Each hotel within the 45-strong group was required to form a green team committee that would meet on a monthly basis to discuss ideas for energy savings and other areas to positively impact on its carbon footprint. The hotels were measured on their energy saving by comparing gas and electricity usage, year on year, as well as recycling and other suggestions generated from the monthly meetings.
Room 15 objectives include a 15% reduction in the use of electricity, fossil fuels and water by 2015; the provision of recycling facilities to ensure that zero operational waste is delivered to landfill sites and to ensure that all paper consumables are made from recycled materials. The plan is that every Room 15 in every Macdonald Hotel becomes the exemplar room for sustainability and a showcase for the environmental movement by 2015.
Delighted with the award, Stephen Allison, General Manager at Macdonald Frimley Hall said: “This achievement has only been made possible thanks to the dedication and enthusiasm of the hotel’s team to reduce our impact on the environment and encourage guests to think more sustainably.”
Set in peaceful gardens, gated grounds and woodland, the elegant ivy-clad Victorian manor house has 98 bedrooms and an AA two rosette restaurant. For more details call Macdonald Frimley Hall Hotel on 0844 879 9110 or visit www.MacdonaldHotels.co.uk/FrimleyHall.
