Energy
Through discipline, creativity and new
technology, we have started to improve
our energy, water and waste performance.
We developed and are implementing
five environmental programmes water
conservation and reduction, energy
conservation, waste management and
recycling, green office and food waste
reduction programmes. We continue to
pursue initiatives and collaborative efforts
with property owners, colleagues and
guests to develop and implement more
initiatives and programmes to further
improve our performance.
Lighting
Our engineering department is always
looking for more energy efficient lighting
options: CFL, LED, timers, photocells. The
ongoing re-lamping exercise in the past
two years has resulted in replacing 47%
bulbs to LED lamps in UAE hotels and an
average of 15% of total bulbs in all our
hotels were changed to LED lamps.
Energy optimisation
The heating and cooling systems consume
the most energy in a building. In addition
to the technical process, our engineers
understand how to manage cost, safety,
efficiency, as well as heat balance and
outside climatic conditions:
• The variable frequency drives (VFDs)
are installed on 37 % of our total
hotels pumps (199 out of 542 pumps)
and on 38% of our hotels Air Handling
Units (AHUs, 132 out of 346) that helps
to optimise energy load to the demand
of our ventilation systems and pumps.
• Building Management Systems
installed in 62 % of our hotels,
helps to further optimise the energy
consumption by centrally adjusting
guestroom thermostats and public
areas temperature and is commonly
integrated into new construction and
renovations.
• Guestroom energy management
systems that use keycards to activate
or deactivate electrical power for
lighting are installed in 92 % of our
hotels and for FCUs in 43 % of our
hotels.
Adopting clean technologies
Currently four Rotana Hotels partially
source power from onsite renewable
energy. The solar panels installed in four
hotels saved 1,028,855 MJ in 2012.
Ozone Depleting Substances
The ODS have a detrimental effect on
the ozone layer, damaging the Earth’s
protection against excessive levels of
solar radiation. The Montreal Protocol
regulates the phase-out of CFCs, halons
and other ozone-depleting chemicals
internationally. Older systems in our hotels
and properties are the main sources of our
ODS emissions. We are aiming to replace
all ozone-depleting refrigerants in use by
the Group by continuing our efforts to
upgrade our current systems and changing
to environmentally safer refrigerants
across our hotels.
Our estimated ODS emissions in 2012
were 530 kg CFC-11 equivalent compared
to 246 kg in 2011.
Key Issues:
• Energy
• Water
• Waste
• Materials
Nature is the basis of our
wellbeing and our prosperity.
At Rotana, our strategic
sustainability objectives
commit us to demonstrate
leadership in Environmental
Responsibility across the
group by:
• Managing our operations
in a manner that
protects our valuable
natural resources and
prevents pollution
of the environment,
in compliance with
environmental laws.
• Minimising our impact
on climate change and
reducing our consumption
of energy and water by
optimising operational
efficiency and adopting
clean technologies.
• Optimising materials
consumption and reducing
waste to landfill by reusing
and recycling natural
resources and materials.
