Worldwide: Serviced accommodation provider SilverDoor has launched a carbon calculator sustainability tool for the global corporate housing sector.
The calculator will collect carbon emissions data to allow clients to set, monitor and report on their business travel sustainability goals.
It has been built with a specific focus on water and energy consumption, including a per-night CO2 emission estimation for each apartment and the wider building. Electricity, gas and oil use, as well as the total area of climate-controlled space, water consumption and laundry management will be measured.
The result will be compared to an equivalent hotel stay using data from the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index.
Alex Neale, group head of partner relationships at SilverDoor said: “Across the supply chain operators are being charged with researching and providing robust data sets that offer greater transparency and a deeper understanding of the carbon emissions of each business trip. Our ambition for the launch of the Carbon Calculator is to provide that data and transparency for the serviced apartment sector and lead the industry in the next stage of its sustainability journey.
“In researching and developing the Carbon Calculator we have kept both our partners and clients front and centre to ensure it is practical and accessible as well as helping them to make better qualified sustainable choices in line with their individual strategy. While cost remains the key factor for most booking decisions, increasingly we are seeing sustainability gain prominence within both travel policies and RFPs.”
Neale added: “The serviced apartment sector at a global level has a high volume of operators and that brings with it a high level of diversity in terms of the range of accommodation types and services available. Historically that has meant accurate estimates on carbon emissions has been a challenge. In launching the Carbon Calculator our focus is on using the scale of that reach and diversity to develop the most informative and accurate tool on the market. As more partners submit their data it will work alongside the data from Cornell so that together with our partners and our clients we can take the next, better informed steps towards a more sustainable future for travel together.”
