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ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE • SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
NH Ciudad de Cuenca, Cuenca - Spain
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
NH Hoteles has a long history on sustainable innovation.
Blue Efficiency Project
To achieve the greater efficiency, NH Hoteles develops
maintenance services enabling to optimize facilities and
incorporate state of the art technology, as well as supporting
the use of
alternative energy
in supply base and in self-
generated solutions.
Green rooms
In 2012, all the hotels of the chain implement a variety of
eco-
efficient solutions
which allows us to position our rooms as
the most innovative in the market from an environmental point
of view.
Ecomeeting
Innovative concept promoting a respectful usage of energy
resources when organizing events and enables to offset CO
2
released emissions. In 2012 NH Hoteles held
136
carbon
neutral events
.
Relamping Project
In the first stage, a million conventional bulbs were replace by
low energy ones and, in the second stage, LED technology was
implemented in all the hotels, representing 70% reduction in
lighting energy.
Sustainable mobility
Currently, there are
82
recharge points
for electric vehicles in
Europe, a service free of charge for our clients and suppliers.
At NH Berlin Friedrichstrasse we have a sustainable mobility
point available for our guests, where they can rent bikes,
segway platforms and hybrid or electric vehicles.
Wood with environmental certification
Our nhow Berlin hotel has more than 10,300 m
2
of wood from
sustainable forest management with
PEFC
(
Programme for
Endorsement of Forest Certification)
certification
.
Eco Lifts - OTIS
Technology which implies an energy savings of 1,200 kWh/
year compared to traditional electric lifts and carbon emission
savings of 1,200 kg per hotel/ year.
Cork2cork
Pioneering initiative in the European hospitality segment
collecting and reusing bottle corks used in the Company
(
around two million corks per year). After been processed,
the corks can be reused to make panelling and insulation
materials reducing the need of artificial heating and air-
conditioning in the buildings. Since the launch of the project
till nowadays,
1,149
kg
of corks have been recycled.
Biodegradable materials
NH Hoteles provides its guests with laundry bags, pens or
bathroom amenities made up from a plastic additive which
catalyzes the natural degradation process of materials. Towels
in the rooms have the European ecological label
ECOLABEL
,
a label assessing the product impact in the environment
through its life cycle.
LED Technology
Until 2012,
53,000
LED lamps
were installed to replace
common lamps, investing €1.2M. It is an increase of 70% in
lighting efficiency, implying a saving of 18,000,000 kWh/year
and avoiding a CO
2
release of 7,560 tons.
“
I am proud of working in a
company committed to the
environment and industry leader
on energy management thanks
to the 2008-2012 Environmental
Plan. This inspires us to develop
projects looking to achieve new
challenges on energy efficiency”.
Samuele Primiceri,
Engineering, Maintenance
&
Environment Manager
Central Office BU Italy
NEW 2012-2015 ENVIRONMENTAL
STRATEGIC PLAN
In 2012 the new NH Hoteles Environmental Plan was
defined, providing specific actions to strengthen
the Company’s commitment towards environment
protection and the search of innovative initiatives in
the sustainability area. The new Plan is called 20+15
aiming to achieve 15% additional reduction on water
and energy consumption for 2015 and its two main
pillars are
Efficiency and Sustainable Innovation.
