Pollution is increasingly produced by energy over-consumption these recent years, which caused many
environmental problems. The speed of energy consumption is far beyond that of restoration. Therefore, the
concept of environmental management and energy sustainable utilization has been suggested more often than
never before. Environmental protection is a major task that we need to take action upon. On the contrary,
environmental pollution and its negative impacts are brought about while people are focusing on economic
growth and tourism development. Hotel industry is one of the major parts in tourism development, so it
consumes considerable amount of resource and energy on earth. If green management can be effectively
implemented, not only can cost-effective, but also the negative environmental impacts can be reduced.
Hotel industry worldwide is currently getting more and more concerned about environmental issues.
Bohdanowicz and Martinac(2007) indicated that 75% of environmental pollution caused by hotel industry was
from over-consuming energy, water, and materials while operating business. The waste water, fume, and
materials discharged during the operation would cause negative impacts on our environment. Thus, without
proper design and plan, environment would be impacted in an unwanted way. The concept of environment
protection and energy saving can induce green management into hotel facility construction. If hotel industry can
put the idea of green management into practice, not only can it benefit environmental and ecological protection,
but it would also reduce hotel operation cost. Moreover, green marketing can attract consumers who are in favor
of the same idea as well.
For example, the heating system of Far Eastern Plaza hotel, a firm that adopted the idea of green hotel in the
early stage, uses air-exchange in winter, which can save averagely 300 tons ofoil equivalent electricity every day.
In summer, they use ice-storage air conditioning system, which produces 1,500 tons of ice cubes at night, so the
melting ice can provide cold air for air-conditioning system. Not only can the system save 2.5 million dollars on
electricity bill, but it also reduces electricity load in the peak hours. In addition, the discharged waste water from the swimming poor (temperature of 43F) is collected and re-processed and used for the cooling tower. The
purpose of these drills is to fully take advantage of energy. Far Eastern Plaza Hotel has been expanding rapidly
these recent years; therefore, the energy demand is relatively increased. However, the electricity consumption is
only 181 kWh per square meter every year, Compared to the average energy needs of 262 kWh of other tourist
hotels, the system is excellent for energy saving. The effort of energy saving is also rewarded by the Ministry of
Economics Affair.
This study is exploring the advantages of green management on hotel competitiveness from the viewpoint of
senior managers through two case studies. In addition, wewill provide management suggestions to other hotels
for reference based on 5 major aspects