Green achievements at a glance
• Grand Hyatt Dubai cut diesel fuel consumption by 33% through the installation of solar panels.
• Jordan Valley Marriott Dead Sea officially switched to solar panel energy in 2009 with 275 roof-top panels which saved 67% on diesel bills in the first week of operation. This system, installed by Millennium Energy Industries, was expected to pay for itself within four years and was commissioned in eight weeks, without disruption to hotel operations during that period.
• Banyan Tree Al Wadi has launched a programme that has reduced solid waste disposal by a massive 65% in just nine months.
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• Four Seasons Damascus has added a ‘software switch’ to its Building Management System to reduce A/C energy usage and is focusing on solar energy for the future
• Fairmont Bab Al Bahr has an energy management system and is working on heat recovery and retrofits as well as supporting more locally sourced product purchasing.
• Under Accor’s Plant for the Planet initiative, savings from reduced laundry costs are split between financing employee training schemes and seven reforestation projects around the world — three million trees are planned by next year.
• Last year, Rezidor achieved a 12% waste reduction per guest night at Radisson Blu properties and an 8% decrease for Park Inn hotels.
• All of Mövenpick’s 23 hotels in the Middle East are aiming for Green Globe status by the end of the year.
• Madinat Jumeirah has become the first UAE hotel to implement the Bokashi compost programme, recycling raw food waste using an anaerobic process to provide organic compost for the resort’s gardens.
• Pullman Mall of the Emirates has achieved EarthCheck status, with most energy saving technology installed at the initial construction phase, including efficient chillers, structured cabling for the BMS as well as water circulation controls etc.
• At Dusit Thani Dubai, Earth Check certification helps achieve and maintain good environmental and social practice — a lot of travellers in Western countries are particular about environmentally friendly hotels says Johnny Ding, director of engineering.
More information:
Accor’s Earth Guest Research
Accor has made its guest survey on green expectations available to other industry players — Earth Guest Research is available on www.accor.com and contains the results of research in six markets (Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany and the UK) across various hotel types and segments.
Among the findings: men are more concerned with green issues than women (82% v. 72%), business guests are more concerned with susainability than leisure guests; while reducing water and energy consumption, and waste, were ranked as priorities.
Accor is now planning to share its environmental footprint with its peers — the assessment has included all of the group’s 4200 hotels and this, plus lessons learned from the hotel guest tracking study, will impact on Accor’s new sustainable development strategy, which is being launched this autumn.
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