Sustainability and Environment: STE610 Green Plan Business Proposal

This report presents a comprehensive green plan for a hospitality facility, developed as part of the STE610 Sustainability and the Environment assessment. The assignment requires students to analyze an existing hospitality brand and propose three new green concepts that can be feasibly implemented within five years. The report emphasizes creative thinking, research analysis, and feasibility, with a focus on authentic and detailed justifications for the proposed green initiatives. One key concept explored is the application of solar panel energy, specifically using the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as a case study. The report discusses the practicalities of retrofitting solar panels to power stage equipment, considering the festival's desert location and the availability of solar energy. Additionally, the report touches upon wastewater reuse and the integration of sustainable practices to promote environmental efficiency and social engagement within the hospitality sector. The report aims to critically evaluate the environmental, social, and economic factors influencing sustainable development in the hotel industry, providing strategies for a more sustainable and resilient business model. The student's work showcases a detailed understanding of sustainable trends and ethical considerations within the hospitality industry.

Introduction
Once freshwater has been used for an economic or beneficial purpose, it is generally discarded as
waste. In many countries, these wastewaters are discharged, either as untreated waste or as
treated effluent, into natural watercourses, from which they are abstracted for further use after
undergoing "self-purification" within the stream. Through this system of indirect reuse,
wastewater may be reused up to a dozen times or more before being discharged to the sea. Such
indirect reuse is common in the larger river systems of Latin America. However, more direct
reuse is also possible: the technology to reclaim wastewaters as potable or process waters are a
technically feasible option for agricultural and some industrial purposes (such as for cooling
water or sanitary flushing), and a largely experimental option for the supply of domestic water.
Wastewater reuse for drinking raises public health, and possibly religious, concerns among
consumers. The adoption of wastewater treatment and subsequent reuse as a means of supplying
freshwater is also determined by economic factors.
For health and aesthetic reasons, reuse of treated sewage effluent is presently limited to non-
potable applications such as irrigation of non-food crops and provision of industrial cooling
water. There are no known direct reuse schemes using treated wastewater from sewerage systems
for drinking. Indeed, the only known systems of this type are experimental in nature, although in
some cases treated wastewater is reused indirectly, as a source of aquifer recharge. Table 19
presents some guidelines for the utilization of wastewater, indicating the type of treatment
required, resultant water quality specifications, and appropriate setback distances. In general,
wastewater reuse is a technology that has had limited use, primarily in small-scale projects in the
region, owing to concerns about potential public health hazards.