Hospitality

Accommodation, food services, and tourism operations. Dominated by building energy, food supply chain, and guest-related consumption.

SICS Industries

HACAccommodation

Hotels, resorts, camping grounds, and other short-stay accommodation

HFBGastronomy

Restaurants, catering, bars, and food service activities

Scope Emission Diagram

Click any node to view its emission profile. Scope 3 Upstream sources on the left feed into Scope 1 & 2 direct/indirect emissions at center, which flow to Scope 3 Downstream on the right.

Cat 1

Scope 3 Upstream

Food and beverage supply chain (meat, dairy, produce)

Cat 2

Scope 3 Upstream

Hotel construction and renovation

Cat 3

Scope 3 Upstream

Upstream gas production

Cat 5

Scope 3 Upstream

Food waste from kitchens and buffets

Cat 7

Scope 3 Upstream

Staff commutes (often shift-based in remote locations)

Kitchen Cooking Gas

Scope 1

Natural gas and LPG for commercial kitchens in hotels and restaurants

Space & Water Heat...

Scope 1

Gas boilers for guest room heating, swimming pools, and hot water systems

Refrigerant Leaks

Scope 1

HFC fugitive emissions from commercial HVAC and cold storage systems

Shuttle & Delivery...

Scope 1

Guest shuttles, laundry delivery, and supply vehicles

Property Electricity

Scope 2

Grid electricity for HVAC, lighting, elevators, laundry, and kitchen equipment

District Heating/C...

Scope 2

Purchased heat and cooling for large resort complexes

Cat 9

Scope 3 Downstream

Guest travel to/from hotels (air, road)

Cat 13

Scope 3 Downstream

Franchised hotel properties

Cat 14

Scope 3 Downstream

Emissions from franchisee hotel operations

Scope 3 Upstream

Scope 1 & 2

Scope 3 Downstream

Dual Framework Coverage

GHG Protocol Scope 3

Upstream (Cat 1–8)

Cat 1

Purchased Goods & Services(high)

Cat 2

Capital Goods(medium)

Cat 3

Fuel & Energy-Related Activities(medium)

Cat 5

Waste Generated in Operations(high)

Cat 7

Employee Commuting(medium)

Downstream (Cat 9–15)

Cat 9

Downstream Transportation(high)

Cat 13

Downstream Leased Assets(high)

Cat 14

Franchises(high)

Carbon Measures / PACT PCF

pcfExcludingBiogenicpartial

Applicable for food/beverage products; less relevant for accommodation services

pcfIncludingBiogenicpartial

Food waste and biogenic content in F&B supply chain

primaryDataSharepartial

Primary data for property energy; modeled for food supply chain

dqrpartial

Hotel energy data is high quality; food supply chain data varies

Full Partial N/A

Direct & Indirect Emission Sources

Scope 1Direct Emissions

Kitchen Cooking Gashigh

Natural gas and LPG for commercial kitchens in hotels and restaurants

50–200 t CO2e / large hotel / year

Space & Water Heatinghigh

Gas boilers for guest room heating, swimming pools, and hot water systems

100–500 t CO2e / hotel / year

Refrigerant Leaksmedium

HFC fugitive emissions from commercial HVAC and cold storage systems

10–50 t CO2e / property / year

Shuttle & Delivery Fleetlow

Guest shuttles, laundry delivery, and supply vehicles

5–30 t CO2e / property / year

Scope 2Indirect Energy

Property Electricityhigh

Grid electricity for HVAC, lighting, elevators, laundry, and kitchen equipment

1,000–10,000 MWh / hotel / year

District Heating/Coolingmedium

Purchased heat and cooling for large resort complexes

500–3,000 MWh / year

Reference Implementation

The Hospitality reference implementation lives in the Open Footprint repository under the following directories:

openfootprint/industry/hospitality/

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