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New green machine for InterCon Grand Stanford
HONG KONG – InterContinental Grand Stanford has become the first hotel in Hong Kong to install a new hybrid fuel system for hot water and steam that will cut carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to taking 70 cars a year off the road.
The new system will also reduce the temperatures around the hotel by up to 2°C while also complying with the Hong Kong government’s Blue Sky Campaign.
InterContinental Grand Stanford, an early pioneer in Hong Kong of green management practices in the hospitality industry, became the first Hong Kong hotel to achieve ISO14001 for environmental protection in 2000.
The hotel’s new hybrid electric plant, a citywide first, is being watched by at least 10 other hotels in Hong Kong.
A report by Sustainable Travel International indicates that every day a guest stays in a hotel has the potential to release 33 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil fuels
The overall efficiency of the hotel’s old conventional diesel fuel boiler steam plant was about 50~60% while the newly installed electric hybrid plant is 95% efficient for steam generation by electric steam boiler.
Peter Pollmeier, general manager, said, “We are conscious that travellers and companies are putting sustainable travel and environmental concerns on the agenda and indeed we have been committed to being green for almost a decade now.”
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