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Phuket Orchid Resort & Spa, owned and operated by Thailand’s Kata Group Resorts, has won the ESCO Project Award 2018, in recognition of the resort’s development of its integrated energy saving programme.
ESCO is an energy service company operated by the Federation of Thai Industries and Thailand’s Ministry of Energy to provide a broad range of energy solutions including design and implementation of energy saving projects.
The award was accepted on behalf of Kata Group Resorts by Priyavit Achariyachai, the group’s director of business development.
Phuket Orchid Resort & Spa operates in a proactive, energy-saving way.
The high-performance air conditioning system utilises a voltage regulator, and the hot water supplied to guestrooms is now produced through a heat pump system, rather than a boiler, as previously.
Lighting in the rooms and the public areas has now been changed 100 percent to LED bulbs. In the kitchen, all refrigerators and refrigeration systems are equipped with a fixed temperature inverter, for fresh food all the time.
The resort also implements policies directed towards environmental conservation. Wastewater is used to water the resort gardens, guestroom electrical services are turned on and off by inserting the room keycard in its wall holder, and amenities such as shampoo, shower cream and lotions are contained in refill bottles, to reduce plastic bottle waste.
The resort also has a campaign for guests to cut down on the use of plastic drinking straws.
Phuket Orchid Resort & Spa is located at Phuket’s Karon Beach, and is a family resort with 525 guestrooms and an events hall that can hold a maximum of 450 guests.
The award was accepted on behalf of Kata Group Resorts by Priyavit Achariyachai, the group’s director of business development.
Phuket Orchid Resort & Spa operates in a proactive, energy-saving way.
The high-performance air conditioning system utilises a voltage regulator, and the hot water supplied to guestrooms is now produced through a heat pump system, rather than a boiler, as previously.
Lighting in the rooms and the public areas has now been changed 100 percent to LED bulbs. In the kitchen, all refrigerators and refrigeration systems are equipped with a fixed temperature inverter, for fresh food all the time.
The resort also implements policies directed towards environmental conservation. Wastewater is used to water the resort gardens, guestroom electrical services are turned on and off by inserting the room keycard in its wall holder, and amenities such as shampoo, shower cream and lotions are contained in refill bottles, to reduce plastic bottle waste.
The resort also has a campaign for guests to cut down on the use of plastic drinking straws.
Phuket Orchid Resort & Spa is located at Phuket’s Karon Beach, and is a family resort with 525 guestrooms and an events hall that can hold a maximum of 450 guests.
