Abstract
The purpose of this work is to develop a sustainable hotel building model (SHBM) that will allow for the measurement of sustainability in determining what conditions are most ideal for hotels in Northern Cyprus. This research method is based on the synthesis of international sustainable building assessment criteria from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the localization of these criteria in Northern Cyprus. Thus, this article proposes an SHBM, which is especially localized for Northern Cyprus that can be used for new hotel buildings’ design and construction and renovations of existing buildings as well as to measure their sustainability regarding environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects. To serve this purpose, various methods of measurement of sustainability and green certificates (both qualitative and quantitative), global in scale were studied, which provided the basis for the development of the SHBM and local conditions of Northern Cyprus. Six hotels of differing sizes were studied in order to understand localized situation, conditions and priorities. The results of this study suggest that to have a more sustainable hotel in the aimed context, hotels of different scales (based on bed capacity and classification) must be evaluated adopting the SHBM model to achieve a better result for the sustainability of large-scale as well as small-scale hotels. In addition, this model helps the tourism industry and the hotel sector of Northern Cyprus benefit from sustainability in terms of environmental, economic and sociocultural aspects, which consequently help the local community in several ways.
Highlights
Over the last three decades, sustainable development has become more important on every scale and in every economic sector, especially in building construction and tourism
This study develops a sustainable hotel building model (SHBM) for large- and small-scale hotels in order to determine which scale can be more sustainable based on conditions in Northern Cyprus
The core questions included in the interview guide were whether participants agreed or disagreed that: (1) size of a hotel; (2) type of a hotel; (3) number of tourists received by a hotel; (4) income of a hotel; (5) local ownership of a hotel; and (6) employment of local residents by a hotel each affects the sustainability of hotels in Northern Cyprus
Summary
Over the last three decades, sustainable development has become more important on every scale and in every economic sector, especially in building construction and tourism. Numerous assessment frameworks exist for measuring the sustainability of hotels and attaining a green certificate at the organizational level, sectoral level, regional or country levels Examples of these include: ISO 14000, the European Union Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), the US green building certification LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the UK BREEAM (Building Research Establish Environmental Assessment Method); and Japan’s CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency) [5,6,7]. What complicates matters even more is the fact that despite Northern Cyprus burgeoning with tourism and construction, a great number of hotel employees are foreigners from Turkey [17,18,19], making it difficult for locals to find employment within the industry on the island Despite these concerns, few studies related to current issues in Northern Cyprus have been undertaken considering the sustainability of hotels. This study develops a sustainable hotel building model (SHBM) for large- and small-scale hotels in order to determine which scale can be more sustainable based on conditions in Northern Cyprus
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