Mercure Dubai Barsha Heights licensed by world sustainability organisation for the ninth yr

After 9 consecutive years of Inexperienced Globe certification, the Mercure Dubai Barsha Heights Lodge Suites and Flats has enhanced its sustainable credentials by reaching gold certification of the internationally famend Inexperienced Globe Certification (GGC) programme, which is particularly designed for the journey & tourism trade. 

Throughout a current impartial audit and evaluation carried out by Inexperienced Globe’s most well-liked accomplice within the Center East, Dubai-headquartered sustainability consultancy Farnek, the property achieved a ranking of 96%, having complied with or exceeded greater than 380 rigorous sustainability indicators.

Farnek’s devoted crew additionally supported resort administration with its Lodge Optimizer, a complete and data-driven vitality efficiency monitoring software program software. By way of environment friendly measuring, monitoring, monitoring, and benchmarking of vitality and water consumption, in addition to waste administration, the resort was in a position to calculate its carbon footprint throughout 2023.

Highlights of the recertification included an annual vitality efficiency financial savings of 4.3% via a number of retrofits, similar to chiller optimisation, frequency controls for contemporary air dealing with items, and LED gentle set up.

The resort additionally managed to save lots of 2.6% on water consumption by becoming 300 faucet aerators and diverting 21% of its waste from landfills via progressive discount and recycling initiatives.

The resort additionally offset 100% (19 tonnes) of the carbon emissions generated from enterprise journey made by its administration crew and saved 12% of the carbon emissions generated by particular person company.

Levent Tasbas, Normal Supervisor at Mercure Dubai Barsha Heights, stated, “We’re happy with our sustainability achievements over the previous 9 years. This yr, we’ve got achieved gold certification, and subsequent yr, we’re aiming for platinum certification. Placing that into perspective, presently, solely two resorts within the UAE maintain that standing inside the GGC programme, underscoring our drive and dedication to cut back our influence on the surroundings.”

The Mercure Dubai Barsha Heights Lodge Suites and Flats is situated on Sheikh Zayed Street in Barsha Heights, near Mall of the Emirates, Dubai Media Metropolis and Dubai Web Metropolis.

The four-star resort consists of 1,015 suites and residences over 41 flooring and presents company a wide selection of meals and beverage choices, from all-day eating in its signature Day & Night time restaurant to the foyer cafe, sports activities bar, pool bar, and speciality restaurant.

The property additionally contains a health centre, a spa, a salon, an out of doors swimming pool, a children’ membership, and trendy assembly areas for as much as 100 delegates. Its pool deck on degree 8 has a jacuzzi and terrace.

Muna Al Nahdi, Head of Sustainability & Consultancy, Farnek, stated: “The Mercure Dubai Barsha Heights has persistently put sustainability on the coronary heart of its enterprise technique and really clearly on the forefront of its operations. Over the previous 9 years, it has improved its efficiency ranges yr after yr, persistently reaching excellence in sustainable practices. The resort is now one of many best-performing properties within the GGC programme all through the Center East area.”

Having signed its unique partnership settlement with Inexperienced Globe in 2009, Farnek has licensed nicely over 100 resorts and leisure services in 38 cities throughout the MENA area. This has enabled members to save lots of in extra of 180 million kWh of vitality, price over $20 million, and greater than two million cubic metres of water, valued at roughly $5 million.