Water and Energy Challenges In the Caribbean
Abstract
This article identifies the water
and energy issues that the Caribbean
tourism industry will face in the new
millennium and proposes an analytical
framework for developing a sustain-
able energy management system. Hotel
operators must realize the need to in-
corporate environmental reporting into
their existing control systems.
Section 1 provides a brief descrip-
tion of the state of the Caribbean tourism sector and its prospects for the
future.
Section 2 provides a background to the present approach to envi-
ronmental management in the Caribbean and identifies some of the
environmental challenges facing the industry in the coming decades,
particularly in the area of water and energy.
Section 3 explores some ways in which environmental
sustainability can be incorporated into any company’s energy and envi-
ronmental management system implementation.
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