L’Archipel Hotel on Praslin Adopts Solar to Save Energy
As consumers demand more eco-friendly
vacation choices, L’Archipel Hotel on Praslin, has responded by being an
energy-efficient and carbon friendly resort.
The hotel recently installed the Solar
Photovoltaic (PV) System, marking the hotel’s initial step towards generating
clean and renewable solar energy.
The property installed 240 Solar
PV panels in phase one; which will absorb the sun’s rays resulting in cooler
temperatures in the space beneath. To
date, L’Archipel Hotel is the single largest hotel user of PV in
Seychelles.
The hotel has already installed
Energy Management Systems (EMS) in all of its rooms, reducing the in room air
conditioning’s energy consumption. All the newly refurbished rooms have been
installed with efficient LED lighting. The
property has also successfully implemented phase one of the biotechnology
cleaning with the short term goal to reduce chemical usage to 10% within the
next 6 months. This initiative will have another positive impact to the
environment and the health of their guests and staff.
Finally, the hotel is also using
various Ozone technologies for the safe bacterial cleaning of food cutlery and cookery to provide a bacteria free environment in the kitchens, whilst
dramatically reducing chemical and energy usage in the kitchen by over 50%.
It must be noted that Pace
Seychelles has worked closely with the team at L’Archipel Hotel in auditing the
energy consumption of the property to prepare a short, medium and long term
strategy for implementing these initiatives.
[Source: Hotel l’Archipel]
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