My Green Butler, a smart service for tourist accommodation that aims to help guests change their behaviour in order to promote conservation and was conceived by Griffith PhD candidate Mr Christopher Warren, has now launched online.
Mr Warren’s research findings showed that, contrary to popular belief, how much power, water and other resources guests consumed was not linked to their stay satisfaction.
In fact, when accommodation operators engaged directly with their guests about resource conservation, they experienced resource and cost savings as well as positive guest feedback.
This is because, he found, that the usefulness of resource-conserving technology such as solar panels and eco-friendly water systems is limited by guests’ wildly varied use of electricity and other utilities.
However, when guests were made aware of statistics such as average power consumption across a property – and when they were given useful advice and tools – they were more likely to bear in mind their
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