraduate Library Research Award

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Winning Project: Living The Suite Life: The Implementation Of Environmental Technologies In The Hotel Industry, Avary Huff Jan 2019

Winning Project: Living The Suite Life: The Implementation Of Environmental Technologies In The Hotel Industry, Avary Huff

2019 Lynn Haggard Undergraduate Library Research Award

This paper explores what techniques can be incorporated into everyday functions of hotel management to create a sustainable environment. Sustainability has become an important objective for businesses to consider and implement in their day-to-day processes. The types of sustainable practices in environmental technologies that are currently being experimented with in the hotel industry that this paper evaluates include LED lights, key-card systems, water restrictors, and paperless systems. LED lights, as well as key-card systems assist in the reduction of energy in guest’ rooms. Water restrictors have also been inserted into the faucets and water heads in guests’ rooms to decrease …