Hotel Carbon Footprint Calculator

Calculate the carbon footprint of a hotel stay.

About Hotel Carbon Footprint Calculator

Hotel emissions scale with the energy a room consumes, and luxury properties use several times more per guest because of larger rooms, pools and air conditioning. Budget accommodation is markedly lower. Accommodation is usually a small share of trip emissions compared with flying, but for long stays it can rival a short-haul flight.

Formula

Hotel Carbon Footprint

Emissions = room nights × emissions per room night × class multiplier

room night: One room occupied for one night
class multiplier: Luxury hotels use far more energy per guest

Worked example

With the default values below, Hotel Carbon Footprint Calculator returns Total Emissions of 98.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Nightsaccepts 0–365: 7
Roomsminimum 1: 1
Emissions per room nightminimum 0 kg CO2e: 14 kg CO2e
Hotel classone of Budget, Midscale, Upscale, Luxury: Midscale
Offset price per tonneminimum 0: 25

Results

Total Emissions: 98.00 kg CO2e
Emissions per Night: 14.00 kg CO2e
Hotel Class Multiplier: 1.00 x
Cost to Offset: $2.45
Emissions in Budget Accommodation: 68.60 kg CO2e

Step by step

1Values used
2Hotel Carbon Footprint
3Total Emissions= 98.00 kg CO2e
4Emissions per Night= 14.00 kg CO2e
5Hotel Class Multiplier= 1.00 x
6Cost to Offset= 2.45
7Emissions in Budget Accommodation= 68.60 kg CO2e

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 5 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Hotel Carbon Footprint calculated?

Emissions = room nights × emissions per room night × class multiplier Hotel emissions scale with the energy a room consumes, and luxury properties use several times more per guest because of larger rooms, pools and air conditioning. Budget accommodation is markedly lower.

Why does Hotel Carbon Footprint matter?

Accommodation is usually a small share of trip emissions compared with flying, but for long stays it can rival a short-haul flight.

What values do I need to enter?

This calculator takes 5 inputs: Nights, Rooms, Emissions per room night, Hotel class, Offset price per tonne. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.