Housekeeping Environmental Management

As to ensure the EMS, there are 15 basic steps to the successful implementation of an environmental management system in a hotel industry. First and foremost, assemble the team which include representative from all department such as management form admin, co-ordinator, operation includes room division, housekeeping, food and beverages, finance, legal, marketing and sales.

The most important appointed representative are from operation section, for examples front of house, housekeeping, food & beverage, banqueting(conference & meeting), engineering and maintenance, sales and marketing, personnel, financial control and purchasing because this operational section is very important in controlling the efficiency of environmental.

Second, acknowledge

Front of the house improve in energy such as blocking off and grouping rooms, light controlling key cards and environmental information in guest packs, not to mention the waste of electronic information to reduce paper usage, reuse of paper and recycle toner cartridges. In the housekeeping department, energy efficiency can be done by check room temperatures, use cold water instead of hot wherever possible, not to mention for water usage use minimum quantities during cleaning and notify maintenance immediately of any leaks Finally, reduce wastage by reuse linen unsuitable for its original purpose, use dispensers instead of sachets and use cleaning materials in the recommended concentrations and dispose of containers

Appropriate systems for collection, recycling and clearance of these wastes in all departments of the hotel are a requirement for the Ecotel certification. Moreover, all employees of the hotel must go through training in the basic solid waste management techniques.

Besides, educated the employee with environmental education and later on evaluates how involved the employees are in the efforts of the hotel to underwrite towards the environment. Thus, the hotel should have training modules in place for employees at all levels to familiarize them with the eco-friendly initiatives of the hotel.

In addition, the commitment for environmental protection should be demonstrate by the hotel for the existence of a formalized commitment towards the preservation and improvement of the natural environment. Therefore, it must through all operations, activities and written statements, communicate its commitment to the environment. Nevertheless, every hotel should have a green team headed by a member of the top management ensuring that all departments are working in consonance with the hotel’s mission of environmental