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Prince Hotel treats its environmental performance luxuriously

As Kuala Lumpur’s luxury Hotel & Residence, Prince Hotel & Residence in Kuala Lumpur is designed specifically with today’s discerning traveler in mind. Prince Hotel & Residence Kuala Lumpur provides comfortable, contemporary accommodation and boasts unrivalled standards of excellence and personalized, friendly service. Prince Hotel & Residence Kuala Lumpur is conveniently located opposite Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and a short stroll away from Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Prince Court Medical Centre, Bukit Bintang shopping district, near the Central Business District and the prestigious Ampang Embassy Row. The Hotel is ideally situated for both business and leisure travelers and boasts a wide selection of meeting and conference facilities as well as an award winning restaurant, a cozy bar, superb recreational facilities and children’s play area.

Not only is the Prince Hotel & Residence Kuala Lumpur a superb 5-star establishment, it also takes its responsibility to help protect the environment and community very seriously. The Hotel has embarked on an ambitious programme of efficiency measures aimed at reducing energy consumption and environmental impact. McKinnon & Clarke, an independent energy and environmental consulting firm, has been contracted to provide this intensive analysis and assist in the Hotel’s environmental improvements.

Nicole Tan, McKinnon & Clarke’s Senior Energy and Environmental Analyst, has been working closely with the Hotel, learning about the Hotel’s efficiency measures. Nicole has produced an intensive carbon footprint report covering Greenhouse Gas Reporting Scope I and II for the Hotel. Initially, all verifiable CO2 emissions data since 2005 was calculated and used as the base-year for any future carbon accounting schemes. Nicole’s work also established “the carbon intensity” for the Hotel as a basis for monitoring emissions performance. The carbon intensity is a measure of the environmental performance of an organization based on its greenhouse gas emissions against a measure of its level of economic activity. From Nicole’s report, it has shown that the carbon intensity has been reduced from 0.07168 in 2005 to 0.06839 in 2006 and to 0.006632 in 2007 respectively. In the first three months of 2008, the emissions levels had reduced by 9.4% compared with figures in 2005.

Mr Lyndon Discombe, Prince Hotel & Residence Kuala Lumpur’s General Manager, commented, “We are pleased with the levels of emissions reduction as a result of this programme. By utilising McKinnon & Clarke’s environmental expertise, we have achieved our reduction levels effectively and systematically. We look forward to a continued good working relationship with McKinnon & Clarke who will continue to assist us in reducing our carbon emissions in the future.”