Landscaping is both science and art and is an aspect of the environmental impact of a hotel that needs to be addressed. Understanding and blending the elements of both nature and construction is effective landscaping. Whether Landscaping is extensive or small consumes a large amount of water, fertilizers and herbicides and generates solid waste.

The Administrative offices house both the management team and managerial staff like General Manager, Secretaries etc. The computer systems with high technology installed in offices increases the consumption of energy. The central heating and air conditioning systems in the hotels areas also consume a lot of energy. If an analysis is done, we would find that in most of the cases energy consumption is unnecessary and inefficient. Mostly, what lacks is an energy saving program in various departments in hotels. Internal controls in the hotels are not taken care of and importance is given to customer satisfaction and hotel service quality. To save energy and resources, an effective energy management program or system is a must to implement. For example: Lightning control system as people forget to switch off lights very often. Ecogreen provides you with some more energy management ideas that can be implemented: - Do not use artificial lighting in offices when the natural light is sufficient - Open draperies and raise shades whenever adequate light from windows is available - Use energy-saving fluorescent lights and lamps - Switch off lights and appliances in unoccupied offices - Turn off the bathroom's fan and lights whenever they are not occupied - Install the light sensors to remind and educate office users about wasted light - Use rechargeable batteries for calculators and other office devices - Turn off computers that are not used, and utilized computer's energy/power management tools ( i.e. sleep mode, hibernate mode, screen saver) - Reduce the use of lighting during night cleaning - Arrange office meetings or conferences in the day time - Keep office doors and windows closed if heating and air conditioning is on - Purchase and use high efficiency office equipment and devices - Set up a self-adult system for the office energy consumption - Train and educate office employees to follow correct procedures of energy uses Apart from all the above ideas for energy management, educating and training the office employees to follow correct procedures of energy use is a must. To know more about Ecogreen practices and trends, visit: www.ecogreenhotel.co.uk

The efficiency and lifecycle costs of a plant’s energy recovery technology is critical to both winning SWRO projects and achieving maximum plant profitably through the lowest operating costs. Leading international OEM’s such as Acciona Agua, Aqua Engineering, Befesa, CH2MHill, Cobra Tedagua, Doosan Hydro Technology, Fisia Italimpianti, GE Water Process and Technologies.

EcoGreenHotel.com was launched early in 2008 and is planning for considerable growth in 2009. The planned growth will be with vendor partners that target the hospitality industry, sustainable hotel partners and a consulting arm that will be working with both new and existing properties.

Road workers don't have a great reputation, but they have at least one thing in common with us: they hate the rain.

An article outlining the important factors mining companies need to consider on any new project.

Water pollution is has become a serious problem in the United States, but real evidence of this can be found in our rivers and lakes.

Of course as with anything involving the sun, there will be heat. Using solar power panels, this heat can be used to warm the water and the air.

Hurricanes by themselves are bad enough, but the flooding that can come along with them can make it even worse.

The hazards of health and safety management The health and safety regulations are very demanding and all organisations are responsible for compling with the current legislation. Most business owners and managers take responsibility for the health and safety of their employees and consumers very seriously – giving it the highest priority. And with an increasing number of people claiming compensation for all kinds of accidents in the workplace or on the move, they have a lot to lose if they get it wrong. What’s the worst that can happen? If someone has an accident resulting in serious injury or death at work, business owners and managers could: • Have to close down their business until all health and safety management issues are addressed • Be sued by the victim or victim’s family for substantial compensation • Be heavily fined by the courts for breach of Health and Safety Legislation • Be sent to prison So if you’re a business owner or manager you must do all you can to minimise the risk of any of these things happening to you. Get to grips with health and safety in the workplace Make sure you have rigorous health and safety management polices and procedures in place and carry out regular audits & inspections to make sure they’re working effectively. Carry out a comprehensive health and safety assessment and take out appropriate liability insurance to cover all areas of risk. Create and implement a business-wide health and safety strategy, designating responsibilities and reviewing on a regular basis. The strategy should address: • Health and safety management Designate individuals to be responsible for health and safety in different areas of the business and workplace and ensure each is adequately trained as a health and safety specialist in their area. Get an independent health and safety specialist to carry out audits & inspections so you can be confident you’re doing what you should to keep everyone safe. • Health and safety legislation Have a thorough understanding of all aspects of Health and Safety Legislation and keep up to date with changes as they occur – claiming ignorance of safety legislation won’t count if things go wrong. • Health and safety assessment Assessment and management of risk in the workplace is a major responsibility. If you have more than 5 employees, you must keep detailed, up-to-date records of a regular risk assessment for each area of work and workplace premises. Remember, it is your duty to have a plan for minimising or eliminating all identified risks. Other organisations can help, like the local Police and Fire Service who can provide expert advice about crime prevention and fire safety risk assessment. What next? If you have any doubts about the quality of your health and safety management, it’s vital you do something about it. There is a lot of useful information online but make sure it’s accurate and up-to-date. Many businesses buy in consultancy for health and safety to make sure they’re getting it right. A health and safety specialist should be a fully qualified professional with an in depth knowledge of health and safety legislation and experience of how it applies to your type of business. They will provide independent health and safety audits & inspections to check you are conforming to safety legislation, health and safety procedures and risk assessment processes. The message is clear - don’t take unnecessary risks when it comes to health and safety at work. It is a legal requirement that you look after the welfare of your employees.

Rainwater preservation is the smartest method for saving water. Water is the most precious resource of human life. We should save waters as it is on the threat of scarcity. Smartest and safest way of saving water is the water tanks. Rainwater can be used both for gardening as well as household purposes. You can even install a water purification system for drinking purpose. Saving of rainwater is mainly important for gardening purpose. 30 percent of total water is consumed for the gardening purpose. If 10 percent of people use the tanks then a large amount of water can be saved. You can cut to 30percent on your water loans by using the rainwater, installing in a water tank. Rebates are given on the installation of rainwater tanks in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Water tanks are available in different sizes. A house with a smaller roof can also install a rainwater tank. You need to consider the amount of rainfall in your area as well as the capacity of your roof to store water. Australia is facing the problem of water scarcity for many years. To combat this problem Australian’s are using water tanks for saving water. It is the high for installing water tank. Global warming is posing a threat to our environment and water scarcity is also included in it. So rainwater tank is a good option for saving the most precious resource-water. Water tank installation near the house is recommended. The installation of a filter is advised for using the rain water for household purposes. In various sizes, shapes and colors water tanks are available. Underground as well as aboveground water tanks are also available. For small families’ 5000 liter tanks are suitable. Proper cleaning of these tanks is also very essential. The government is providing rebate facilities to encourage the installation of rainwater tanks. Most important thing you need to consider before choosing a water tank is to look that whether the tank is made of UV20 polyethylene or UV8. UV8 are very thin and when the water is filled they start to crumple. Bushranger water tanks are the most renowned water tanks of Australia. These water tanks are available in different designs, colors, styles and they are very easy to install. Your valuable time and money both will be saved with the easy installation of Bushranger water tanks. Customers of Bushranger water tanks are mainly Primary producers, common people and Government Departments and New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland are its main consumers. A certain warranty period is provided with these water tanks. Rainwater preservation is the smartest method for saving water.

Unless you live off the grid in a remote area (and if so, you're probably not reading this anyway), you no doubt hear a lot about the need to reduce our carbon footprint and to live a greener life. It's important and almost everyone will acknowledge this, but it can feel like you're being lectured at times.