[미국] 캘리포니아 가뭄 지역, 녹색 호텔로 물 보호

세계 호텔 회사인 InterContinental Hotels Group(IHG)가 캘리포니아의 가뭄 상태에서 특허받은 Green Engage 프로그램은 호텔 운영을 돕는다고 발표했다. IHG는 2017년까지 세계 12%의 물 부족 지역에서 물 사용 절감을 목표로 하고 있다. 세계적인 노력으로 IHG Green Engage Water Conservation Kits는 캘리포니아 230 IHG 호텔에서 보내졌다.

kits의 자원은 IHG Green Engage Green Solutions의 팁과 함께 어떻게 호텔은 적극적으로 물 보호에 참여할 수 있는지 자세하게 서술되어 있으며 어떻게 다른 호텔들은 물 보호를 성공했는지 사례가 소개되어있다. Kits는 또한 일년에 7천700만 갤런의 물을 절감하기 위해 수도꼭지에 쉽게 설치 할 수 있는 통풍기를 설치하고 객실은 호텔의 약 30%의 물을 사용하는 우선 자원으로 통풍기는 객실 개수대의 사용된 물을 절감 할 수 있게 돕는다고 밝혔다.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), a global hotel company, has announced that its patented Green Engage®program is helping hotels address the drought conditions in California. IHG is targeting a reduction in water usage in water-stressed areas by 12 percent globally by 2017. To support this global effort, IHG Green Engage Water Conservation Kits were sent to 230 IHG hotels in California.
 
The resources in the kits include details on how hotels can actively participate in conserving water, with tips on IHG Green Engage Green Solutions to implement, as well as examples of how other hotels have been successful in their water conservation efforts. The kits also include aerators to easily install on water faucets to contribute to the potential savings of over 77 million gallons of water per year in California. Guestrooms are the primary source of water usage in hotels (estimated 30 percent), and aerators can help save water used in guestroom sinks.

The program was built to provide a comprehensive environmental management system that helps hotels leverage data to drive results through Green Solutions. Research shows that over 70 percent of frequent travelers prefer hotels that are engaged with their environment, and the IHG Green Engage program assists with driving guest preference. Earlier this year, the program became aligned with two well-known, third party certifications -- LEED® and Green Key Global (GKG) -- to help streamline the process for IHG hotels to achieve these certifications.

The IHG Green Engage Green Solutions underwater conservation include energy-efficient appliances such as washers, dryers and dishwashers, low-flow showerheads, toilets, and waterless urinals. Others include water zoning for irrigation, rainwater harvesting and treatments and native plants. The Hotel Indigo® San Diego-Gaslamp Quarter property, for example, has a garden with native plants, requiring little water, covering nearly 40 percent of the rooftop to create a greenhouse effect.

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 7월 3일]