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ECO certification for hotels and farmhouses
The ECO certification is the national scheme for ensuring the environmental, socio-economic, and cultural sustainability of hotels and farmhouses in Malta, and has been recognised by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council as fully reflecting the GSTC criteria. The scheme was launched by the Malta...
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Hotel lighting system renovation delivers further energy savings
Where energy meets aesthetic Keen to meet EU Ecolabel specifications, a hotel replaces its lighting with efficient bulbs, cuts 7 % its off power bill Finding efficient bulbs that matched the hotel's aesthetic needs poses a challenge at first The 76-room Best Western Masqhotel (LaRochelle, France)...
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Reduced use of chemicals in a hotel
Green and lean still keeps hotel clean For small hotels, meeting Ecolabel criteria can be a call to action An opportunity to use green alternative cleaning agents and review the volumes needed while maintaining high cleanliness standards Casale Romano is an Italian hotel based on an 11-hectare...
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Energy savings in a small hotel
Fortune favours the Fevery Ecolabel pioneer in Belgian hospitality sector Actions between 2010 and 2015 reduce power consumption by 11 % and gas and fuel by 33 % Hotel Fevery is a 10-room family hotel located in Bruges that became the first Belgian-based hotel to be awarded EU Ecolabel certification...
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Family-run hotel bans plastic bottles and guests are all for it
In Bruges ... Reduced plastics use 20 % less waste over five-year period Hotel Fevery is a small family-run hotel located in the medieval city of Bruges which became the first fully Belgian hotel to apply for and obtain an EU Ecolabel certification. In order to meet all of the Ecolabel criteria...