Automatically monitoring environmental performance in tourism – The example of plate waste at all-you-can-eat buffets
Sara Dolničar, Angus Gray, Bettina Grün, Hongwei Li, Marius Portmann
Abstract
• Effective interventions needed to improve environmental performance of tourism industry. • Effectiveness of interventions must be measured using real behaviour as dependent variable. • We propose a new Internet of Things-based approach of automatic measurement. • We illustrate it using plate waste in hotels.
Topics & Concepts
TourismPsychological interventionInternet of ThingsThe InternetBusinessEnvironmental economicsVariable (mathematics)MarketingComputer scienceInternet privacyGeographyEconomicsPsychologyWorld Wide WebArchaeologyMathematical analysisPsychiatryMathematicsFood Waste Reduction and SustainabilityAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Education and Sustainability