The Applicability of International-Environmental Rating Systems on Eco-lodges

Authors

Amr Ali Bayoumi Dr., Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maitime transport, Alexandria Branch, EgyptFollow
Ola Ali Bayoumi Dr., Behira High Institute for Engineering and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

Thousands of years ago, Eco-lodges established in rural areas, away of the main cities, for multiple reasons; low populated area, healthier environment (psychological and physical health) and Economic development. Some of them were established randomly by local people and others were developed by architects or developers. Recently, it is essential to develop such projects in to deserts, forests or cold mountains in order to reduce the high population density in capital cities. Unfortunately, Environmental and International rating systems were not developed to be measuring tools to any type of Eco-lodge. Thus, the researcher had developed a new rating system adaptive to the Environmental parameters in Siwa oasis, it is called the Siwan Ecological Rating System (SERS) in Egypt. For that, the researches tried to find answers of whether international weighting systems would be applicable on Eco-lodges or not. In order to do that, the researchers made comparative studies between the four well known and Environmental rating systems through their items weightings and priorities. Then each of these system’s item weightings will be compared with those of SERS system through scattered plots to find the correlation between these rating systems. Finally the researchers would recommend the most applicable rating system(s) that can be developed to be applied on rural distinct Eco-lodges.

Recommended Citation

Bayoumi, Amr Ali Dr. and Bayoumi, Ola Ali Dr. (2024) "The Applicability of International-Environmental Rating Systems on Eco-lodges," Journal of Engineering Research: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 9.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/erjeng/vol8/iss1/9