2. What is Novotel?
• Novotel Ellerslie is a premier four star hotel in Auckland
• The hotel is part of a large chain that owns hotels worldwide
• It has 144 contemporary rooms with the option of a superior room
or suite
• It is located just 10 minutes from Auckland’s CBD and 25 minutes
from Auckland Airport
• The Novotel Ellerslie has an award winning restaurant called the
Acacia Restaurant Garden Bar. Here guests can experience the live
cooking station, where they can watch as the chef cooks a meal of
their choice from the buffet. There is also the Doubletree Bar which
features a landscaped beer garden
• It is equipped with a gym, conference rooms, business centre and
complimentary parking
3. Taking a closer look..
• The international Accor Hospitality Group has won awards
for its ‘Earth Guest’ sustainability program. Every New
Zealand Novotel has Green Globe silver certification.
• All energy consuming devices were identified and loadings
recorded. Information was collated into a spreadsheet that
showed where energy was being consumed, the running
costs of devices, and savings opportunities. The property
was built in 2000, so had a range of efficient technologies
including advanced insulation. It’s also actively managing
energy efficiency, and found a dozen steps the business
could take that would cut its annual energy bills by over
$20,000.
4. Sustainability
• Installing sensors to switch off lights in areas not being
used, and replacing incandescent lamps with efficient
compact fluorescent lamps
• Fitting hot water flow regulators in showers and basins,
a move that would also generate additional savings of
$30,000 in water usage.
• They take part in the EarthCheck program, which is an
international environmental program that provides
solutions to environmental issues such as climate
change and waste reduction
• 100% of Novotel’s hotels committed to the EarthCheck
certification by 2012
5. Cost effective initiatives
• The opportunities identified could all be achieved either through
low cost ‘housekeeping’ changes or minimal capital investment
($10,000 or less).
• The ideas included installing sensors to switch off lights in areas not
being used, and replacing incandescent lamps with efficient
compact fluorescent lamps. The most expensive item on the list
was an automatic power factor correction unit, (around $9,300).
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• One of the steps involved fitting hot water flow regulators in
showers and basins, a move that would also generate additional
savings of $30,000 in water usage. These savings are so significant,
Accor has applied it to all its NZ hotels.
6. Key Benefits
• Potential energy reduction of 283,908kWh per year
(7.6% of total consumption)
• Savings of $20,375 per year (6.6% of total cost)
• Further $30,000 annual saving in water costs
• Reduction in CO2 emissions: 63.21 t/yr
• Reduce energy consumption per room night from
51.72kWh to 47.82 kWh
• Reduce energy cost per room night from $4.38 to $4.09
• Other Tourism Energy Efficiency Program-audited
businesses report average cost savings of 15%
7. Planet 21
Novotel takes part in the Planet 21 program, ‘the accor sustainable development
program’ which has 21 commitments to sustainability. So far Novotel has achieved 7 of
these which are:
• Health:
78% of their hotels offer eco-labeled products
81% of the hotels promote balanced dishes in their restaurants
91% of the hotels organize prevention training for staff
• Nature:
92% of their hotels fit their showers and taps with flow regulators
80% of their hotels recycle their waste
247 hotels are taking part in the Plant for the Planet reforestation project
• Carbon:
89% of their hotels use energy saving bulbs for their 24 hour lighting
99% of their hotels monitor and analyze their energy consumption every month
15 of their hotels use renewable energy sources; 11 of those have thermal solar
panels
8. Planet 21
• Innovation:
28% of the hotels have at least 3 environmentally friendly features in their rooms
(e.g. bedding, bath linen or paper)
30% of their hotels use eco-labeled welcome products
• Local:
Almost 6,500 employees have been trained in combating sex tourism involving
children
52% of their hotels buy and promote local food products
75% of their hotels protect local ecosystems by banning endangered seafood
• Employment:
95% of their hotels organize language training for employees
88% of our hotels organize training to combat psychosocial risks
• Dialog:
Novotel has been committed to the international EarthCheck environmental and
social certification program since 2008.
140 of our hotels have received an environmental certification (ISO 14001 or
EarthCheck)
39% of franchised hotels meet the required standards for the Accor 21 Charte
