Keywords
Green restaurants, green certifications, restaurants
Abstract
This study investigates current green restaurant certifications as well as developing a new more user certification. First, a fact finding investigation to find the most established and commonly utilized green restaurant certifications were compared. Second, a new green certification was developed. Third, chosen green restaurant certifications were compared. Lastly, the new green certification analyzed whether restaurants in the central Florida area utilized green practices. Data were collected in face to face sessions with restaurant managers during nonpeak hours of operation. There were numerous surveys utilized in this research study. The statistical methodology utilized in this study was average means and factor analysis in SPPS 20. The statistical results indicated that the newly developed green certification was ranked closely to the two established certification of the Green Restaurant Association and the Green Seal. Furthermore, when inquiring about restaurant green practices the result strongly indicated that restaurants are not utilizing green practices. As a side note there were restaurants that were not even using the more basic green practices such as energy efficient light bulbs. Implications, limitations and suggestions for future research were discussed in the final chapter.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2013
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Tesone, Dana
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College
College of Education and Human Performance
Department
Dean's Office, Education
Degree Program
Education; Hospitality Education
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0004687
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0004687
Language
English
Release Date
May 2013
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
Location
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Education, Education -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Hagglund, Hans, "A Sustainability "green" Certification Audit Of Food Service Operations And The Development Of A Restaurant Sustainability Instrument" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2538.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/2538