• Gathering and sale of waste paper
• Re-circulation and re-use of current forms as note-pads
• Thin cleaning chemicals only
• Gathering and sale of kitchen waste to pig-farm

• Heat recovering unit installed for waste steam and hot water production
• Heat from laundry drying machines for pre-heating of water
• Operating energy-saving compact lighting tubes and fluorescent lighting fixtures instead of traditional high consumption lighting
• Automatic shut-down of air-handling units
• Yearly regulation of gas-boilers
• Installation of movement detector to save on lighting

• Chillers cooled by water connected to cooling-tower
• Water volume enhancer installed to guest-room bath taps

• Waste water treated by biological chemical (containing bacteria) in order to reduce waste sludge to 25%

• Dry batteries collected in containers and removed for liquidation on a regular basis
• Capitor bank changed as contained hazardous material (PCP-S)

• Hotel room runs modern vehicles with catalisator
• Purchasing through outdoor transportation companies that make deliveries

• No gardens or land around hotel as in town centre

• Campaign organised for clean-up around the hotel
• Environmental information used to influence guests

• Continuous measuring and regulation of combustion
• Heat exchanger connected to waste steam pipe which reduces heat and steam load

• Outside noise insulation of the building is higher than 40 db (outstanding)

• Preference for recycled products

George Keresztes

Chief Engineer

Hotel Inter-Continental Budapest