‘Greening Hotels’ project draws to a close
View(s):The EU-sponsored Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project (GSLH) will be winding up its activities by the end of October after 4 years of operations. During this period, the project signed up over 350 hotels of all categories (large medium and small) and engagd with them in promoting sustainable consumption practices in Sri Lankan hotels, the project team said in a media release.
Over 30 training and awareness workshops and seminars have been conducted in all parts of the island, while 142 ‘walk through’ energy, water and waste management audits have been carried out on individual hotel properties. Many hotels have implemented a wide range of its recommendations.
Picture shows the Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project team
Project Director Srilal Miththapala said, “I’m quite pleased to look back on what we have achieved in the last few years. I think we have managed to create interest and awareness of good energy and environmental conservation practices among Sri Lankan Hotels. Many hotels have realised that ‘going green’ is not only good ethically, but that it is also beneficial in reducing cost and creating market differentiation”.
He said, “The going was not always easy and not all 350 registered hotels are moving at the same pace. A solid platform has been laid, and Sri Lankan hoteliers have now to build on this to make Sri Lanka tourism a more environmentally sustainable industry”.
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