Transformation Determinants of Existing Urban Hotels while Taking into Account all Aspects of Sustainable Development

Abstract:

Nowadays, the perspective of city hotels in the competition with the rivals that are successful mixed-use, commercial, social and leisure centers which take hotel the clients, is in their revitalization. Especially older hotels nowadays are almost empty. The reason is simple: they have mostly monofunctional character and they are unable to respond flexibly to the increasing demands of clients. Not only the function, but also the space quality is not developing fast enough to compete with the requirements and trends in the sphere of tourism. Within the revitalization of the existing hotel substances, it is necessary by the use of modern technology to react to environmental considerations. These aspects, for various reasons, whether spatial or technical, cannot always be applied by the reconstruction of objects. This paper devotes to the rules and principles that are essential for the energy efficiency of revitalized hotels. It defines the critical determinants and criteria when creating new spaces based on the efficient use of resources, the ecological principles and the principles of using intelligent technologies. The paper examines simultaneously the impact on their architectural quality, whereas urban hotel has often a very exposed position in the urban areas.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 899)
• Pages: 83-86
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.899.83
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Zuzana Tóthová
• Keywords: Built Environment, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Resources, Urban Hotel

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