Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2014

71 • Building management systems installed in 67% of our hotels, helps to further optimise the energy consumption by centrally adjusting guestroom thermostats and public areas temperature and is commonly integrated into new construction and renovations • Guestroom energy management systems that use keycards to activate or deactivate electrical power for lighting are installed in 96% of our hotels and for FCUs in 48% of our hotels Adopting clean technologies Currently four Rotana hotels partially source power from onsite renewable energy. The solar panels installed in four hotels saved 2,057,710 MJ in 2013 and 2014. However we are still behind our target to add the percentage of energy from renewable sources. More study and budgeting will be put to improve our performance on renewable energy sourcing Ozone depleting substances The ODS have a detrimental effect on the ozone layer, damaging the Earth’s protection against excessive levels of solar radiation. The Montreal Protocol regulates the phase-out of CFCs, halons and other ozone-depleting chemicals internationally. Older systems in our hotels and properties are the main sources of our ODS emissions. We are aiming to replace all ozone-depleting refrigerants in use by the group by continuing our efforts to upgrade our current systems and changing to environmentally refrigerants across our hotels. Our estimated ODS emissions were 240 kg CFC-11 equivalent in 2013 and 235 Kg CFC -11 equivalent in 2014 compared to 246 kg in 2011. Energy and carbon reduction In 2013 and 2014, we continued the pursuit of improving our energy performance and carbon footprint through initiatives trainings, education, technology andoptimisation and were able to reduce our energy consumption by 1.16% per square metre and 4.3% per occupied room than 2013. Hence resulting in a saving of 800,000 USD on our utility bills. In 2013 we have started calculating our carbon emission for the UAE hotels. Our energy and water consumption in 2014 generated a total of 638,347 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, 9,199 tonnes more than the previous year while our carbon intensity increased only by 1.4% to 649 kg CO2e per square metre. We estimate that our completed actions have resulted in an energy reductions 4.3% kwh per occupied room and 20,947,809.6 MJ (20947.8 GJ). 175.3 167.7 400.20 404.90 0 100 400 300 200 Energy intensity kwh/m2 Energy intensity kwh/OR 2013 2014 Energy intensity Energy Unit 2013 2014 Total energy from non renewable sources Kwh 501,800,645 495,981,809 Direct Kwh 73,837,336.10 65,572,381.40 Indirect Kwh 427,963,309 430,409,427 Energy intensity kwh per occupied room Kwh/OR 175.3 167.7 Energy intensity Kwh per m2 Kwh/m2 404.90 400.20 Amwaj Rotana, UAE Earth Hour ‘Concert in the Dark’ As part of the hotel’s commitment to support the Earth Hour initiatives, the hotel switched off the lights for 60 minutes in all public and private areas of the hotel. As a result, an estimated 58% in energy consumption during that hour was saved. The hotel has hosted a special unplugged concert on the terrace during that special hour featuring three of the hotel’s colleagues as well as guests who had volunteered to join in the cause.