HOTELS & HOSPITALITY CHECKING IN SUSTAINABLY
What changes can hotels make in the day-to-day management of their buildings to ensure that are more environmentally friendly? Tomorrow’s FM spoke to several companies that regularly work with hoteliers to find out more.
Most hotel owners want to put sustainability at the top of the agenda, but with budget constraints and the ongoing effects of the pandemic putting pressure on the sector, it’s difficult to keep becoming greener a top priority.
Big changes, the likes of solar energy and heat pumps can feel like large projects to tackle. Unfortunately, because the target seems unreachable, often nothing happens in the meantime.
But when it comes to the environment any change is positive. Far better to be ‘working towards’ than ‘doing it next week, month or year.’ That’s why having the knowledge of small changes that are easy to employ, can make a big difference.
Here are some of the measures that could help hoteliers take steps towards a more sustainable future. And the added bonus? Many save money and time too.
Swap paper towels for eco- dryers Hand-dryer manufacturing firm Airdri, believes that a simple swap could cut costs and stop tonnes of paper towels entering landfill each year.
“Most people don’t realise that paper towels can’t be recycled for hygiene reasons, so every one that is used ends up in landfill. That can really add up for hotels and it’s not very economical either,” says Steve Whittall, Operations Director at the company.
“We estimate that a small hotel using paper towels only, would send around 484 kg of paper towels to landfill per year. The equivalent of 22 single mattresses. That rises to 5588kg for a large hotel, equal to 254 single mattresses.”
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Steve continued: “When investing in eco hand dryers, there are several factors that contribute to it being eco-friendly.
“It takes little energy to dry one pair of hands. However, in public buildings where washrooms are used daily for eight or more hours, these energy usages can mount up. Therefore, exceptional energy efficiency is paramount.
“You also need to think about how long a hand dryer will
last. The term ‘buy once, buy well’ has never been more important. Go for something that has been rigorously tested to ensure longevity.”
Switch toiletries to a
refillable model Miniature toiletries might be a favoured guest experience when staying in a hotel, but if used then discarded the environmental impact can soon add up. ARRAN Sense of Scotland, which supplies luxury bath and shower gels, shampoos and conditioners to hotel partners has been
working to address this issue.
Kevin Meechan, CEO at ARRAN Sense of Scotland, says: “We are in the process of moving all our hotel
partners to a refillable model
across their properties, by supplying five-litre eco-friendly refills instead. This is reducing virgin plastic consumption
across our business by up to 81%, there’s a huge impact we can make here.
“We’re also vetting and renewing partnerships with suppliers to ensure they have the same goal of working towards more sustainable working practices. Our principal bottle supplier for instance, is committed to sourcing materials that can be readily recycled and is advancing its programme to move towards 100% PCR (post-consumer recycled) material in all ARRAN Sense of Scotland bottles by 2022. We actively select our hotel partners who share our purpose to connect with nature and look after our natural environment.”
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