São Paulo – The Department of Culture and Tourism- Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced on Monday (6), the launch of its carbon calculator, designed to support all hotels across the emirate in tracking and quantifying their consumption of various carbon emission sources, United Arab Emirates state news agency WAM reported.
The tool will support the UAE drive aimed at achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Abu Dhabi is the capital emirate of the Arab country. The announcement was made at the Arabian Travel Market, an exhibition taking place this week, from 6th to 9th, in Dubai, another emirate in the country.
With the aim of lowering the carbon footprint of the industry over time, the calculator will provide hotels access to a dashboard to identify key areas of high consumption, especially within energy and water consumption.
The methodology has been developed in consultation with representatives from the hotel industry as well as several government stakeholders including the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the Department of Energy Abu Dhabi (DoE).
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By tracking indicators such as consumption of fuel, gas, electricity, and water and converting this data into a standardized unit of measurement (kgCO2e), the tool facilitates analysis across the industry.
Carbon calculator
The calculator will aid DCT Abu Dhabi in recognizing top-performing hotels and supporting those with higher consumption to gradually reduce emissions. All Abu Dhabi hotels are mandated to use the calculator and submit their consumption data, with mandatory monthly reporting being implemented across the industry.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
