Sustainable Operations Approach

You are the new property operations manager of the 450 room Xavier Hotel. The GM has called you in to her office and informed you of new corporate initiatives to make efforts to make the operation more sustainable. The GM tells you that you need to review the operational efficiency of the hotel and make recommendations to meet the new environmental standard set by the corporate office.

You need to respond to her in a professional letter highlighting your proposed action to minimize resource use in the three areas noted i.e. water, energy and waste. Your report must include actual information from your research into ways to reduce resource use. Therefore, to do well on the GM’s new assignment you should include a reasonable dollar value associated with all proposed upgrades for cost savings.

For example: If you save 15 gallons per person per day with your improvements for the 450 rooms which are occupied 72% of the time with 1.4 people per occupied room, how much is your annual saving in gallons and dollars?