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1 Sutour, Tourbench & more: new European tools to manage, monitor and benchmark environmental sustainability in tourism services Sven Eckardt Rhodes, 10th

2 The challenge for tourism services: less consumption more competitiveness More than 95 % of more than hotels and camping places, youth hostels and holiday houses in Europe are small and medium sized enterprises. Many of them are run by families. They offer and create many jobs, feel responsible for more sustainable development in their regions, are part of and guarantee an immense variety of authentic tourism from Finland to Portugal, from Ireland to Greece. Tourists expect the environmental quality during their holidays to be high; outside as well as inside the accommodation. Because of the high level of services (and cleaning) offered in accommodations, tourists consume more water, energy, chemical substances and produce more waste than at home. Better management, high-quality information and technical measures can reduce the environmental impact considerably. Many of these measures help to save cost, improve competitiveness, support the regional economy and improve sustainable development - and meet the expectations of the consumers.

They offer and create many jobs, feel responsible for more sustainable development in their regions, are part of and guarantee an immense variety of authentic tourism from Finland to Portugal, from

3 Use the Travelife Sustainability Store to manage all your sustainability needs and to promote your good practice to Tour Operators globally. Use Train to Eco-label to learn how to realize the criteria for the EU Flower and for national certificates. Use TourBench to monitor your environmental consumption and cost, calculate your Return on Investment and benchmark with other businesses. Use SUTOUR to manage your environmental measures & prepare for EMAS certification. On the Destinet portal you will find more Sustainable Tourism information, e.g. good practice examples and eco-certificates

org Use TourBench to monitor your environmental consumption and cost, calculate your Return on Investment and benchmark with other businesses. www.tourbench.

4 Monitoring and benchmarking of environmental consumption and cost in tourist accommodation services

7 First results :Water consumption 0,35 0,3 0,25 0,2 0,15 0,1 0,05 0 Water consumption/night in m³ TourBench 2006, n = 375 0,312 Hotel 0,273 Holiday house 0,226 Bed and breakfast 0,148 Camping site 0,115 Group accommodation 0,231 Gesamt 0,400 0,350 0,300 0,250 0,200 0,150 0,100 0,050 0,000 Water consumption with(out) pool 0,358 Hote l: pool TourBench 2006, n = 323 0,298 Hotel: no pool 0,194 Cam ping: pool m³/overnight 0,136 Cam ping: no pool

accommodation 0,231 Gesamt 0,400 0,350 0,300 0,250 0,200 0,150 0,100 0,050 0,000 Water consumption with(out)

8 SUTOUR(EELM) Supporting Tourism Enterprises for Eco- Labelling and Environmental Management

9 Targets Create a Software in five languages (english, french, german, greek and italian) Explanation and international workshops for dissemination in 5 countries (e.g. Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Greece) Validation of at least five hotels according to EMAS Website in four languages and at least 1000 downloads Reduction of waste accumulation, energy and water consumption by at least 10 % (average) for the user of the software

Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Greece) Validation of at least five hotels according to EMAS Website in

10 Software E-KUH

15 Meeting with environmental minister Tanja Gönner 11. October 2006,Titisee, Germany

17 Champion Umweltpreis des Landes Baden-Württemberg

18 Energy consumption Seehotel ,8 Verbrauch pro Übernachtung [kwh/ü] ,1 27,6 27,5 9,1 9, ,7 40,6 Jahr Strom Holzhackschnitzel Erdgas Gesamtenergie

20 15 10 5 0 11,1 27,6 27,5 9,1 9,4 2004 2005

19 Water consumption Seehotel (****hotel with pool) Verbrauch pro Übernachtung [l/ü] ,400 0, , ,250 0, ,150 0,100 0,050 0, Water consumption with(out) 0 0,358 Hote l: pool 332 pool TourBench 2006, n = 323 0,298 0,194 m³/overnight 0,136 Hotel: no Cam ping: Cam ping: pool pool no pool Jahr 292

consumption with(out) 0 0,358 Hote l: pool 332 pool TourBench 2006, n = 323 0,298

20 Kennzahlenvergleich Verbrauch pro Übernachtung [kwh/ü] Seehotel Wiesler Alte Post zum Kreuz Bischofschloss Die Halde s'breitachhus Walser Stuba Rosenhof Strom Gesamtenergie

64 10 37 0 Seehotel Wiesler Alte Post zum Kreuz Bischofschloss

21 Kennzahlenvergleich Verbrauch pro Übernachtung [l/ü] Seehotel Wiesler Alte Post zum Kreuz Bischofschloss Die Halde s'breitachhus Walser Stuba Rosenhof Wasser

22 Description of progress Translation and implementation of the software till march 2007 including test of the international versions Action plan for dissemination (flyer, homepage, presentations) Links to SUTOUR homepage are welcome special offer for 6-8 tourism enterprises to approach to a validation -> get a free support and guidance to implement a systematic Environmental Management System objective: inspection by an external auditor

23 IER Institut of Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy University of Stuttgart Heßbrühlstr. 49 a Stuttgart Sven Eckardt Head of Section Rational Use of Energy 0049 (0)711 / se@ier.uni-stuttgart.de

24 Coming next Thank you for your attention, Efcharisto poli

25 Agenda and Links EU-LIFE Tourbench : EU-LIFE Sutour : Travelife Sustainability Store : Train to Eco-Label :

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