Effective water management is an important part of sustainable hotel operations. Hotels use water across many systems, including guest rooms, kitchens, laundry operations, cooling towers, irrigation systems, and spa facilities. Monitoring and optimizing these systems helps reduce water consumption, detect leaks early, and improve overall...
Irrigation systems and cooling towers are two of the largest non-guest water consumers in hotel properties. In many hotels, these systems account for a significant portion of total water use, particularly in resorts with large landscaped areas or in warm climates where cooling towers operate continuously. Optimizing these systems can...
Water balance modeling is a key method used to understand how water is consumed across hotel operations. By comparing total water input with water usage in individual subsystems, hotel engineers and sustainability managers can identify abnormal consumption, hidden leaks, and opportunities for efficiency improvements. Water balance analysis is...
Water leaks in hotels can occur in many locations and may be difficult to detect without a structured investigation process. When abnormal water consumption or leak alarms are detected, engineering teams should follow a systematic inspection approach to identify the source of the problem. A structured investigation helps reduce water losses,...
Smart water monitoring systems such as Smartvatten help hotels detect abnormal water consumption and potential leaks by analyzing real-time water flow patterns. When unusual water usage is detected, the system generates alarms that alert facility managers or engineering teams. These alarms help hotels identify leaks early and take corrective...
Water leaks are one of the most common sources of unnecessary water consumption in hotels. Even small leaks can result in significant water loss when they occur continuously over long periods. Smart leak detection systems combine water metering, flow analysis, and anomaly detection to identify leaks early and reduce operational risk. In modern...
Advanced water optimization combines engineering controls, smart monitoring, and data analytics. In hotels and resorts, the objective is not only to reduce total water consumption, but also to detect leaks early, optimize irrigation usage, improve cooling tower efficiency, and reduce domestic hot water losses. This type of optimization is most...
GoGreen Sustainability Knowledge Hub This page brings together practical sustainability knowledge for hotel operations. Use the sections below to explore key topics related to environmental management, water, energy, and certifications. Environmental Management Foundations Environmental Sustainability in Hotels – Foundation Environmental...
Preventive Energy Management and Engineering Tasks in Hotels Preventive energy management is an important part of efficient hotel operations. Mechanical systems such as HVAC equipment, boilers, chillers, and pumps require regular monitoring and maintenance to maintain performance and avoid unnecessary energy consumption. By implementing...
Building Management Systems and Energy Monitoring in Hotels A Building Management System (BMS) is a centralized platform used to monitor and control mechanical and electrical systems within a building. In hotels, BMS platforms play a critical role in managing energy consumption by integrating systems such as HVAC, lighting, pumps, and mechanical...
Boiler Systems and Heating Efficiency in Hotels Boiler systems are an essential part of many hotel mechanical plants. They provide hot water or steam for space heating, domestic hot water production, laundry operations, and kitchen processes. Efficient boiler operation is important for maintaining reliable heating performance while minimizing...
HVAC Systems and Energy Optimization in Hotels Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems are typically the largest energy consumers in hotel buildings. These systems maintain indoor temperature, humidity, and air quality across guest rooms, public areas, kitchens, conference facilities, and back-of-house spaces. Optimizing HVAC...
Hotel Energy Benchmarking and Performance Classification Energy benchmarking allows hotels to evaluate their energy performance relative to industry standards and similar properties. By comparing energy consumption against established benchmarks, hotel operators can determine whether their buildings are operating efficiently or if improvements...
Hotel Energy Consumption and Key Performance Indicators Energy consumption is one of the largest operational costs in hotel operations and a key factor in environmental sustainability. Hotels rely on energy to provide guest comfort, operate mechanical systems, support food and beverage services, and maintain lighting and equipment throughout the...
Green Key Certification for Hotels Green Key is an international environmental certification program designed specifically for tourism and hospitality businesses. The certification recognizes hotels and other tourism facilities that demonstrate a strong commitment to environmental management and sustainable operations. Green Key certification is...
BREEAM Certification for Hotels BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is one of the most widely used sustainability assessment systems for buildings worldwide. It evaluates environmental performance across the entire lifecycle of a building, including design, construction, and operational management. For hotels,...
Requirement Index This article summarizes how the Nordic Swan criteria for hotels and other accommodation are structured. The criteria combine mandatory requirements (O-requirements) and point-scored requirements (P-requirements). Mandatory requirements (O) must always be fulfilled. Point-scored requirements (P) give points, and the hotel must...
Nordic Swan Ecolabel for Hotels The Nordic Swan Ecolabel is one of the official environmental certification systems used across the Nordic countries. It evaluates hotels based on their environmental performance, operational sustainability practices, and resource efficiency. The certification helps hotels reduce their environmental impact while...
Preventive Water Management Tasks for Hotels Effective water management in hotels requires regular monitoring, maintenance, and operational checks. Preventive water management helps identify inefficiencies early, prevent leaks, maintain equipment performance, and ensure safe water quality. By implementing structured daily, weekly, monthly, and...
Water Metering, Submetering and Leak Detection in Hotels Accurate water measurement is essential for effective water management in hotels. Without reliable data, it is difficult to understand consumption patterns, detect inefficiencies, or identify leaks. Water metering and submetering allow operators to monitor water use across different systems...
Cooling Towers and Water Efficiency in Hotel HVAC Systems Cooling towers are a critical component of many hotel HVAC systems, particularly in properties with large chiller plants. These systems remove heat from the building by rejecting it through evaporation, which requires a continuous supply of water. Because of this process, cooling towers...
Domestic Hot Water Systems in Hotels Domestic Hot Water (DHW) systems are essential in hotel operations, providing hot water for guest rooms, kitchens, laundry facilities, and recreational areas. Because these systems operate continuously and serve many outlets across the property, they represent both a significant energy load and a critical...
Hotel Water Consumption Profile and Key Performance Indicators Water is one of the most important operational resources in hotel operations. It supports guest comfort, food and beverage services, laundry operations, mechanical systems, and landscaping. Effective water management requires understanding where water is consumed and establishing...
Hotels must be prepared to respond effectively to environmental emergencies. While daily operations focus on efficiency and resource management, unexpected incidents can cause significant environmental damage, financial loss, and reputational risk. Structured emergency preparedness ensures that hotels can prevent, manage, and mitigate...
Waste management is a significant environmental and operational challenge in the hospitality industry. Accurate measurement and transparent reporting are essential for identifying reduction opportunities, improving recycling performance, and ensuring credible sustainability communication. A structured waste measurement methodology enables hotels...
Monitoring and measurement are essential components of structured environmental management. Without reliable data, hotels cannot assess performance, identify improvement opportunities, or demonstrate progress toward sustainability goals. Environmental performance must therefore be quantified, reviewed regularly, and used as a basis for informed...
An Environmental Management System (EMS) provides a structured framework that enables hotels to systematically manage, monitor, and improve their environmental performance. Standards such as ISO 14001 define internationally recognized requirements for establishing and maintaining an EMS. The objective is not only regulatory compliance, but...
Hotels impact the environment through several core operational areas. These environmental dimensions help structure sustainability efforts, define measurable indicators, and assign responsibilities across departments. Energy Management Energy consumption is one of the most significant environmental and financial factors in hotel operations. Main...
Definition of Environmental Sustainability Environmental sustainability refers to development that meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is one of the three pillars of sustainability: economy, society, and environment. From an environmental perspective, sustainability focuses on...
GoGreen – Data Integration & Insights Overview GoGreen is designed to integrate sustainability data from multiple sources and convert it into clear, actionable environmental insights. The platform supports standardized data inputs while remaining flexible enough to work with different suppliers, systems, and levels of data maturity. Data can...
Data integration partners per country Belgium District heating - Metry Electricity - Metry General waste - Nehlen Entsorgung • Berlin Rycyklinng Towels & linens - Elis Germany • Wäscherei Max Stich GmbH • Duncker • Monowii • T-Tex Denmark Chemicals - Ecolab (TBA) • Abena (TBA) District heating - Hofor (TBA) Electricity - Energinet...
The CO2 factors module is where you can update and manage CO2 factors as part of environmental management. Updating these factors is necessary for CO2 emissions to be displayed in PMI GoGreen, and for using the Goal distribution tool to set environmental goals. Intended users: This module is for sustainability team members who are responsible for...
The GoGreen Home Page provides an overview of sustainability performance and access to individual GoGreen Cockpits and the GoGreen Index Dashboard of how the team is progressing toward environmental and sustainability targets, and whether they are adopting best practices. It also provides you with navigation points to the GoGreen Adoption index...
What is weather normalization? Weather normalization in the hotel industry is a process used to adjust and standardize performance metrics, such as energy consumption, to account for variations in weather conditions. This allows hotels to accurately compare their performance against the target. What is its purpose? Weather normalization in PMI...
What is weather normalization? Weather normalization in the hotel industry is a process used to adjust and standardize performance metrics, such as energy consumption, to account for variations in weather conditions. This allows hotels to accurately compare their performance against the target. More info on weather normalization can be found...
Some resources have the consumption values automatically imported into the GoGreen cockpit, while others require manual input.  How to make a manual editTo make a manual entry, make sure that you are in the Doing section of the cockpit you wish to work in. We recommend having the category ‘All’ selected for ease of use.  The ‘Enter consumption’...
Each month, a new forecast should be submitted for the coming months. This can be done via the Planning pages in PMI. There are 3 simple steps to this process which should be done by the controller or GM. Step 1: Set up a plan Go to Planning setup in the main menu. 1. If you already have a forecast from last month, select ‘Roll forward’.    ...
Data specification sheet The GoGreen Data specification sheet is designed to assist in setting up sustainability data integration with PMI. Using the data specification sheet ensures a seamless and efficient data integration process into the PMI software suite, enabling better environmental management and reporting. These documents provides...
What are the targets in GoGreen?GoGreen cockpits and planning pages show the monthly target consumption values for all resources compared to forecast values. These monthly targets are set for each property to help them meet their long-term sustainability goals. The targets are calculated using the goal distribution tool and cannot be manually...
GoGreen is now a benchmarking option in the regular benchmarking page in PMI. This feature gives you the opportunity to see how you are managing your environmental resources compared to the forecast, as well as your peers, and helps to keep you on track. Here, you can view your GoGreen index, your GoGreen CPOR (cost per occupied room), and can...
The table below explains the calculations used for each of the measurements that make up the GoGreen index. Each action has a different weighting, according to how crucial it is. The more crucial an action is, the greater impact it will have on a department's index score. The column to the far right shows if the action has a high, medium or low...
Navigating the GoGreen Index Dashboard The GoGreen Index Dashboard is accessible from the GoGreen home page by clicking the GoGreen Index tile. It provides a consolidated overview of your property’s sustainability performance across multiple resources. Top Summary Tiles: View your current Index score and its comparison to past performance...
What is sense check mode? Sense check is a feature to help minimize errors in your data. It highlights obvious errors and values that seem extreme so you can review, correct or validate as needed. Sense check appears as an option on pages in PMI that have data tables, including GoGreen planning and Staffing. How to use sense check 1. Tick the box...
What is GoGreen Planning? Planning is a new module that initially supports the GoGreen cockpits with financial elements for environmental targets. This module is prepopulated using the latest Live Forecast and estimates based on historical financial (P&L) data. This article is geared toward department heads, controllers and GMs with budget...
What is GoGreen planning? Planning is a new module that initially supports the GoGreen cockpits with financial elements for environmental targets. This module is prepopulated using the latest Live forecast and estimates based on historical financial (P&L) data. This article is geared toward department heads, controllers and GMs with access...
Navigating the GoGreen Cockpit The GoGreen Cockpit serves as your central hub for monitoring and managing your property’s environmental resource consumption. Unlike other cockpits, its layout is specifically designed to focus on sustainability metrics. Top navigation: Begin by selecting the desired resource category—such as Electricity, Heating,...
See below for external links that provide additional insights into how to reduce consumption and effectively manage your environmental resources. Activities to reduce consumption: EU best practice Peak time demand management: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_demand_management Co²-emission factor:...
Example used is kWh from GoGreen. This shows the quantity of each resource we expect to use. The values come from the Live Forecast when this plan was first created.  It’s fair to say that the values may differ in Live Forecast today, that’s why best practise is to review and submit your values as soon as the plan is created. You can edit the...
Example used is Energy. This shows an estimated average price for each month in the plan and is combined with the usage (multiplied) to get the values. You can edit these prices as required. You can see there is added a price of 1 for gas in most months below. The header for this section includes a basic reminder of where the data shown comes...
The ‘Save changes’ button ensures the changes made to the plan are saved for furture edits. At this stage, the values only exist in this view. To make the plan values (cost of energy and estimated unit prices) available elsewhere, they need to be submitted by clicking the ‘Submit to cockpits’ button. This immediately updates all pages (depts)...
Example used is Energy. This first section in the data table is the plan (budget) numbers in the currency shown in the header. It displays in thousands (K) and in the local currency.These values cannot be edited directly. They reflect values in the next sections based on the formula displayed at the top of the page. We have designed it to ensure...
Example used is Towels & linen Use this chart to see at a glance the general shape of your plan (blue bars) against the comparative period (gray) as pre-set and the level of guest nights planned (purple line). This enables you to see if the cost level decreases when guest nights decreases or displays seasonality as expected. If the chart...
The charts below (Towels & linen and Energy are used in this example), displays whether your plan shows year-on-year (YoY) improvement, considering the activity levels.   The plan values for each month are divided by a relevant productivity measure such as guest nights or hotel area in square meters and compared to the same calculation for...
The diagram below shows the correlation between the formula elements which calculates the unit price to get the plan value you expect.In the diagram here below the forecast comes from kg from GoGreen multiplied by price per kg. Always ensure you are in the department/resource you are responsible for. The same applies when choosing Chemicals, Food...
What is comparative data? It is a set of data that you compare your draft plan against.  The dataset shown under comparative data is also used to calculate other elements of your new plan.  Look for … ‘based on comparative data’… in a section header like this: Comparative data is often just last year’s actual costs for the department and cost...
Example used is Towels & linen. This is the traditional view of a budget with numbers by month.  We have included a total column showing the sum of all months in the plan (which could be anything between 6 & 18 months). The column Avg./month is the sum of all months divided by the number of months in the plan. Note that you...
What is Planning? Planning version setup is where you create draft budgets and forecasts for GoGreen, Room revenue, and Labor costs.  PMI prepopulates this plan using the latest Live forecast and estimates based on historical financial (P&L) data. The forecast can then be reviewed and manually adjusted before it is submitted as the forecast...
Navigating the GoGreen Learning Page The GoGreen Learning Page helps you analyze historical performance and consumption behavior over time. It is designed for deeper insight and reflection, offering visualizations to guide decision-making and identify opportunities for improvement. Here’s how to navigate the key elements: Composition: A doughnut...