Environment (DRAFT)
Enjoy a Greener Stay at the Limerick Strand Hotel
The 4* Limerick Strand Hotel recognises that our business has an important role to play in protecting and enhancing the environment for future generations and to help secure the long-term sustainability of the tourism industry. It is our priority to encourage our customers, suppliers and all business associates to do the same.
At the Limerick Strand Hotel we take the potential negative effects on the environment that the activities of our business can cause very seriously. In line with this, we will continually strive to improve our environmental practices in a range of areas including energy and water usage.
We have three standard electric charging stations in our hotel carpark, in the basement. We have partnered with Easy Go to provide hotel guests with access to chargers while staying at the hotel. Hotel guests who wish to avail of car charging are required to download the “Easygo” app. Please see the link for instructions on how to setup a Prepay or Pay as you Go account to use these chargers as they are a pay-per-use service.
The Limerick Strand Hotel is committed to reducing its environmental impact through better efficiencies in the use of energy and the minimisation of waste, packaging and water usage.
Our Green Initiatives
Housekeeping
Rituals - This is the soap and a moisturiser product we use in public area bathrooms, suites and exec rooms. This company upcycled an old mill in the village they are from in Ireland and
Recycling
The hotel has a waste diversion rate of 80% from landfill as it stands. We are hoping to reach the 85% mark on this before 2023. Each guest bedroom has recycling cards which encourage and show guests
Bedrooms
We have environment friendly cards in our bedrooms which explain and give guests the option to re-use towels and bed linen by following simple steps. When we refurbish bedrooms or make changes our use
Bar and Restaurant
Biodegradable cups- The food and Beverage department in the hotel use a bio-degradable take away cup which can be composted while the lid can be recycled. Meeting rooms do not use plastic bottles howe
Conference and Banqueting
Lighting - The hotel uses sensor lighting in most of its meeting rooms which saves energy as they turn off right after customers leave rather than when noticed by a staff member. The hotel has investe
Kitchen
Kitchen Oil- Used kitchen oil is collected by frylite at the same time new oil is being delivered. Used oil containers are cleaned and reused repeatedly, minimising plastic waste in the environment. T
Energy Consumption
Energy walk- each duty manager whilst on shift whether that is early, late or night will at some point carry out an energy walk which includes powering off unused computers, switching off lights which
CHP Unit
The hotel has a CHP (Combined Heat and Power) unit which uses heat energy generated by the engine to heat the hotel and water, it also generates electricity which means less electricity taken from the
Electric Car Chargers
EV Charging stations available in the onsite car park provided by Easy Go. We are comitted to actively improving our sustainability goals & policies. Installation of the Ev charging stations aligns
Reception
Book Stand- We have a book stand at reception which guests and customers can use to leave old books and take new ones. For frequently printed reports we recycle used paper. Paper Shredder- We hav...
Energize
Energize have recently changed from traditional florescent lighting which now consists of approximately 90% LED lighting in the pool and gym area. Energize hopes to upcycle it’s OZONE machine wh...
Accounts
Procure Wizard means that we are no longer printing on average 300 invoices per month as they are all just uploaded from PW to TAS – saving of almost 4000 sheets of paper per annum. We send end o...
Marketing
We use web-based marketing activities as much as possible and have a strict policy of not using mailshots. We keep in contact with regular customers through the use of e-zines. Recycled paper and card
FUTURE GREEN INITATIVES AT LIMERICK STRAND HOTEL
We are constantly striving to improve Sustainability & Conservation at the hotel. By the end of 2023 in addition of the above Green Initiatives we shall have completed the following:
Recycling – The hotel has a waste diversion rate of 80% from landfill as it stands. We are hoping to reach the 85% mark on this for 2023.
In the coming months transfer over from plastic laundry bags to paper laundry bags.
Energize hopes to upcycle our currently out-of-use OZONE machine which kills harmful bacteria through UV lamp-saving chlorine usage.
The hotel would like to introduce shutdown policy which will all departments would have to follow that involves powering off your workstation and office before departing work or when not in use for long periods.
In 2022 we introduced electric car charging points in our car park in support of Limerick’s and Ireland’s efforts in reducing pollution.
We are now hoping to move away from aluminum takeaway containers and instead use biodegradable ones.
The hotel would like to introduce a shutdown policy which will all departments would have to follow that involves powering off your workstation and office before departing work or when not in use for long periods.
We have applied to be recognised as a Fairtrade Workplace as all our Tea and Coffee offerings are Fairtrade products.
