人類不斷大量消耗大自然各式資源,使世界各國都須面對資源短缺與環境污染的問題。在80年代歐洲興起的綠色旅館其目的乃在於維護地球的永續發展及給全人類一個乾淨的生活空間。在政府全力發展台灣觀光的此時,綠色旅館的觀念迄今並未被台灣旅館觀光產業廣泛的討論、重視與運用。經濟部水資源局資料顯示台灣地區54家旅館的用水量,平均單位員工用水量爲1,876公升/人•日;單位面積用水量35公升/平方公尺•日;單位房間用水量1,635公升/房間•日;且旅館業每人每日用水量的902公升,比起國人每日用水量的300公升,已超出許多。內政部建築節能法規明定旅館類(旅館、觀光旅館)的外殼耗能量基準值須低於130KWH/立方公尺.yr,而內政部建築研究所針對台中96家旅館用戶年總用量調查結果,發現平均耗能量爲152.34KWH/立方公尺.yr。資料及調查都顯示旅館在水資源或能源消耗量方面都偏高。綠色旅館爲提供臨時寄宿、住宿的地方,除了在政策宣示與設備改建外,更致力於能源、廢棄物處理、水資源保存及採購環境衝擊最小化的實行上。本研究利用觀光旅館之資料,發現旅館經由節約能源與水資源措施,可以產生顯著效益,亦同時提高旅館之綠色度,這些綠色度高之旅館,在使用電量與水量上有顯著減少,旅館平均之節水成效達32%,每日節省水量170CMD,電費每年減少成效在23萬至159.4萬元之間平均約爲87萬元,每年節省燃料比重約2~3成,效益相當可觀,可以大幅減少對環境之衝擊,因此值得推展綠色旅館之觀念。
Along with industrial revolution, the global economy has been quickly developed and improved the life quality of human being. Natural resources have been exhausted by over-development which resulted in resources deficiency and environmental pollution at present. Since 1980, European countries started to encourage the green consumption behavior. The ideal of green hotel was developed at the same time. Their purposes were to protect the global for its sustainable development and to improve a quality living environment of human beings. Base on the environmental protection, the green hospitality development is indeed a great need. Cooperation with the policy of government and recognition of consumer and hotel industry were necessary for the development of green hospitality. Compare between Higher Greenness Hotel and Lower Greenness Hotel in Reduce Energy, Water and Garbage, it can find Higher Greenness Hotel can Reduce Energy consumption, Water consumption and Garbage output