Energy Efficiency in Hospitality

Type of credential

This is a credential based on summative assessment.

General Learning Objectives

1. Illustrate why energy matters for hotel businesses

2. Analyse the impacts associated with using energy

3. Calculate the energy consumption at a hotel 

4. Implement energy efficiency measures at a hotel

Course Topic and Specific Objectives

1. Implementation of energy efficiency measures

2. Assessment of energy consumption

Learning Activities

Self-paced e-learning featuring:

• Text and multimedia presentations that introduce key concepts and apply them to the workplace

• Links to public websites and videos to add depth and relevance

• Interactive checkpoints within the course to test for knowledge and understanding

Assessments

There are several checkpoints for formative assessment embedded in the course. The course concludes with a final summative assessment consisting of 15 multiple-choice questions. Single or multiple answers are possible. Responses are automatically assessed. The assessment is regarded as passed if the examinee answered at least 80% of the questions correctly. Multiple attempts are permitted.

Estimated learning time

1-2 hours

Competency category

Industry/ Sector

Level

Novice

About the TUI e-Academy

The digital learning platform “tui-eacademy.com” by the TUI Care Foundation, powered by atingi, in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), harnesses the tremendous potential of inclusive digitalisation in education for everyone and everywhere by offering free and relevant learning content in the form of self-paced learning courses.

With 10% of the global GDP tourism and hospitality is one of the key global economic sectors offering millions of employment opportunities worldwide. The TUI e-Academy is an offer developed for digital professional development for tourism and hospitality professionals with the aim to recognise prior learning, upskill and make industry-relevant skills and competencies visible to employers.

TUI Care Foundation takes privacy and data protection seriously and complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Critical Information Summary - Self Report

• Type of credential: Certificate - summative assessment

• Title: Energy Efficiency in Hospitality

• Issuer: TUI Care Foundation

• Date of issue: see above

• Description: see above

• Learning outcomes: see above

• Effort including assessment: 1-2 hours

• Duration: 1 day or less

• Prerequisites: None

• Relevant learning resources: None

• Type of assessment: Examination/Multiple Choice Questions

• Participation: Online

• Supervision: No

• Identity verification: 1 factor

• Quality assurance: Internal - project approval

• Endorsement: Yes

• Learner impact: Nonformal Certificate

• Credits: None

• Stackability: Designed to stack. Can be stacked to earn the ‘Implementation of Sustainable Tourism Practices’ Novice Compound Badge.