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office staff

How Does Room Temperature Affect Productivity?

APAC
Commercial real estate
Air quality & Pollution

Is your company’s staff productivity going down? Meetings, internet and pool planning, are known productivity killers, but did you know that room temperature can also make people less productive? Too high or too low temperatures can impact employees and other people in a building negatively. This post is a closer look at room temperature to evaluate how it impacts the people occupying a building. The post will further demonstrate the recommended working temperature and highlight good ways to keep the indoor microclimate in the best condition. Finally, we will highlight some useful tips to help keep your air conditioning energy use in an office or building low.

Shelley
Shelley
November 3, 2022
green building

Is Sustainability a Fundamental Concern for Commercial Real Estate Players?

APAC
Commercial real estate
ESG

Global changes in the community, economy, and environment are resulting in disruptions across every sector, but it is arguably more important in the real estate niche. Climate change and the recent COVID-19 pandemic have exposed the industry to numerous vulnerabilities that demand collective actions toward sustainable building solutions. For years, the property market impacted the environment negatively in different areas, from the emission of harmful gases to intensive resource consumption. For example, the industry accounts for 39% of global annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is why sustainability has become a major area of concern for the real estate industry. Keep reading for more, including the latest trends in sustainable real estate, the benefits of green properties, and the best actions for green buildings.

Shelley
Shelley
November 2, 2022
garbage

What are the Biggest Challenges of Sustainable Tourism Today?

APAC
Hotels & Resorts
ESG
HVAC

Tourism has experienced immense changes in the recent past. The COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions of 2020 and 2021 made the last three years very challenging. Now that we are rapidly unravelling the post-pandemic era, there is hope for a rapid shift toward sustainable tourism, but the industry still faces numerous challenges. What are these challenges? How can destinations and businesses address them? Whether you own/run a hotel, travel agency or planning to start one, this post highlights some of these biggest challenges. We also highlight the best answers to the challenges.

Shelley
Shelley
November 1, 2022
green hotel

What is Sustainable Hospitality Management?

APAC
Hotels & Resorts
ESG
HVAC

Every sector, business, manager, and individual today is faced with a growing list of threats, such as global warming and rising ocean levels. We can no longer sit pretty and fold our arms. Action needs to be taken. The United Nations has already released warning shots, indicating that the world is at the tipping point if global warming is not stopped. In the hotel and travel industry, the most notable effort to counter these challenges and make the planet a better home is sustainable hospitality management. This post is a comprehensive guide to sustainable hospitality management. Keep reading to learn what hospitality management is, the key pillars, and important areas of focus.

Shelley
Shelley
October 28, 2022
hotel aircon

What Types of Air-Conditioning Units are Used in Hotels?

APAC
Hotels & Resorts
HVAC

When guests book their stay in a hotel, they expect to get a luxurious and relaxing experience. Temperatures, humidity, and air quality play an important role in guaranteeing this comfort and satisfaction. If the rooms are too hot or cold, guests are likely to leave negative feedback and opt for competing hotels. Therefore, it is important to understand the types of air conditioning that are used and pick the best for your facility. This guide takes a deeper look at air conditioning to determine its importance in hotels, how it works, and finally, lists the best types. It also highlights the main things you should consider when selecting an AC for your hotel.

Shelley
Shelley
October 27, 2022
green hotel

What Sustainable Green Practices are Recognized and Followed in the Hospitality Industry?

APAC
Hotels & Resorts
Carbon Footprint

Hotels, resorts, and other hospitality facilities across the globe are rolling out green initiatives to not only move with the latest trends but be part of a genuine course helping to make the planet a better place. Most people love vacations in top hotels, but they will opt out if they discover the facilities of choice are adding to the piles of garbage in the ocean. So, whether you have a new hotel or another type of facility in the hospitality industry, the big question is, “What is the best sustainable practice?” This post is a comprehensive guide to sustainability in the hotel industry. Keep reading to learn more about sustainability in the hotel industry, associated benefits, and best practices.

Shelley
Shelley
October 26, 2022
sustainable tourism

How Can We Help Sustainable Tourism?

APAC
Hotels & Resorts
ESG

When visitors travel to new places, they enjoy every moment of watching marvels in World Heritage Sites, basilicas, famous hotels, art galleries, and unique gothic structures. Isn’t Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, or Cologne Cathedral, which was left unfinished for 350 years in Germany, a true wonder to experience in a lifetime? Some of these attractions have been here for hundreds or thousands of years, but the truth is that they might not be there for the next generations. The Mongols protected the Buddhas of Bamiyan for hundreds of years but the revered statutes are no longer there. Forests and biodiversity are also on a steady decline, which brings us to the big question, "how can we help sustainable tourism?” This post takes a closer look at the travel industry to identify the best strategies that we can employ to help it.

Shelley
Shelley
October 25, 2022
air pollution

What Can Schools Do About Air Pollution?

APAC
Schools & Universities
Air quality & Pollution

When parents and guardians send children to school, they expect them to learn in a clean and healthy environment. However, reports from top organisations across the globe, from World Health Organisation (WHO) to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indicate that millions of students across the planet are subjected to unhealthy air quality at school. This is a major problem because it can result in poor academic performance and harmful medical conditions. This brings us to the big question, “what strategies can you adopt to address air pollution?” This post is a comprehensive look at air pollution to demonstrate the dangers it poses to students and the planet. Furthermore, it lists the main strategies that your school should take to counter it.

Shelley
Shelley
October 21, 2022
hotel room

What is Comfortable Temperature for Hotel Room?

APAC
Hotels & Resorts
Air quality & Pollution
HVAC

The dream of guests on holiday is to enjoy every moment of their vacation. This satisfaction comes in the form of a wide range of attributes, including lovely delicacies, meeting new people, and site seeing. In addition to these, hotel managers and owners must also provide super-comfortable rooms for their guests. Good hotel rooms not only require attractive amenities, but must also have the right temperature levels. This brings about the big question, "what is the most comfortable temperature for a hotel room?" Keep reading as we take a closer look to determine the right temperatures for a hotel room and ways of maintaining them at the preferred levels.

Shelley
Shelley
October 20, 2022
school

How Does Poor Ventilation Affect Learning?

APAC
Schools & Universities
Air quality & Pollution

There are many factors that determine the safety and health of the students in the school environment. These include bullying, cleanliness and lack of proper facilities. One which often gets overlooked is poor ventilation and air quality in schools. Studies have ranked poor air quality in schools as one of the leading risks to public health. The problem is mainly caused by the fact that over 90% of students' learning time is spent indoors. In this post, we take a closer look at ventilation in learning facilities to answer two primary questions, “how does it impact learning?” and “what are the best strategies for improving it?”

Shelley
Shelley
October 19, 2022
Green Hotel Guest

How Do You Encourage Guests to be Green?

APAC
Hotels & Resorts
Carbon Footprint

Sustainable travel is not only a rapidly rising trend but an important necessity in this day and age. According to a report by Booking.com, about 72% of travellers believe that the time to act is now and it starts by making responsible choices to ensure the planet is safe for the present and future generations. As a hotel or resort owner/ manager, you cannot be left behind in the current trend of sustainable tourism, but what initiatives should your hotel adopt? This post digs deeper into the concept of sustainable tourism to demonstrate what it is and highlight some of the best initiatives you can encourage guests to go green.

Shelley
Shelley
October 18, 2022
Green Hotel

How Would You Transform the Hotel into a Green Hotel?

APAC
Hotels & Resorts
ESG
Carbon Footprint

Are you a hotelier seeking the best methods of going green? The hospitality industry today must look for sustainable strategies because they are crucial in helping to improve brand perception, cut down the impact on the environment, and keep operating costs low. However, the actions to take for sustainability are never easy to identify and implement.

Brice Degeyter
Brice Degeyter
August 10, 2022
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