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208 UNIT 5: THE SUSTAINABLE SITING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TOURISM FACILITIES UNIT 5: EXERCISES 1. GROUP PROJECT Develop checklists for environmentally-sound: • Siting; • Building design and orientation; • Renewable energy use; • Construction and selection of building materials. for each of the following hospitality businesses: • A1,000-room city hotel; • A 25-room mountain guest house; • A 100-room beach hotel; • A 15-room holiday village bordering a rainforest; • A desert campsite for approximately 35 people on desert safari, located a 500 metres from an oasis. 2. GROUP PROJECT OR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Develop guidance notes on ‘energy sources and energy efficiency’ for hospitality developers in: • The northern hemisphere; • The southern hemisphere. 3. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Are there trials and demonstration projects for environment-friendly building design in your country or region? (These need not be tourism or hospitality businesses). Arrange a field visit to one of these properties. Include a questionand-answer session with the developers and managers. Write a report of 1,500 words on the sustainable design features used and the benefits they are bringing to the property. E X E R C I S E S 4. GROUP PROJECT OR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Using materials produced within your region/country, and in keeping with your region/country’s typical and traditional designs and styles, develop an interior decorating and furnishing checklist for: • A 500-room city hotel; • A 25-room rural guest house. 5. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Critically discuss the following statement: “Just as hospitality developers as a group are becoming more sophisticated, travellers are seeking to transform their lives in some sort of way, through education, culture, and recreation. The designing of the resort can enhance this
UNIT 5: THE SUSTAINABLE SITING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TOURISM FACILITIES 209 kind of experience. Travellers know the difference between a well designed and a poorly designed resort. As a result, it is much easier now to appeal to the conscience of the developer and explain why an environment-sensitive design makes sense – because ‘eco’ also stands for economics.” Howard J. Wolfe Vice President and Principal Wimberly, Alison, Tong and Goo (WATG), a resort design firm, Honolulu, Hawaii. GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AC alternating current (electricity) anaerobic not containing oxygen G L O S S A R Y BOD coefficient conduction convection DC biological oxygen demand a number that expresses a measurement or quantity of a given substance process by which heat or electricity passes through or along something process by which heat travels through air, water and other gases and liquids direct current (electricity) EIA environment impact assessment EIS environment impact statement embodied energy total amount of energy needed to produce a given material EMS environment management system energy efficiency rational use of energy greenhouse gas gas that causes global warming and climate change, discussed in Unit 1
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