Mövenpick Hotel & Apartments Bur Dubai was certified with Gold Status by Green Globe following a compliance score of 83% for five consecutive years.
One of the prime reasons for the consistent score was down to the efforts of Awan Nazir, chief engineer at Mövenpick Hotel & Apartments Bur Dubai, for having continuously developed the “Green Wrap” technology.
This technology is an adiabatic cooling system, which is able to fit the hotel’s existing chillers. The engineering team built and installed this system to shield and protect the chillers against sandstorms and high temperatures.
Moreover, the Green Wrap cooling system helps in regulating the temperature of the chillers by allowing small drops of water to drip in order to create a cool, surrounding atmosphere. Since the installation of this system, the hotel’s engineers managed to reduce 738,267 KWH, 465,846 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the end of 2015 and saved more than AED 332,220 on electric bills.
Last year, the hotel managed to save around 106,987KWH, which equals to 67.5 tons of CO2 by implementing the Green Wrap technology on the chillers and adding more LED lights with motion sensors along the hotel’s corridors.
Also, as part of the hotel’s sustainability programme and social activities, the hotel increased the green landscaped area to 353 m2, by adding more plants and lawn grass around the hotel.
General Manager Fabien Chesnais said: “We are honoured to receive the Gold status from Green Globe. Being re-certified with a Green Globe award shows that our team is dedicated towards converting our hotel into an eco-friendlier hotel,”
“We are committed to environmental, social and employee sustainability. Our hotel strives to follow sustainable environmental initiatives that will have a long-lasting impact to the community,” he added.
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