Decarbonization Strategy: A Commitment to Collaborate with Climate Science
According to climate science, InterContinental Hotels Group is committed to reducing energy use and carbon emissions. This not only helps homeowners cope with rising operating costs, build safer supply chains, and reduce climate related financial risks, but also consolidates the reputation of InterContinental Hotels Group. Given its light asset based model, the group works closely with owners and their teams to jointly reduce energy consumption.
Its decarbonization strategy focuses on three objectives:
Implement energy-saving measures: Promote energy efficiency measures in hotels.
Creating low-carbon hotels: exploring and establishing a low-carbon operational paradigm.
Support renewable energy: Assist hotels in obtaining renewable electricity.
The 'Low Carbon Pioneer' project is a practical epitome of this strategy. It gathers a group of hotels that are pioneering in low-carbon operations to help the group test, learn, and share feasible sustainable solutions. Its goal is to motivate more hotels to join and ultimately achieve broader carbon reduction practices at the group level. Each low-carbon pioneer hotel promises to obtain globally recognized sustainability certifications such as Green Key, LEED, BREEAM, etc. within 12 months of opening, and track energy data using the group's Green Engage environmental platform.
Responsible Procurement: A Key Link to Sustainable Solutions
The procurement department plays an important role in implementing the key measures of "Tomorrow's Journey". By collaborating with internal stakeholders, the procurement department identifies and introduces the required supply chain solutions, particularly those suppliers that can provide energy-saving technologies and measures for existing and new hotels. The sustainable supplier questionnaire of the group evaluates the environmental qualifications of all new suppliers during the bidding stage to ensure that sustainable development concepts are integrated from the source.
[Case Practice: New Material Exploration of Huayi Hotel in the Taihu Lake Lake, Wuxi]
As the first Huayi brand hotel of IHG in East China, the Taihu Lake Huayi Hotel is not only the benchmark of the Taihu Lake New City, but also actively responds to the group's call for sustainable development. The hotel is located in the core of the Taihu Lake New City, adjacent to Shangxian River Wetland, the Taihu Lake International Expo Center, etc., with business convenience and unique scenery of Jiangnan water town.
To further fulfill its low-carbon commitment, the hotel has partnered with Jiangsu Chuangleng Technology Engineering Co., Ltd. to apply its agent QLONIX radiation cooling insulation film on its building glass. The introduction of this technology aims to significantly reduce building energy consumption through innovative passive cooling methods without sacrificing guest comfort experience.
QLONIX: Redefining Building Cooling Methods
The core of QLONIX's radiation cooling insulation film lies in the technological transition from "passive insulation" to "active heat dissipation". It does not simply block heat, but utilizes nano optical selective coating technology to achieve two major functions:
Efficient reflection of sunlight: Accurately blocking infrared heat from the sun and reducing indoor heat load.
Mid infrared radiation heat dissipation: Through the "atmospheric window", the building's own heat is radiated to outer space at a specific infrared wavelength, achieving true "zero energy passive cooling".
Technical advantages:
True cooling, more energy-efficient: Unlike traditional insulation films, it can significantly reduce air conditioning energy consumption, help hotels optimize operating costs, and strongly support ESG goals.
High transparency, maintaining visibility: With a visible light transmittance of up to 75%, it maximizes the introduction of natural light while providing insulation, avoiding indoor dimness.
Signal unobstructed: Non metallic coating solves the problem of traditional insulation film shielding 5G/Wi Fi signals, ensuring smooth operation of smart devices.
Durable and environmentally friendly: Using optical grade substrate, it has the characteristics of 99%+UV blocking, non oxidation, and non fading, and strictly meets VOC emissions standards, which is friendly to the environment and indoor personnel.
Joining hands to create: reducing the burning of buildings and reducing carbon emissions for the earth
This cooperation is a successful practice of Huayi Hotel the Taihu Lake in Wuxi to introduce innovative energy-saving solutions through the selection of the procurement department under the responsible business framework of Intercontinental Hotels Group. It not only improves the energy efficiency performance of hotels and creates a more comfortable and green living environment for guests, but also provides valuable localization experience for exploring the low-carbon transformation of the hotel industry. This case vividly illustrates the complete sustainable closed-loop from group strategy to individual hotel implementation, from responsible procurement to cutting-edge technology application, providing a reference path for more properties to join the low-carbon ranks.
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