Mr Ciaran Murtagh MIHI Deputy General Manager

 Mourne Heritage Trust Green Tourism Scheme  Various criteria  Energy  Waste

 Mourne Heritage Trust Green Tourism Scheme  Various criteria  Energy  Waste

 Is it just financial?  Save money better bottom line  Help the environment get some green credentials help business be more sustainable in volatile times  Meet relevant legislation

 Bills  Water  Oil  Gas  Electricity

 Billing - do you see them? - do you understand them?  Meters - where are they? - are they read? “If you cant measure it you cant manage it efficiently”

 What are we currently doing?  What can we do?  Who is going to do it?  Who is going to be responsible for it?

 LANDFILL - How much??  RECYCLE – How much ??  2005 LANDFILL 124 BEDROOM HOTEL 180 tonne per annum?? WHAT CAN WE DO??

 Create a Recycling Area Twin Bailer Compost Machine Orvac Machine Cost = £48,000

 2005 Landfill costs £345 per week 124 bed hotel - Turnover 4.1k  2007 Landfill costs £ 290 per week 179 bed Resort & Spa – Turnover 7.9k  We where beginning to do something right  Achieved green tourism pilot scheme award

 Irish Hospitality Institute  Green Hospitality Award programme  Criteria  Who is responsible? i.e. Who will own it?

 Look at bills Do we know what we are using ? Do we know what we are using most of?? Slieve Donard Resort and Spa energy bill is £_________?? Is this good or bad ??? What should it be % -6% - 7% of turnover What is our biggest bill?

 Water flow sinks/baths/showers/urinals 9 litres – 26 litres Criteria 9 litres per minute  How do we achieve this?  Guest experience  Electricity React lighting – back of house, stores, public toilets, staff rooms, boiler house/plant rooms Equipment – green team to look at largest energy users in their areas

E.G. – Does the hot plate for breakfast need turned on at 6.30AM What time are kitchen appliances turned on at? Are bar fridges/ glass washers turned off at night Are function bar fridge's left on for days when no functions on?Could they be put on timers? Are vacant bedroom lights off that don’t have key card machines? Is all our external lighting looked at seasonally? Are they on timers? Air conditioning??

PropertyWatts removedWatts installedTotal saved Ballygally Castle23,8002,69021,110 Everglades26,9503,04523,905 Stormont38,6304,40034,230 Europa63,2006,29056,910 Culloden71,3507,73563,615 Slieve Donard67,8006,40061,400 Total Kwh = 261.2kwh

 Slieve Donard,Europa & Culloden  Monitoring and targeting system  Measure usage minutes  Remote monitoring of what is being used

 Boilers -- Heat/water -- energy efficient?? 2 x 410kw (1990)( savings £12,823)103T co2 4 x hot water (savings £5,471)45T co2  Bore holes  Heat pumps Dimplex 50% co2

Cardboard/ Paper/ PlasticWaste ,820161, ,14092, ,46079,420

We send no food to Landfill!!! Our food waste is 100% recycled!

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 Good housekeeping  Know your bills—what you use most of  Involve staff – Senior manager / Green team  Talked to Carbon Trust –STEM!!  Join Green hospitality award scheme – support/help

 Turn down boilers by 1% = 8% bill  Turn down hotplates  Look at lighting – react /hotplates kitchens / fridges timers /bars timers/outside  Insulation/draught excluders

 Water - showers/aerators/dripping taps/urinals  Waste -- what do you do?  Gas – kitchens/ gas fires??

 Target the Green team to reduce group energy consumption  By December 2011 by  % in usage  If no price rises that equates to £200,000 savings