{"id":16572,"date":"2020-02-17T13:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T13:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitality.testing-noon.studio\/sustainability\/henley\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:09:57","slug":"henley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hospitalityuor.co.uk\/sustainability\/henley\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability at Henley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Carbon Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Greenlands have Solar Photovoltaics (PV) in the new accommodation block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are currently exploring the potential for an innovative water source heat pump at our Greenlands campus. This would transfer heat from the river Thames into the buildings, reducing the need for oil fired boilers. It\u2019s an exciting project but complicated due to many planning, heritage and environmental considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wild Garden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The wild garden was once part of a large apple orchard which stretched from Paddock House to Ferry Cottage beyond the fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A single apple tree still stands in the garden and hosts some of our next box visitors. Watch for activity during the spring nesting season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some wildflower planting has been done in the garden in the past but nature has now taken over and a variety of species can now be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bee Hotel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Greenlands introduced a Bee Hotel which has been installed on the wall behind Berry Brook House as you walk towards the West Car Park.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man-made bee hotels can provide nesting sites to start the next generation of bees. Cavity nesting bees are particularly good at pollinating many of our crops such as apples, pears and cherries, and also many of the beautiful wild flowers we find in the spring time.  Solitary bees are particularly docile, as they don\u2019t make honey, and so have nothing to defend. The bee hotel has been built by Robin Dean, a visiting Research Fellow at the University, and a commercial supplier of bees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Venue Henley Marketing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Venue Henley extends the sustainability policy into all areas of the business including our internal and external marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are making concerted efforts to reduce paper usage throughout the business and have produced digital brochures and web based materials to replace previously paper based products. We use our websites to encourage customers to read materials online rather than printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where we are still required to produce printed materials, these are designed and produced in a carbon neutral environment and printed on FSC certified stock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Food Production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We hold a 3* Food Made Good rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association. Find out more by visiting the University\u2019s Sustainability pages here; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green Campus – Catering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 Low energy lights and fittings, movement sensors where appropriate and replacing halogen with LED lighting to reduce energy usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 All heating boilers across site are fuelled by Kerosene instead of Gas Oil – a cleaner, more efficient & cheaper fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Cooking equipment has power down facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Dedicated Hot Water boiler for summer use which is cheaper and more efficient than running
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\u2022 A reduction in energy requirements have been achieved by installing a new walk-in fridge and two rational combination ovens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Ongoing Supply Chain review in place to establish supplier’s environmental credentials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 We only use Fair-trade coffee and beverages. Our Barista coffee service at Greenlands is highly rated by our customers and clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Installation & provision of new coffee serveries. Every coffee is 100% certified and helps to maintain the highest environmental and conservation standard, protecting the land where the coffee is grown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Our new coffee supplier have also collaborated with Project Waterfall on our Botanical Coffee collection which means 10% of profits from each bag sold will help bring clean water to coffee-farming communities worldwide. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Green Campus – Housekeeping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 Airblade hand dryers are used in restrooms replacing hand towels and less efficient dryers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Towels are reused as requested by our clients. Low energy lights and fittings, movement sensors where appropriate and replacing halogen with LED lighting to reduce energy usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Thermostatic radiator valves replace static valves enabling more efficient local control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Household have reduced the collection of the compactor from two to four weeks. This reduces cost and transport miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 There are Nespresso (certified B Corp) machines in all our bedrooms with recyclable pods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Since 1st September 2022, our sanitary waste & vending machine supplier Select,  now refill our air fresheners. Select utilizes electric vehicles and they are located in Reading, therefore saving on mileage and reducing our carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 We have removed all unnecessary paper from bedrooms and now provide a tent card which has a QR code to scan to offer access to our digital format of our Welcome to Henley Booklet, link to our Website & Menu\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 To reduce plastic waste, we no longer provide small bottles of shampoo or shower gel and we no longer provide bars of soap. This has all been replaced with wall mounted 300ml refillable bottles that provide shampoo, shower gel and hand soap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 In order to reduce the amount of unnecessary linen that is provided to our laundry supplier, pillow bags are now in use in all our bedrooms which means that all double bedrooms regardless of occupancy have 2 pillows on the bed instead of our previous 4 and now the 2 spare pillows are in zipped up pillow bags in the wardrobes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 We have changed to use reusable tumblers in the bedrooms to save on the use of single use plastic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Green Campus – Conference Rooms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2022 Stationery has been removed from all rooms. This is available upon request and we use all eco stationary and recycled paper is used in all copiers and printers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 In 2018 we removed the majority of paper cups in our conference rooms and replaced with glasses. We enhanced our provision with bottled water that is produced and replenished from in-house water dispensers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Virtual servers are replacing existing hardware, consolidating maintenance and power requirements to one central server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Upgraded energy efficient air conditioning in the server room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Follow me lighting has been installed across the Main building on campus, which saves on electricity usage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 Power out software automatically puts unused PC\u2019s, peripherals, copier and printers into standby and turning off outside working hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 All new computers are either EPEAT gold or silver star items. This means that they reach high standards of environmental performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Heating\/Cooling for our Conference Rooms are centrally controlled via a BMS system. Main Building heating system has now been updated to incorporate zonal control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Desk Top printers have been removed across the site and replaced with centralised  MFD\u2019s which are controlled via the Canon Uniflow management system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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