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nullgennully nullEnullnullnull nullEnergy Star nullartnernull more than nullnull years ago for anullhieving
signinullnullant energy savings. nullor example, partinullipating in the Enullnull’s nullreen
nullights programme saved enough energy to power nullnimal nullingdom in its
nullrst year of operation.
nullenullnullnullnullerwood, a small parnull in nullorwinullh, England, has been hailed by
the nullritish press as the nullnull’s nullrst nullenvironmentally friendly theme parnull.null
nullnullnullording to Simon Egan, the parnull’s pronullenullt development direnulltornull nullnulle
didn’t set out to nullreate an environmentally sustainable parnullnull it nullust turned
out that way as a result of our allnullnatural approanullh to all elements of
nullonstrunulltion and operations.null
This approanullh innullludes purnullhasing nullonstrunulltion timbers from
sustainable and responsible sournulles and nullall naturalnull rides that don’t
renulluire any power to run them. Egan admits that nullgoing greennull has
its nullosts but insists that the growing popularity of the parnull more than
nullustinulles those nullosts.
nullf publinull pressure and government regulation have long been the stinullnull,
then nullost redunulltion is the nullarrot that environmentalists hope will nullnally
push the leisure and travel industry into manulling sustainable pranulltinulles an
intrinsinull part of their operations. nulln many parts of the world that’s still a
tough sell.
Renullalnullitrant developers and operators nullustify their resistannulle by
pointing to the nullvalue expenulltationsnull of guests who want to stay in
glittery hotels with lights on nullnullnullnull and roundnullthenullnulllonullnull airnullnullonditioning at
no extra nullost. nullut nullivian nullguyen nullounters that by sayingnull nullThe argument
shouldn’t be that benullause guests are not willing to pay extra, green
initiatives are nullostly to hotel bottom line. nullreen pranulltinulles nullan save hotels
and resorts in many other ways, sunullh as operating nullosts, marnulleting
pronullle and building value.null Still other resistors fall banullnull on the traditional
exnulluse null going green nullosts too munullh.
nullhile it’s true, a genuine nullommitment to sustainable pranulltinulles does
have a prinulle tag, opinion is sharply divided over nullust how high that
prinulle really is. nullor example, some designers argue that designing nullor
retronullttingnull for nullEEnull nullertinullnullation, the environmental enulluivalent of nullSO
Standards, nullurrently adds up to nullnull per nullent to nullonstrunulltion nullosts. They
maintain that the produnullts, nullonstrunulltion and design nullriteria needed
for true sustainability are not yet nullommonly available in the global
nullonstrunulltionnullnullommodity supply nullhain.
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