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Our Environmental ResponsibilityAt Jurys Inns, we constantly challenge ourselves to provide the right environment for our guests and employees. We also realise the need to protect our natural environment and we place huge importance on the management of these precious resources. Over many years, we have been implementing policies and systems designed to reduce the impact we have on our natural environment. Water ConservationA major survey on the consumption and treatment of water within our properties has been conducted. We continue to reduce the volumes of water used in our new properties by the introduction of fittings and equipment that eliminates the excessive use of water. These measures range from water-efficient showerheads and toilet cisterns to electronic washroom systems. We have also implemented a study on the potential for use of rainwater under appropriate circumstances. | |
Water that is kinder to the environmentThe EU water directive places a huge responsibility on industry to ensure that discharged water is free of harmful agents such as phosphates and nitrates, which can create an imbalance in our rivers and lakes and threaten the sustainability of fish and plant life. At our Inns, we have introduced a programme of using phosphate-free cleaning materials throughout our kitchen and house-keeping departments. We have also installed automatic dosing systems and energy monitoring on our dish-washing equipment, concentrated detergents and biodegradable packaging.
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Energy Conservation
In 1996, we commenced a programme to convert to clean technology in the form of combined heat and power systems in our hotels. This has had the effect of retaining and reusing the heat which otherwise would be lost in the generating of electricity. The positive consequences of this are that there is a substantial reduction (roughly 7,000 tonnes per annum) of carbon into the atmosphere by the more efficient use of energy. In addition to this, all of our properties in the UK have signed up to the Hospitable Climates Programme (sponsored by the British Department of the Environment) to meet the EU targets for reduction of greenhouse gases.
In Jan 2005 we launched a programme to reduce energy consumption by 10% across the group. This programme has involved the setting up of an energy team at each of our properties and the promotion of energy awareness throughout our Inns. It has proved a great success and we now benchmark, monitor and distribute the progress of our programme to all our properties, on a monthly basis. | |
Recycling InitiativesLaunched in 1998, our waste management programme directs our waste from landfill towards “Reduce, Re-use and Recycle”. Since then, we have implemented complete waste-management systems at all of our Inns in Ireland. We are now extracting hundreds of tons of glass, cardboard, newspapers and aluminium cans from our waste streams and have invested in state-of-the-art equipment for the on-site treatment of organic waste which is prepared and passed for composting. Our results to date show that levels of 50% recycling have been reached at a number of our properties and integrated recycling facilities are an important part of all new developments. | |
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