{"id":49907,"date":"2021-05-24T17:23:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=49907"},"modified":"2021-05-24T17:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:23:32","slug":"new-study-finds-co2-emissions-of-airbnbs-bigger-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/05\/new-study-finds-co2-emissions-of-airbnbs-bigger-than-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"New study finds CO2 emissions of Airbnbs bigger than expected"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49908\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/airbnb-3399753_1920-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"New study finds CO2 emissions of Airbnbs bigger than expected\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/airbnb-3399753_1920-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/airbnb-3399753_1920-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/airbnb-3399753_1920-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/airbnb-3399753_1920-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/airbnb-3399753_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">I<\/span>n its 13 years of existence, Airbnb has grown from a minnow to a whale in holiday accommodation. Today, it offers more than\u00a05.6 million\u00a0active listings across 220 countries and regions. In Australia, Airbnb lists\u00a0346,581 spaces\u00a0\u2014 that\u2019s 4% of Australia\u2019s total housing stock.<\/p>\r\n<p>Tourists\u00a0often perceive Airbnb as having a relatively small environmental footprint compared with other forms of holiday accommodation. Airbnb\u00a0reinforces\u00a0this view,\u00a0saying\u00a0\u201chome sharing promotes more efficient use of existing resources and is a more environmentally sustainable way to travel\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<p>But our study, published in the\u00a0Journal of Sustainable Tourism, suggests Airbnb has a bigger carbon footprint than many realise.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Assessing Airbnb\u2019s direct, indirect and induced carbon footprint in Sydney<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>We focused our study on the Sydney Airbnb market. Our calculations factored in things like electricity, household equipment, water and other energy, transport, communications, goods and services and so on.<\/p>\r\n<p>In\u00a0Sydney, we calculated Airbnb.com and its hosts generate direct and indirect carbon emissions of between 7.27 and 9.39 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO\u2082e) per room and night \u2013 about the same as\u00a0an economy hotel.<\/p>\r\n<p>The carbon footprint increases when we include what\u2019s called \u201cinduced carbon emissions\u201d. They result from Airbnb hosts spending their extra Airbnb income on purchasing additional goods and services to improve customer service for their guests, and to improve their own living standards.<\/p>\r\n<p>Our\u00a0study\u00a0modelled various induced carbon emissions scenarios.<\/p>\r\n<p>If Airbnb hosts put all their extra income into a savings account rather than spending it on goods and services, the carbon footprint of Airbnb ranges from 11 to 13 kg CO\u2082e per room per night.<\/p>\r\n<p>But if hosts spend all their extra income from Airbnb, the total carbon emissions can reach 602 kg CO\u2082e per room and night \u2013 as much as is generated by taking a\u00a0flight\u00a0in economy class from Sydney to Auckland.<\/p>\r\n<p>When you include direct, indirect and induced carbon footprint, the average carbon footprint for an Airbnb room is 44-46kg CO\u2082e per room and night \u2013 about as much as is generated by driving a large petrol car from Sydney to Wollongong.<\/p>\r\n<p>This analysis shows most tourist accommodation \u2014 be it Airbnb or traditional hotel accommodation \u2014 comes with sizeable greenhouse emissions. Collectively,\u00a0accommodation\u00a0accounts for about 1% of global emissions and 20% of tourism emissions.<\/p>\r\n<p>The\u00a0Sustainable Hospitality Alliance\u00a0suggests hotels reduce their carbon emissions by 90% per room to be consistent with the 2\u2103 threshold under the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article by Angelo Sciacca, originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-carbon-footprint-of-airbnb-is-likely-bigger-than-you-think-159544\">The Conversation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourists often perceive Airbnb as having a relatively small environmental footprint compared with other forms of holiday accommodation. 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