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Benefits of leed certification in terms of water efficiency in hotel industry: a literature review

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dc.contributor.author Damsari, AGU
dc.contributor.author Sridarran, P
dc.contributor.author Abdeen, FN
dc.date.accessioned 2021-07-20T08:28:30Z
dc.date.available 2021-07-20T08:28:30Z
dc.date.issued 2020-11-06
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/16530
dc.description.abstract Water is the world's most precious resource, vital for humanity and the remainder of the world. Due to the incredible water consumption in the hotel industry, hoteliers are required to pay more concern on water saving. The water consumption of the hotel is directly influenced by existing water efficiency practices. Green Building Rating Systems (GBRS) provides a structure or collections of metrics to determine the level of water efficiency achievable by a building. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to identify how LEED certification guide hoteliers to achieve water efficiency. The literature synthesis highlights the water efficiency practices, which should be followed by the hoteliers in order to obtain LEED certification. Accordingly, it guides hoteliers to achieve water efficiency under four categories such as outdoor water usage reduction, indoor water usage reduction, cooling tower water usage reduction and water metring. Further, the study identifies the performance gaps between LEED certified hotels and non-LEED certified hotels by highlighting the water efficiency practices adapted by worldwide LEED certified hotels. Moreover, the study revealed that LEED is the most adaptable system used in Sri Lanka among other green rating systems due to its glob-al recognition. The findings of this study could be used by hoteliers as a basis in understanding the available water efficiency practices and measures for the hotels that could be utilised in achieving water efficiency. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Water Efficiency en_US
dc.subject Green Building Rating System (GBRS) en_US
dc.subject Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) en_US
dc.title Benefits of leed certification in terms of water efficiency in hotel industry: a literature review en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Dimensions of space multi-disciplinary approaches en_US
dc.identifier.place University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos 64-72p. en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding 13th International Research Conference - FARU 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.email udatharadamsari@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email psridarran@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email nisharaabdeen04@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31705/FARU.2020.7 en_US


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