Aitken Spence Hotels receives ‘Most Energy Efficient Hotel’ award
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Picture shows winning team representing Aitken Spence Hotels.
Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara emerged the most energy efficient hotel in Sri Lanka by winning the highest accolade awarded in the large scale hotel sector at the Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2012 held recently. This is the second consecutive year that Aitken Spence Hotels has been recognized at the awards. Last year Heritance Kandalama emerged the winner of the Gold Flame award and this year Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara won the Silver Flame Award which was the highest accolade awarded in the large scale hotel sector. Situated on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, the former Neptune Hotel was recognized for the efforts taken to leverage on innovative strategies in the area of renewable energy, the company said.
In addition to the Silver Award, Heritance Ahungalla and Heritance Tea Factory were awarded merit certificates in the large scale hotel sector category while Bandarawela Hotel was awarded the merit certificate in the small scale hotel sector category. The hotels were honoured for their ability to demonstrate year-on-year energy reductions along with ongoing sustainability processes and energy management strategies.
“Our hotels are constructed and operate with a strong, focused commitment towards reducing the environmental footprint associated with the development and operation of a hotel,” noted Rohitha Rajaratne, Vice President, Engineering, Aitken Spence Hotels.
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