Last updated: 21.07.2025

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The GreenView Hotel Footprinting Tool (HFT) is a robust, industry-recognized dataset that provides carbon footprint coefficients for hotel stays and meeting spaces worldwide. It is based on the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index (CHSB) data, offering more granularity and updated figures.

The GreenView HFT dataset:

• Covers ~200 countries, 100 sub-national regions, and 450 market areas.
• Includes coefficients segmented by hotel star rating (2–5 stars) and hotel average.
• Is updated annually and adapted from the latest CHSB dataset.
• Is intended for integration into hotel emissions calculations and sustainability reporting.

GreenView HFT enables Online Booking Tools (OBTs), Travel Management Companies (TMCs), Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), and other stakeholders to calculate and communicate hotel emissions with improved accuracy and transparency.

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API request

{
  "expand": [
    "items"
  ],
  "items": [
    {
      "type": "hotel",
      "methodology": "GREENVIEW",
      "external_reference": "string",
      "country": "AU",
      "city": "Sydney",
      "stars": 4,
      "number_of_nights": 1
    }
  ]
}

• Default Logic

Bibliography

Hotel: GreenView Locations