 Main Environmental Characteristics:
- Established the "Sands Environmental Management Team" to steer and facilitate the implementation of environmental programmes.
- Established "Have Your Say" scheme to collect staff members' environmental improvements ideas and arranged awards presentations.
- Provided a "Green Card" which includes energy-saving guidelines for guests.
- Used reusable bags to transport dirty linen for laundry services.
- Carried out indoor air quality monitoring for guestrooms, facilities and public areas.
- Demonstrated effective internal and external environmental communication channels through the dissemination of "Sands Daily" and postage of environmental notices at staff canteen. In addition the hotel has provided suggestion box to collect guests' comments on environmental issues.
Continuous Improvement Items:
- The hotel produced videos and posters by themselves to raise staff awareness in energy-saving;
- The hotel has installed water-saving shower head to reduce water consumption;
- The hotel has participated in the moon cake containers recycling activities organized by the government;
- The hotel has designed environmental promotional materials to enhance environmental awareness of guests;
- The hotel will install energy-saving lightings;
- The hotel will improve the operation and control system of the chiller plant to enhance energy efficiency;
- The hotel will install motor efficiency controllers in the escalators to enhance the energy efficiency of escalatorsˇ motor.
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