An Empirical Study on the Construction of the Index System for Evaluating Hotel Low-Carbonization

Based on a factor analysis made by applying documentary analysis,expert interview and questionnaire survey methods,this paper took high-star hotels in Pearl River Delta as objects for setting up an Index system for evaluating hotel low-carbonization,which consists of 6 first grade indexes namely: Carbon Emission Reduction Measures Index,Low Carbon Management Index,Low Carbon Behaviour Guidance Index,Carbon Sink Index and Carbon Source Index,and 21 second grade indexes.The results show that Carbon Emission Reduction Measures Index,Low Carbon Management Index and Carbon Emission Index are the decisive factors in evaluating hotel low-carbonization.The analysis of the different sample packets also indicates that certain differences of recognition exist between hotel managements and researchers,and between hotel managements of mainland and Hong Kong and Macao.