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Kilworth House Hotel and Theatre and the Environment

Kilworth House Hotel & Theatre understand the importance of caring for the environment, and are constantly working towards ‘best practice’ in all areas at the hotel. The Hotel & Theatre have a designated ‘Green Team’ comprising of representatives across all departments within the hotel.

An Environmental/Green Policy has been created for the Hotel & Theatre which all employees and guests are made aware of. We understand that all departments must work closely together, coordinating their efforts in a bid to reduce our energy consumption and waste. These environmental aims and measures have also been included in our staff induction programme to all new members of staff.

Throughout the hotel all employees are now trained to ensure that during their shift, the lights, equipment and taps are turned off when not in use. The hotel’s Maintenance Department has also made great progress in changing all light bulbs within the hotel, to those that are energy saving where possible, in addition to reusing materials/resources where possible.

Kilworth House Hotel & Theatre is taking great steps to become a more environmentally aware business, and encourages its employees and suppliers to do the same.

The Green Team have worked to the guidelines set out by the Green Tourism Business Scheme and are pleased to have been awarded a SILVER grading from the association for its commitment to the environment.

Some comments from the qualified assessor from the Association were:

“Waste production has been efficiently monitored and considerable reductions of waste to landfill have been achieved”

“The hotel makes good use of the cardboard baler and also bought a glass crusher to reduce the volume of recycled materials”

“The hotel grounds are a haven for wildlife – with a sustainable approach to forest management in place”

Updated – April 2010