How does Nanjing Jinling Hotel save energy and protect the environment?

Jinling Hotel: The Pioneer of China’s “Green Hotel”

(Nanjing, November 28, 2006) Mr. Li from Lucent in the United States discovered during his recent stay at the Jinling Hotel in Nanjing that The feeling of bathing is very different from last week. The amount of water sprayed from the shower head is moderate and the force is even, which is very comfortable and pleasant. After asking the room attendant, Mr. Li learned that the hotel had upgraded the bathing systems in all guest rooms, selected the latest spray system and installed water-saving devices. The water rate reaches 18%, which can save nearly 20,000 cubic meters of water a year, greatly reducing the waste of water resources. Mr. Li sighed: "This really kills two birds with one stone. Guests feel better and the hotel reduces costs."

The environmental protection group advocated "green" awareness and achieved significant benefits in energy saving and consumption reduction

In 1999 From the beginning, Jinling Hotel has launched a series of environmental protection activities with the theme of "Embracing Green Life, Loving Jinling Home", working with guests to protect natural resources, improve the hotel environment, and integrate ecological concepts into daily operations and management. In the same year, the hotel established an environmental protection team with members from various positions in the hotel's front and back offices. The environmental protection team promotes social responsibility by carrying out a variety of activities, strengthens the green environmental awareness of all employees and guests, and cultivates "green" living habits and consumption concepts.

The environmental protection team makes full use of Jinling’s website, store newspapers, windows and other tools to promote annual theme environmental protection activities, and regularly holds employees’ “green environmental protection calligraphy, painting and photography exhibitions” to further enhance employees’ environmental awareness. In 2006, the environmental protection team also launched a collection activity for “Embracing Green Life” golden ideas. Employees actively participated and received nearly 300 “golden ideas” that year. The environmental protection card carefully designed by the environmental protection team is placed in the most eye-catching position in the guest room to guide guests to save use of cotton fabrics and daily consumables. At the suggestion of the environmental protection group, the hotel reduced the amount of detergent used for fabrics and tableware, and began to use phosphorus-free bath and laundry products.

Jinling Hotel has long made unremitting efforts to save energy and reduce energy consumption as its top priority, and resolutely transform equipment and facilities that do not meet green and environmental protection requirements to improve equipment operation efficiency. In 2005, the company saved RMB 1.5 million by using fluorine-free refrigerators and inverter air conditioners. It also saved more than RMB 200,000 in equipment maintenance costs through technological innovation, self-made accessories, and repair and recycling of old ones. In 2006, Jinling Hotel installed a central air-conditioning energy-saving control system and a domestic water pump frequency conversion constant pressure water supply system, saving 400,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. The guest room fresh air system began to use heat recovery equipment, saving 114,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.

Green food leads the food trend

Since its opening in 1983, Jinling Hotel has been vigorously promoting green food. The green foods launched are all pollution-free agricultural products, green agricultural products and organic agricultural products certified by the national specialized rating agency. These products are all produced in a good ecological environment.

For example, the beef used in the "Scallion Stir-fried Beef Tenderloin" that is very popular among guests comes from Yuncheng, Shandong; the chicken used in "Gongbao Chicken" comes from Yinan, Shandong; The pork used in "Po Po Pork" and "Jinling Pork Ribs" comes from Suzhou's famous brand product "Su Tai Pig". Even the most common rice used is organic rice from the Huaibei region. This kind of rice is completely cultivated using natural farming methods. The soil where it is grown has not touched any chemical pesticides for three years. The rice cooked with this kind of rice is crystal clear. It is fragrant and soft, and has always been praised by customers. "Jinling Salted Duck" is strictly made from duck embryos weighing about 4 pounds and grown in a pollution-free environment. This "signature dish" has entertained countless dignitaries and celebrities and has been widely praised. In addition, taro comes from Jingjiang, Jiangsu, corn comes from Yixing, Jiangsu, fish and shrimp are selected from Hongze Lake, and mutton comes from the pollution-free prairie of Inner Mongolia.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, Jinling mooncakes cause quite a stir in the Nanjing market. Green and healthy mooncake fillings are the biggest reason why customers choose Jinling mooncakes. Every year, Jinling Hotel puts original and healthy ingredients into the fillings. Especially in 2005, the Jinling puff pastry mooncakes, which were modified based on the famous "vegetarian cake" of Xiamen Nanputuo Temple, were welcomed by customers as soon as they were launched. Sales increased year by year. In 2006, Jinling mooncake sales exceeded 120,000 boxes.

Jinling Hotel also launches different "chef's special selections" according to different solar terms and festivals, requiring catering service staff and chefs to learn to be "nutritionists" for guests. During the meal, we will provide guests with reasonable and healthy combinations of dishes based on their needs to reduce waste