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European Monitor and Benchmarking Initiative for the reduction of Environmental Impacts and Costs in Tourist Accommodations

What is TourBench?

TourBench is a freely available, practical and easy-to-use web-based, multilingual monitoring and benchmarking instrument that enables you to scan your accommodation with reference to/on the basis of environmental issues. It helps you to determine the environmental impact of your accommodation over a period of years, based on the input of your company's consumption of (and costs for) energy, water, chemicals and waste production. Furthermore, it enables you to compare this impact with other, similar accommodation in your country or similar accommodation all over Europe. The input of data and the comparison with other accommodations is treated in confidence by the project partners.

What are the benefits?

The strengths and weaknesses of your accommodation with reference to their environmental impact are quickly made clear by the comparison with similar accommodation. In other words: what is the saving potential? Based on your own input, TourBench provides the necessary information to enable you to determine which investments might be profitable for you. Furthermore, TourBench informs you about success stories and gives tips on how to apply for national and international environmental certificates for the European Ecolabel (the EU flower) or for EMAS, the official European Eco-Management Scheme.

By saving the environment, you will save costs!!

TourBench helps you to improve the sustainability and the quality of your business continuously. Please contact one of the project partners for more information.