"Green Hotels" - Ecological Living

Eco-friendly hotels? Until recently they were not the obvious choice for wealthy tourists. Of course, protect the environment - a necessary and worthy cause ... approximately 337 days a year. And during the holidays it does not afford the fancy like the clock illumination in a room or a taxi to fifty horsepower under the hood? But now the guests and have not noticed, as will conserve resources: new technologies allow us not sacrifice comfort. Engineering genius learned how to recycle plastic bottles in the soft tissues, to turn acid rain into the water for baths and to recover fuel from the combustion products. Foreseeing a change in priorities, the world's hotels began to hunt for ekoregaliyami. Since 2003, European hotels are eligible for European ekoleybl - blue-green "flower", marking products and services, friendly environment. Since 2004, American hotels were applying for a certificate "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design" For reasons of economy and marketing of "green" ideas were pulled large hotel chains.

Six years ago the most expensive hotels in the world began to change the usual light bulbs for energy-saving and encourages the use of towels for several days. Hotel dreaming of five "green" stars must recruit locals and decorate the interior carvings Aboriginal craftsmen. Hoteliers have to think about the social factors affecting the ecology of the region: the concept of "ecosystem" is now increasingly include and parameters such as employment, population, distance from home to work preference to traditional materials and technologies, the use of manual labor. Ideal ekogostinitsy - non-waste production, more precisely, the conversion of waste into profits. In its sealed microcosm can freely penetrate only the wealthy tourists who prefer to spend money for the benefit of a healthy planet. Today, under pressure from the fashion and economy shall be even conservative business hotels in Munich and Geneva, for the longest time reflecting eco-offensive. Their bathrooms have appeared inflatable tanks for soap instead of individually packaged slices in the dish soap, and the halls are special bins for waste paper collection - read the morning papers. Unfortunately, in Russia, the concept of "green hotel" has virtually none. Let's hope that these hotels will soon appear, the main hope here on the Black Sea coast, and most importantly of Sochi.