The Irish Hotels Federation and Failte Ireland are working together to help reduce water wastage in our industry. Please click here for a guide to Good Practice in Water Management which was authored by greenhospitality.ie.
This guide outlines steps that many tourism businesses are taking to conserve water and reduce usage. This now has an increased importance given the current critical level of water shortages and the recent introduction by Irish Water of night-time restrictions in Dublin and Wicklow.
Top tips for water conservation in hotels
1. Train staff on the role of water at your hotel and their role in its conservation
2. Find and eliminate leaks
3. Measure and monitor water use
4. Improve the measurement and efficiency of water usage in the laundry, kitchen leisure centre and hotel grounds plus consider investing in water efficient devices and appliances
The full guide is available to download here.