Transcript Dr. Mousa Mohsen - Jordan University of Science and Technology

DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS & TOOLS FOR
ESTABLISHMENT OF
GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE IN THE TOURIST
ACCOMODATION SECTOR IN JORDAN – IMPLEMENTATION
OF PILOT STUDIES
LIFE05 TCY/HKJ/000132 – GREEN - TAS
Prof. Mousa S. Mohsen
EC Meeting
Movenpick Hotel/
Dead Sea
27/2/2008
About the GREEN-TAS Project
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Project Location: Jordan
Starting date: 01/2/2006
Expected ending date : 31/7/2008
Duration in months : 30
Tasks : 8 tasks
PARTNERS
Hashemite University
Movenpick Hotels in Jordan
Ministry of Environment
University of Cyprus
Jordan University of
Science and Technology
AEOLIKI Ltd
GREEN-TAS OBJECTIVES
1. To analyze the tourist industry in Jordan and
the prevailing opportunities and constraints
related to the hotel accommodation sector
2. To develop strategies and policies for the
improvement of the hotels’ environmental
performance in Jordan
3. To identify and analyze success stories in
relation to the hotels’ environmental
performance in order to exploit the European
and other best practices and know-how on
the hotels’ environmental performance
4. To elaborate real cases (pilot studies) for
the determination and monitoring of the
environmental impacts of the hotel sector
in Jordan
5. To develop and implement
methodologies for the enhancement of
the hotels’ environmental behavior and
performance in Jordan
6. To perform an economic analysis for the
application of EMS in the hotels in Jordan
7. To develop methods and tools for the
monitoring and reporting of the hotels’
environmental actions, impacts and
improvements
8. To disseminate this methodology and make it
available among those concerned
9. To develop a guiding tool for implementation of
environmental hotel best practices
10. To develop a relevant e-training module
GREEN-TAS TASKS
TASK
UNDERTAKEN BY
LEADER
DELIVERABLE
START
END
NOTES
HU
D1,D2,D3,D4
1/2/2006
31/8/2006
DONE
1
HU, MoE, JUST,
UCY
2
UCY,AEOLIKI,HU
UCY
D5, D6
1/4/2006
30/9/2006
DONE
3
UCY,AEOLIKI,HU,
MOVENPICK, MoE
HU
D7,D8,D9
1/10/2006
31/5/2007
DONE
4
UCY,AEOLIKI,HU,
MOVENPIC
AEOLIKI
D10,D11,D12,
D13
1/6/2007
31/12/2007
DONE
5
UCY,AEOLIKI,HU,
JUST
UCY
D14,D15,D16
1/1/2008
31/5/2008
ONGOING
6
UCY,AEOLIKI,HU,
JUST,MoE
MoE
D17,D18,D19,D
20,D21
1/3/2008
31/7/2008
Planned
7
UCY,AEOLIKI,HU,J
UST,MoE,
MOVENPICK
JUST
1/2/2005
31/7/2008
ON GOING
8
UCY,AEOLIKI,HU,
JUST,MoE,
MOVENPICK
HU
1/2/2005
31/7/2008
ON GOING
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All Deliverables of T1,T2,T3 & T4 have
been finalized.
All Deliverables of T1,T2 & T3 were
submitted to the Commission.
DELIVERABLES OF TASK 1
(1/2/2006-31/8/2006)
DELIVERABLE
DESCRIPTION
DATE OF
COMPLETION
NOTES
D1
Description of the
tourism industry in
Jordan
30/4/2006
DONE
D2
Analysis of
environmental
problems related to
the tourism hotel
industry in Jordan
31/7/2006
DONE
D3
Actors involved in the
tourism industry,
their role and
responsibilities
31/5/2006
DONE
D4
Set of proposals to
develop
environmental
policies in regards to
the tourist sector
31/8/2006
DONE
DELIVERABLES OF TASK 2
(1/4/2006-30/9/2006)
DATE OF
COMPLETION
DELIVERABLE
DESCRIPTION
D5
Description and
analysis of
selected success
stories
31/7/2006
D6
Evaluation of
various
alternative
environmental
systems to be
implemented in
Jordan
30/9/2006
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DONE
DONE
DELIVERABLES OF TASK 3
(1/10/2006-31/5/2007)
DELIVERABLE
DESCRIPTION
DATE OF
COMPLETION
D7
2 Environmental
review reports, one
for each hotel
15/1/2007
D8
Set up of targets for
environmental
improvement
31/3/2007
D9
2 Reports concerning
the case studies
performed
31/5/2007
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DONE
DONE
DONE
DELIVERABLES OF TASK 4
(1/6/2007-31/12/2007)
DELIVERABLE
DESCRIPTION
DATE OF
COMPLETION
NOTES
D10
Developing an
environmental
policy for each of
the two MP Hotels
31/7/2007
DONE
D11
Developing an
audit report for
each of these
hotels
30/11/2007
DONE
D12
Environmental
objectives for each
of these hotels
31/12/2007
DONE
31/12/2007
DONE
Developing
D13
procedures and
systems for the
implementations of
the EMS
REPORTING
REPORT
REPORT DATE
REMARKS
1ST PROGRESS
REPORT
30/9/2006
Submitted on
15/11/2006
INTERIM REPORT
AND COST
STATEMENT
31/5/2007
Submitted on
31/7/2007
2ND PROGRESS
REPORT
31/7/2007
Submitted on
31/10/2007
FINAL REPORT
31/7/2008
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LAYMAN’S
REPORT
31/7/2008
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Summary of Activities
The web site of the project was
designed and loaded by JUST
www.just.edu.jo/green_tas
Meetings
A kick off meeting at the Hashemite
University was held on March 9th, 2006
A kick-off meeting in Brussels
was held on 6-7 June 2006
A Steering Committee 1st meeting was held
at Hashemite University, 26 June 2006
Steering Committee
Jordan Society of Tourism & Travel Agents
Jordan Environment Society
Jordan Hotel Association
Jordan Tourism Board
Tourist Guide Association
Hashemite University
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Environment
Movenpick Hotels in Jordan
University of Cyprus
AEOLIKI Company/ Cyprus
EC Mission Meeting
Movenpick Hotel, Dead Sea, Jordan
14th October 2006
Partners meeting was held on September
25th, 2006, Amman-Jordan
Steering Committee 2nd Meeting
Hashemite University
Zarqa, Jordan
18th April 2007
Site Visits
A total of 8 site visits to
Euro-Med Region Countries
were carried out
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Two visits were conducted to make
environmental analyses of the current
situation and performance in the two
Mövenpick Hotels of Dead Sea and Petra
(case studies).
This was accompanied with distributing a
number of surveys on hotels in the Dead
Sea and Petra areas (as well as other
regions in earlier stages) regarding
details about different environmental
performances and operations taking
place in these hotels.
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An environmental policy for each of the
two Mövenpick hotels has been developed
and signed by the management.
EMS has been launched at the two hotels
with a long-term objective plan to be
verified as EMAS by mid 2008.
The EMS identifies clear targets, concrete
deadlines and budgetary requirements for
all actions to be completed.
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Developing an audit report for each of
these hotels was done after launching
the EMS at the two Mövenpick Hotels.
An internal audit and a management
review took place place in collaboration
with AEOLIKI consultants and other
partners of the project on 14th – 18th of
November 2007.
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Targets and recommendations have been
set for the MPs in Dead Sea and Petra
after Eco-mapping was carried out
throughout the resort.
Dissemination Activities
•Three thousands copies (3,000) of leaflets
(Fold-out type) in Arabic and English
describing the project and its objectives
and the program via which it is financed
were issued.
•These were widely
distributed to hotels,
guests, environmental
police, NGOs, Jordanian
and Cypriot universities,
ministries and other public
authorities, they were also
distributed to the hotels of
Mövenpick in Dead Sea
and Petra, and through
them leaflets were
distributed to guests and to
employees, police in the
site of Petra, and
environmental police.
Participation of UCY at the European Initiative “Researchers
Evening”, 22nd September 2006, organised by the Cyprus Research
Promotion Foundation. The researchers and postgraduate students
of the GAIA laboratory informed the public and distributed approx.
200 information leaflets for the research taking place at GAIA
including the GREEN-TAS project.
•A poster was designed
and published to the
public in several places,
and was distributed to all
participants of the
second steering
committee meeting.
•Press release in local
Jordanian newspapers to
publicize the projects
activities and results (such
as these on the dates 16/3/
2006, 3/4/2006, 3/9/2006,
10/10/2006 in "al-Rai",
which is the number one
newspaper in Jordan).
GREEN-TAS Website
•The website (http://www.just.edu.jo/green_tas)
was launched for the first time on May 2006.
•The website consists of the following: Project
Description, Methodology, Activities, Progress
Results, Dissemination, Partners, Gallery,
Useful links and Contacts.
•It describes the GREEN-TAS project in details
and it incubates all the results of the project so
that it can be accessible by all the partners over
the net.
•All the activities, progress reports, visits and
gallery are posted on the web as the project
grows.
The GAIA Laboratory of Environmental
Engineering (UCY) website describes all European,
National and International projects and activities in
which it has participated in.
A brief description is given of the Green-TAS
project, partners, duration and the project website
link:
(http://www.eng.ucy.ac.cy/GAIA/EN/indexEN_frames.htm)
Number of presentations in different meetings
and workshops about the project:
•Washington State University, U.S.A in
September 2006.
•Valencia University, Spain in December
2006.
•Yarmouk University, Jordan in January 2007
•University of Cyprus, Cyprus in September
2006.
•Two articles were published in scientific journals; one has already
been published in the Proceedings of the Third International
Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications;
which took place on 21-23 May 2007, Amman, Jordan. This paper
is entitled: "Potential of Energy Savings in the Hotel Sector in
Jordan“; This paper is accepted for publication in the international
scientific journal: "Energy Conversion and Management".
•A scientific paper was accepted in the 1st Maghreb Conference on
Water Treatment and Desalination (CMTDE 2007) held on 7th to
10th December 2007 in Tunisia; this paper is entitled: “Current
Situation of Water Consumption and Conservation in the Tourist
Accommodation Sector in Jordan”. This paper is accepted for
publication in the international scientific journal: "Desalination".
•A brochure was designed (in 4 languages) which includes
information about energy consumption, solid waste, and
water consumption. This brochure is being reviewed by
MP in order to approve it.