Crowne Plaza Changi Airport has been ‘Green
Globe’ benchmarked by the non- profit organisation, EC3.
In its first annual ‘Earthcheck’ assessment
against benchmarking indicators and checklists to track
performance in key areas of environmental and social impact, the
320-room hotel outperformed baseline levels in seven areas
including water savings, use of paper products, cleaning products
and pesticides.
The EC3 assessment team noted the hotel’s
positive commitment to maintain and improve performance in all
indicators, particularly energy consumption, potable water
consumption and waste sent to landfill.
The benchmarking
exercise was conducted from May 2008-April 2009.
Only four
other hotels in Singapore have received Green Globe certification
– InterContinental Singapore, Holiday Inn Park View and Holiday
Inn Atrium, and
the Novotel Clarke Quay.
“Crowne Plaza Changi Airport has
evolved very much along environmental lines. The hotel design
makes the most of natural sunlight, recycled materials were
used in its construction and we make every effort to reduce our
impact with the use of non-hazardous cleaning materials,” said
the hotel’s General Manager, Mark Winterton.
“To receive the
EC3 benchmark is something of an achievement for a new hotel
and provides a great incentive for us to keep on improving,
reducing our impact on the environment under EC3’s highly
credible benchmarking procedures,” he added.
EC3 Global is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative
Research Centre (STCRC), which is owned by 16 of Australia’s
leading universities.
It was established under the Australian
Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Programme in l987 to
underpin the development of a dynamic, internationally
competitive, and sustainable tourism industry and draws on
research from over 250 tourism and environmental sustainability
leaders.
Worldwide, only 400 hotels have received the EC3 seal
of approval.
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport has also been
recognised by BCA Green Mark.
Launched in 2005, the BCA Green
Mark Scheme is a strategic programme aimed at raising the
awareness of sustainable and environmentally friendly
buildings. It evaluates buildings for their environmental impact
and performance. The benefits of Green Mark buildings
include cost savings from efficient use of key resources such
as energy and water, leading to lower operation and
maintenance costs. Other less tangible benefits include enhanced
occupant productivity and health due to good indoor
environmental quality.
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