Here at Bay hotels we as a company are committed to environmental sustainability recognising that everyone has an important role to play. To this end over the last 3 years we have had a major drive to improve our Environmental Sustainability and doing what we can to help reduce our carbon footprint. In this blog post I will highlight some of the latest projects we have embarked on to help reduce our carbon emissions.

Reducing our Carbon Footprint

We have put more focus into training all of our staff on “Environmental Sustainability ” which is now part of our induction training courses and “Sustainable Tourism” is now one of the topics on an annual training calendar.

Moving on from training we looked at our recycling and waste management and by working closely with Biffa, our waste disposal company, we have been able to increase the amount of waste that got recycled since last year with 34% of our total waste now getting recycled. This 34% equated to an increase of 1.6 million litres of waste being diverted from landfills in to recycling plants.

Recycling and Waste Management

It is not only our refuse that we recycle but we also have a contract with 3663, one of our main food suppliers, whereby the oil we use in the kitchens currently is collected and recycled through Convert 2 Green. This oil is then used to fuel some of the 3663 fleet that deliver to our hotels.

Looking at some of the hotel projects that have been undertaken there is a new more efficient electrical heating system at the Valley of Rocks, New energy efficient gas boilers at the Eden Arms, New timed heated towel rails and LED lighting have been fitted at a number of hotels helping to reduce our energy output. Since this energy reduction drive consumption has been reduced by 17%.

Energy Efficient Lighting

It is not just energy that we have been able to reduce as since 2010 by improving awareness across our hotels and updating water controls where possible we have lowered our water consumption by nearly 8%

Lower Water Consumption

Moving further into 2013 we are continuing to improve these projects but also taking on some new ones as we have already installed more than 200 bedrooms with new LED lighting and have over 400 more planned and its only April. Also new heating systems in various hotels will be installed to help decrease their energy output.

All of the benefits implemented above have helped us achieve a much better energy efficiency score in the governments CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) league tables where we now stand at 303 out of 2097 submissions against the 926 we previously scored. This means that our actual Carbon Dioxide emissions decreased by 14.7%, which was a whopping 2,869 Tonnes all of which helps us to with our ongoing environmental sustainability mission.

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Example of Refurbished Standard Room

During the month of January we have been busy maintaining our hotels as part of our ongoing commitment to improving our facilities and giving guests the best experience possible. One of those items that makes your short break more enjoyable is your room. In January we have put a lot of work into our refurbishment projects including guests rooms at a number of hotels…

Bay Glenburn Hotel, Rothesay
In total 12 standard bedrooms have been refurbished

Bay St Ives Hotel, St Ives
We have refurbished 16 standard bedrooms

Bay Esplanade Hotel, Paignton
16 standard bedrooms have been refurbished along with 2 bathrooms. A new lift has been fitted into the hotel as well as a new carpet in the restaurant

Bay Beresford Hotel, Newquay
16 standard bedrooms have been refurbished and 8 bathrooms have been refitted

Bay Valley of the Rocks Hotel, Lynton
A total of 16 standard bedrooms have been refurbished

Bay Dilkhusa Grand Hotel, Ilfracombe
8 standard bedrooms and 8 bathrooms have been refitted

Our workmen are all ready to go on February’s projects, check back later in the month to see what has been happening.

Did you know we also have Premier and Superior Rooms, if not take a look here?

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Tamar Lifeboat

Staff at the Bay Majestic Hotel in Eastbourne have raised over £750 for the local RNLI to help purchase a new lifeboat.

Employees at the hotel are running a weekly raffle with staff and local businesses donating prizes in aid of RNLI in Eastbourne, which has more call outs than anywhere else on the South Coast. They hope to raise over £1000 towards the charity in aid of a new Tamar life boat.

The local lifeboat station, have agreed to run a practice day in front of the Hotel were guests can view the work the RNLI does and what an important part of the community they are.

The Hotel plans to run other charity events throughout the year in aid of the RNLI.

Mark Sawyer, Coxswain, at Eastbourne RNLI lifeboat station said: “We are extremely grateful to the Majestic Hotel for raising a fantastic amount. We rely heavily on the generosity of the people of Eastbourne and this donation will go directly towards the New Tamar lifeboat.”

Nikki Stewart, manager at The Majestic Hotel, said: “I’m really proud of the efforts of the team. Their response has been wonderful and a lot of them contributed to the selling of the raffle tickets and also the donation of the prizes. We’re delighted to be able to donate the money raised to such a deserving cause.”

To find out more about the hotel or book a hotel break with us why not take a look here.

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