Below is a list of manuals and guidebooks which can serve as additional resources for energy managers looking to incorporate energy-efficiency applications and technologies into hotel retrofitting projects. This list is a work-in-progress. Please email Roopa Kamesh with any suggestions for additional manuals, guidebooks or video resources which are not currently listed.
Energy Efficiency Manual
Donald Wulfinghoff's Energy Efficiency Manual is very comprehensive and includes an extensive section on the hotel industry.
Sustainable Tourism Management
This book includes recommendations, especially for developing countries, on how to develop a sustainable tourism policy. The focus is on governmental initiative, proper control of tourist numbers, conservation, and domestic share of the economic profit of tourism. Case studies are provided for each developing country mentioned.
The Fifteen O&M Best Practices for Energy Efficient Buildings
This booklet has strategies that facility managers, energy managers, and property managers can use to integrate energy-efficient operation into their organizations' O&M programs and to obtain support from senior management.
Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST)
CAST’s website offers a variety of eco-tourism and energy-efficiency practices for hotels in the Caribbean, including a five-part video series on environmental practices.
Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India
This resource includes over a dozen publications focusing on effective management practices to help hotel managers reduce environmental waste and energy consumption.
Energy Star Building Upgrade Manual
This manual is a guide to practical and profitable energy-efficiency renovations and upgrades that will improve the energy performance of buildings. By following the recommendations in the manual, energy savings of 35 percent or more are possible.
U.S. National Account Energy Sector Profile
Hotel/Motel Sector Profile pp. 63-70, April 2003
