Enhancing Renewable and Sustainable Energy Implementation in the Hospitality Industry

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Authors: Idowu Oladeji Ojo, Abhishek Singh
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Abstract

Renewable energy is derived from natural sources that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed.The study aimed to examine the practices of renewable and sustainable energy implementation to determine the effects of renewable and sustainable energy towards sustaining the hospitality industry in Nigeria.A quantitative method was adopted for this study.Two hundred (170) questionnaires were randomly distributed to the respondents and the researcher was able to retrieve 150. The respondents were staff drawn from the food and beverage department, maintenance, accounting and finance, front office, housekeeping, and management of each of the outlets visited. It was established in objective one by the majority of respondents who strongly agreed (58%) that compressed natural gas (CNG) can be adopted by shuttle services of the hospitality industry. There are significant challenges associated with the implementation of renewable and sustainable energy, despite the challenges of implementation, renewable and sustainable energy is key to the sustainability of hospitality industry.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Environmental Sustainability in Business Energy Efficiency and Management Sustainability and Innovation in Business

Publication details

Journal / source
Advances in computational intelligence and robotics book series
Pages
245–266
Publication date
16 January 2026
Document type
Book chapter