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Information Technology
As an emerging topic in IT management,
“Eco friendly IT” practices are drawing
high interest among our hotels , as well
as suppliers, manufacturers and service
providers that we deal with on daily basis.
With the growing body of evidence
demonstrating the potential return on
investment resulting from adopting Green
IT approaches, a big focus in our 2013
| 2014 IT strategy is on implementing
innovative solutions that reduce our
utility bills and make our procurement
practices more responsible. We are also
implementing technologies that massively
reduce the space we occupy in our data
centers and power required to operate
and cool these systems.
Rotana is considering the Green IT aspects
in Data Center operation and design,
implementing guides for Rotana DC (Data
Center) & RPC (Rotana Private Cloud)
energy efficiency plans. Additional to the
traditional energy efficiency methods, RPC
design includes the latest energy efficiency
methods in the industry such as:
• DRS, Dynamic Resources Schedule
• Thin Provisioning Storage
• Virtual Appliances
Energy
Unit
2011
2012
2012*
Total Energy from Non
Renewable Sources
MJ
1,443,668,192 1,418,199,202 1,755,449,052
Direct
MJ
180,943,322 188,065,365 370,155,877
Indirect
MJ
1,262,724,870 1,230,133,837 1,138,972,482
Total Energy from
Renewable Sources
MJ
1,004,932
1,028,855
1,028,855
Total Energy per
Occupied Room
MJ
548.7
545.8
577
Total Electricity
Consumed
MJ
68.8%
69.6%
64.8 %
Total Natural Gas
Consumed
% 6.6%
6.6%
6.2 %
Total Fuel Consumed
% 5.8%
6.6%
14.8 %
Total Energy Saved
% 16,043,090 40,132,904
40,132,904
*
Total number of rooms
sold
2,630,956
2,597,960 3,039,040
*
Figures include the five additional hotels opened in 2012
Information Technology
Unit
2011
2012
Number of Printers Reduced/
Eliminated
#
34
186
Number of Servers Reduced in
Data Centers
#
5
72
The Beach Rotana
Abu Dhabi, has
implemented
many initiatives
in the laundry
such as changing
washing machine
to environmentally
friendly with water
saving impact, using
new low temperature
chemical for saving
water, compacting
shift timing to reduce
LPG gas consumption
and using automatic
dosing unit for
washing chemical.
These practices
resulted in the
following savings:
Average water 35%
savings
Average
12%
energy savings
Water savings 100
Million Gallons
Energy
106,000
USD
Chemical
38%
cost savings
Rotana moved the
e-mail system to Virtual
Environment and saved
70% server hardware and
70% reduction on power
and cooling consumption.
