BACKGROUND:
Hilton is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of seventeen global
Brands including the DoubleTree by Hilton. Hilton have made a commitment through the CSR program Travel With Purpose, to double their social impact and halve their environmental footprint globally by 2030, in-line with the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Hilton uses its proprietary system LightStay, to measure, manage and report the environmental and social impact of every hotel in their global portfolio of more than 5,600 managed and franchised hotels. DoubleTree by Hilton Melbourne – Flinders Street (DTbHMFS) have implemented many large and small scale Travel With Purpose initiatives in the past few years and are consistently looking for new projects to work towards this goal.
DTbHMFS is located centrally in Melbourne on Flinders Street. It is a 187 room hotel with in-house restaurant that runs high occupancies throughout the year and therefore has a lot of energy use. Electricity costs are increasing year upon year and extreme weather situatioCopy to a new draftns are challenging a reliable reliance on the grid (there is no generator on the property). Additionally in-line with Hilton’s 2030 goals DTbHMFS is seeking ways to reduce its carbon footprint via reducing energy use and potentially utilising renewable energy to power some the hotel and offset emissions.
AIM:
The aim is to undertake a single-use plastic audit to understand how DTbHMFS can reduce the amount of waste, what cost savings might be made and what would the environmental impact be.
DELIVERABLES:
The deliverables of the project can be structured to be delivered under a staged approach. This will allow DTbHMFS to review and apply where possible outcomes from the project as the engagement progresses rather than once it has concluded.
The deliverables of the project include:
| Deliverable | Description | |
| 1 | Background and market research | |
| 2 | Departmental baseline and analysis | |
| 3 | Hotel audit | |
| 4 | Final report and recommendations |
The project report shall be written up as a business case including, but not limited to, the following sections:
- Executive Summary
- Background and market research
- Departmental baseline and analysis
- Audit methodology and outcomes
- Recommendations
The project deliverables shall be written for a wide audience. It should be assumed the majority do not have an in-depth understanding of energy efficiency audits.
