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Measures, Technologies and Good Practices
Do you want to know how much different measures and technological solutions would cost and how much money and resources they can save for your business? This database offers such data in a concise and comprehensive format.
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Good practice
Hotel communicates importance of saving resources
Energy and water saving is everyone's job
Hotel implemented CSR into its management strategies
Small investment (€ 350) achieved significant savings (€ 5 000 a year) in water and waste bills
Izvora...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 0.12 Year(s)
Good practice
Heat pumps and other measures bring huge savings to spa hotel...
Refreshing energy efficiency moves
Savings achieved in medium-sized spa hotel by implementing CSR measures
Rethinking energy efficiency like this saves about € 12 000 every year
Spa Hotel Fairy in...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 1 Year(s)
Good practice
Engaging shopping mall staff about the environment
Growing greener... an original
Implementation of a first-of-its-kind assessment scheme - the Growing Greener pledge - which has analysed the core sustainability components of a shopping mall and...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
- Office and administration
- Service sector
- Waste management and recycling
- Wholesale and retail
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Water
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 5 Year(s)
Good practice
The future of food waste
From bread to beer...
Brewery converts waste bread into new products in support of sustainable development
It is a working example of the circular economy
Over 46 million slices of bread, or 44 % of...
Sector / Industry:
- Waste management and recycling
Resources:
- Energy
- Waste
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 1 Year(s)
Good practice
Converting distillery waste into a product and energy
Waste not want not...
Company reconsiders waste as a by-product to achieve huge energy savings
The approach cuts waste volumes, which has positive impacts on operating expenses
Diageo Ltd. is the...
Sector / Industry:
- Waste management and recycling
Resources:
- Materials
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 40-50% 2 - 3 Year(s)
Good practice
Sustainable wastewater treatment chemicals in a dairy
Tackling the sludge
Strategic use of organic chemical cleaners saves UK dairy € 50 000 annually
Reduced need for harardous chemicals and water savings as a direct result
Treating wastewater onsite...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
- Waste management and recycling
Resources:
- Water
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 1 Year(s)
Good practice
Enterprise resource planning benefits a bakery
Ask the staff how to boost the business!
Efficient water management helped a bakery to reduce water bills by € 3 600 per year
Programme forms important part of the company's enterprise resource...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
High cost 5 - 6 Year(s)
Good practice
Environmental management for Bulgarian hotel
Proven steps to better performance
Improved energy management leads to direct cost reduction
Increased environment awareness leads to secondary cost reduction
Sevlievo Plaza is a modern hotel located...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
- Carbon
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 1 Year(s)
Good practice
Benefits of green laundry programmes, hotel case
Emphasis on green gains, not cost-savings is key
Hotel in Bulgaria saves about € 2 400 annually through green laundry programme
Option to reduce sheet and towel replacement for guests staying...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 1 Year(s)
Good practice
Sustainability measures in Bulgarian hotel
Lessons learned in sustainablility
Hotel achieved good results in sustainable management, renewable energy, water consumption reduction, and waste management
Numerous best practices emerged from the...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Energy
- Materials
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Low cost 0.08 Year(s)
Tags:
Good practice
Sorting and recycling facilities in hotel rooms
Guests sort, hotel earns
Equipping hotel rooms with recycling bins reduces overall hotel waste by 40 %
Savings carry over to associated waste-management costs too
Statistically, the average hotel...
Sector / Industry:
- Hotel and restaurant
Resources:
- Waste
Costs, savings, and payback time:
1 - 5 Year(s)
Good practice
Retrofitting for water efficiency: hotel case study
Guest rooms, the big water consumer
Audit reveals where the biggest water savings can be achieved in UK hotel
Water cost savings of 24 % achievable, and investment in a retrofit could be repaid...
Sector / Industry:
- Food processing
- Hotel and restaurant
- Office and administration
Resources:
- Water
Costs, savings, and payback time:
Medium cost 1.25 Year(s)