Propuesta de un programa de producción más limpia y estimación de la huella de carbono en el hotel VALGUS de la ciudad de Cuenca”

Abstract

The hotel industry is responsible for a large consumption of materials, water and energy which produce an emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) and its increase within the cities, for which it is necessary that the establishments have a sustainable approach. In this study, there were proposed Cleaner Production strategies focused on the Valgus Hotel located in the city of Cuenca based on the year 2021. These prepositions will allow avoiding and mitigating environmental impacts through the practices of incorporations that improve the quality of processes and optimizing of supplies; as well as the estimation of the Carbon Footprint (CF) from an inventory of GHG derived from hotel services commodities. The Cleaner Production proposal was based on the development of four stages established by the Cleaner Production General Technical Guide of the Promotion of Sustainable Technologies Center in Bolivia and the development of an action plan which could be used for the implementation of the proposal. Through the analysis of the current situation of the hotel commodity, twelve CP options were identified and prioritized through technical-productivity, technical-environmental and economic aspects. The application of the proposal projects a saving of $2196 in one year related to the reduction of consumption of electricity, water, products and fuels. In addition, the estimation of the CF was based on the Methodological Guide for the Application of the UNE-ISO 14064-1:2006 Standard and the Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The GHG inventory includes eight emission sources classified into three scopes according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (WRI & WBCSD, 2004). As a result, in 2021 the hotel in Cuenca, VALGUS, emitted 35,29 t CO2e, with scope 1 being the main contribution to total carbon footprint with 66,12% followed by scopes 2 and 3 with 31,69% and 2,19%. respectively. It is worth saying that by implementing the Cleaner Production program proposal, it will be possible to reduce the CF to 31,89 t CO2e per year.