Some Good Practices for Reducing Energy Consumption in Hotels: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

The present paper analyses the solutions adopted in hotel industry with the purpose to identify the good practices for reducing energy consumption in hotels through a comparative approach of Romanian and Italian hotels, by highlighting the similarities and the differences between them. For this purpose, we used a questionnaire as a research instrument, with the help of which we collected the primary data, which were processed with the SPSS programme. The results highlighted the most commonly applied practices in the tourist units investigated for reducing energy consumption. Consequently, we identified the mesures taken by hotel managers regarding the reduction of energy consumption through improving the energetic efficiency, using alternative sources of energy, and also by paying more attention to the lighting. The results of the research confirmed the alternative hypothesis, according to which adopting good practices leads to cost savings.