The document discusses environmental studies and facility planning. It defines the environment as the sum of all surrounding conditions that affect living organisms, including physical, biological, and societal factors. The environment is divided into abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) components. To successfully implement an environmental program at a hotel, communication is needed with staff, business partners, guests, and the local community. Staff must be trained and their efforts recognized to gain commitment. Hotels can influence business partners to supply eco-friendly goods. Guests are increasingly concerned with environmental practices, so good PR benefits the hotel. Community projects funded by hotels improve the environment and raise the hotel's profile.

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7.4 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY & FACILITY PLANNING
CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE
Definition: The sum total of all surroundings of a living organism, including natural forces and
other living things, which provide conditions for development and growth as well as of danger
and damage.
Environment is a term that comprises all living and non-living things that occur on Earth or
some part of it. Environment is also defined as the circumstances or conditions that surround
one (surroundings) or the totality of circumstances surrounding an organism or group of
organisms, especially:
(a) The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the
Growth, development, and survival of organisms;
(b) The complex of social and cultural conditions affecting the nature of an
Individual or community.
 What surrounds us? External factors and forces (conditions) that affect an organism or a
group of organisms;
• Physical (air, water, soil)
• Biological (biosphere: plants; animals)
• Societal (our culture; political system)
The elements of environment can be broadly divided into two; ABIOTIC and BIOTIC
environments.
 The elements of environment can be broadly divided into two; Abiotic and Biotic
environments.
I. Abiotic environment
The abiotic environment is composed of non-living physical and chemical components/factors
like wind, temperature, humidity, water, minerals, soil, sediment and gases etc. The abiotic
components are further divided into three;
• Geosphere/Lithosphere (sphere of rocks/soil/ sediment)
• Hydrosphere (sphere of water)
• Atmosphere (sphere of gases)
II. Biotic or biological environment
Biotic environment is composed of all the living components–e.g. Flora (plants),
Fauna (animals) and microorganisms. The biotic component consists of,
• Producers: green plants and other organisms that carry on photosynthesis
• Consumers: Organisms that feed on other organisms
• Decomposers: organisms that feed on dead matter and break it down to release
Chemical energy back into the soil for plants to re-use them. E.g. fungi and bacteria.

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The Environment (Protection) Act was enacted in 1986 with the objective of providing for the
protection and improvement of the environment. It empowers the Central Government to
establish authorities [under section 3(3)] charged with the mandate of preventing
environmental pollution in all its forms and to tackle specific environmental problems that are
peculiar to different parts of the country. The Act was last amended in 1991.
A successful environmental programme requires that the environmental message be
communicated to all stakeholders in your hotel enterprise. This includes the staff, business
partners, guests, and the local community.
STAFF
The commitment of all staff to the programme is crucial. To obtain this commitment the
programme must be publicly supported by top management who must give backing and
direction. An environmental coordinator should be appointed, a working group selected with
representation from all the important departments and a programme to build environmentalism
into staff culture should be implemented. The success or failure will depend on the leadership
skills of the group leader.
Raise awareness Attend local and corporate training courses, expand knowledge,
and plan training of the staff
Build commitment review attitude towards commitment, encourage staff suggestions,
and create ‘ownership’
Provide support provide technical support, allocate budget, include new
responsibilities in job descriptions, induction of new employees
Reward and recognize achievements to be recognized and rewarded: letter from the
general manager, employee record enhancement, publicity for the
employee in the company magazine, cash incentive, contests like
‘idea of the month’
Celebrate success well presented leaflet-summarizing achievements, performance,
and success stories. Sharing with other hotels, local newspapers
will enhance image in the community
Practical steps foster individual sense of responsibility, conduct training
programmes, adopt hotel slogan, post interesting trivia and
statistics in special bulletin board, car poor, tree planting
programme, environmental patrol to check waste management,
water leaks etc.

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BUSINESS PARTNERS
The range of goods used by the hotels is vast and ranges from construction materials to furniture
and fittings. They also use services from advertising agencies to banks. This interdependence can
be used to challenge business partners to help in the environmental mission and to look at how
they can change their own activities. More hotels demanding eco friendly products will lead to
more supply and cheaper goods.
GUESTS
Guests are increasingly aware of the eco friendly practices and more and more people are basing
their business decisions on this. Thus good public relations with respect to the practices followed
in the hotel can translate to a responsible behavior and respected clientele.
COMMUNITY
Hotels are already active in the community. Projects funded by the hotel can benefit the hotel
and the community like providing garbage cans, beautifying parks and in turn lead to more brand
awareness.
Some activities that can be taken up
 Urban Beautification campaign
 Beach park clean up
 Alternate energy sourcing
 Organic farming sponsoring
 Rainwater harvesting
 Sponsorship of youth festivals
 Training films
 Support of arts and artisans using traditional method