Title: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN INDUSTRY IN ASIA MANILA, PHILIPPINES 9TH -11TH SEPTEMBER 2009
1INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN INDUSTRY IN
ASIAMANILA, PHILIPPINES 9TH -11TH SEPTEMBER
2009
- Presented by
- Anthony Wong Kim Hooi
- President, UN Global Compact Network Malaysia
- ICCA 1st Vice-President
- Group Managing Director, AOS Conventions Events
Asian Overland Services Tours Travel - Adjunct Professor, University Utara Malaysia
- Secretary Treasurer, PATA
2- Competitiveness Through Sustainability In The
Tourism Industry
3Challenges In Sustainable Tourism
- Industry Initiatives for Sustainable Tourism
- Tourism activities can degrade the social and
natural wealth of a community - This is a particularly a problem where tourism
business is centered in traditional social system
such, as isolated communities or indigenous
people. - Tourism in natural areas eco-tourism, can be a
major source of degradation of local ecological,
economic and social systems.
4- Influencing Consumer Behavior to Promote
Sustainable Tourism - Promoting Broad-based sustainable development
through Tourism while safeguarding the Integrity
of Local cultures and protection the environment - The key problem is the creation of tangible,
working local partnerships.
5- Coastal Impacts of Tourism
- In many coastal areas, tourism development
destroying or marginalizing dwindling habitats
for marine animals and spawning fish, as well as
the livelihoods of traditional fishing families
and villages - Unregulated water sport activities
- Lack of effective waste water treatment for
tourist facilities such as hotels or chalet - Excessive private tourist development
6Is Sustainable Achievable?
- Tourism will never be completely sustainable as
every industry has impacts, but it can work
towards becoming more sustainable. - ISSUE
- As more regions and countries develop their
tourism industry, it produces significant impacts
on natural resources, consumption patterns,
pollution and social systems. - The need for sustainable/responsible planning and
management is imperative for the industry to
survive as a whole.
7Environmental Friendly Policies and Ethics
8Environmental Friendly Policies and Ethics
9Environmental Friendly Policies and Ethics (cont.)
10Green Hotel Concept
- Case Study
- Sustainable Tourism
Warm Hospitality, Green
11Trend to Go Green
- Environment-friendly hotel operation
- - future trend
- - increasing governmental regulation
- - greater proportion of green demanding guests
- - ensure sustainable profit Good business in
the - long term. and cents!
12Challenge of Going Green
- Ignorance and indifference.
- Lack of information and awareness on
environmental issue. - Lack of motivation.
- Not much incentive from government to assist in
going green. - Most environmental-friendly products are
imported, thus high cost and more effort needed
in sourcing. - Many new green technology not yet introduced in
Malaysia, thus one need to be innovative and
creative. - Effort not well appreciated by certain guests.
- Achieve international recognition.
- Hotel is not designed right from the beginning.
- Architect engineers not knowledgeable in
green/eco planning and design.
13Solutions
- Raising awareness among management, staffs, local
community and guests. - Educating training staffs on environmental
practice. - Involve everyone in greening efforts.
- Information sharing.
- Having rewarding system for going green.
- Think out of the box. Be creative and innovative.
- Do things effectively and efficiently.
- Redesign hotel involves reconstruction and .
- Discarding old plans and use new technology.
- Educating all levels of people, i.e. schools,
government, food industry, hotel industry, travel
industry, villagers and community leaders, to be
PARTNERS in making Langkawi Green.
14Waste Management Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Rethink
- Reduce Minimising the amount of the Earth's
resources that we use. - Reuse - Don't just bin it, could someone else
make use of it? - Recycle - Can the materials be made into
something new? - Rethink paradigm shift
Turning rubbish into gold
15Reduce
- Reduce plastic bottles
- Provide water using jug and glass instead of
giving bottled drinking water.
Use smaller meeting room We are now using
the Meeting Room which is less spacious compared
to Desa Ballroom used previously for our daily
briefing and small meetings. This is one of our
effort in saving energy.
16Reuse
Old but usable furniture are reused at staff
quarters.
Old roof tiles which are still in good condition
are reused for new building.
Old pipes from construction area are reused for
channeling rain water to our wetland.
Ice cream container is reused to store food item.
17Recycle
Recycle wood and trunk as signage and landmark
Recycle plywood as DND and Please Clean My
Room signs
Recycle plywood to make mail box and guest
comment box
Recycle broken or leftover slates to make
decorative walkway
Recycle Assam tree trunk as key chain
18Do Things Differently
19Rearing guppy fish at ponds to control mosquitoes
Biological control using coconut trunk as termite
trap
Reuse used cooking oil for candle lighting
Leftover soaps from guest rooms are recycled to
be used as cleaning detergent for toilets.
Homemade organic mosquito repellant using
lemongrass juice.
Using precast concrete railing baluster instead
of wood
20Design of building
- Buildings design is important in Sustainable
construction. - Roof, balcony floor and all railing are with
slope for better flow of water to prevent water
from ponding on roof, floor or drainage.
A drainage with slope is constructed as rain
gutter, instead of using rain gutter which
requires more maintenance.
21No lighting is required during the day as there
is flow of natural light into the toilet.
Grass grown on roof to cool rooms and this
reduces the use or speed of air-conditioning.
22Recycling Waste Sorting
We practise waste sorting in our resort. We sort
rubbish according to category of paper, plastics,
aluminium can, glass and metal. In kitchen
cafeteria, we also sort kitchen waste from
rubbish. As glass has no value in Langkawi
Island, we recycle it into decorative item.
23Recyclables in year 2007
Category Weight (kg)
Paper 5189.0
PET plastic 746.6
HD plastic 183.5
Mix plastic 70.0
Aluminium tin 377.0
Grade A Iron 1348.0
Grade B Iron 360.0
Steel 8.0
Battery 148.0
Total 8430.1
Revenue of RM 3792.50 earned from recycling
8430.1 kg of trash.
24Recyclables in year 2008
Category Weight (kg)
Paper 5309.4
PET plastic 1412.2
HD plastic 55.0
Mix plastic 0.0
Aluminium tin 429.9
Grade A Iron 112.0
Grade B Iron 552.8
Steel 0.0
Plastic Juice container 1071.0
Total 8942.3
Revenue of RM 4015.63 earned from recycling
8942.3 kg of trash.
25Composting
Kitchen waste garden waste are used in
composting.
Compost site
Old bathtub is used as composting container. Old
wooden flooring is recycled as container lid.
26The Process of Composting
- Compost biodegraded organic waste that turns
into organic fertilizer - 4 main components of composting
- I) Organic matter
- - Brown materials (i.e. dead leaves, twigs)
supply carbon - - Green materials (i.e. fruit rinds,
peels) supply nitrogen - II) Moisture
- III) Oxygen
- IV) Bacteria
- Turning - done weekly
- - supply oxygen to the compost
pile (for decomposing activity) - - maintain moisture
(microorganisms thrive in moist condition) - - control odour.
- Compost will be ready in about 3-5 months.
- Fertiliser costs RM 2/kg. As there is no
expenses in composting, we are able to save RM 2
for every 1 kilogramme of compost prepared.
27Reusing food waste for composting as poultry
feeds
- In 2008, 14,600 kg of food waste was collected
from restaurant kitchen for composting. - Average of 40 kg/day
- 3,650 kg of food waste was collected from staff
cafeteria and was reused to feed the free-ranging
ducks chicken that we rear. - Average of 10 kg/day
- In 2009, we started collecting leftover bread
from our breakfast buffet for feeding fish at our
pond. - Average of 2 kg/day
28Nursery
We have a nursery in our resort where gardeners
will propagate plants we need. We propagate
approximately 200 plants each month. Each of
these plant costs RM 5 if being purchased.
Therefore, we manage to save RM 1,000 each month.
Approximately 100 kg of kitchen waste is used in
composting each month. We are able to produce 20
kg of compost each month for our vegetable garden
and plant propagation.
29Water Conservation
- Objective
- - To achieve sustainability in water supply.
- - To reduce dependency on government-supplied
treated water. - Save water, save the planet
- - Make every drop counts
30Ways to Conserve Water
Water tanks for harvesting rain water.
Sprinkle watering system for irrigation to save
water usage.
Watering at suitable time early morning and
late evening to prevent water wastage from
evaporation.
Underground water from well for watering the
organic garden as treated water is not required
for this purpose.
31Water storage at Fish Pond
We use rain water at our fish pond. The pond
also assist in harvesting rain water. Excessive
rain water from the road and pond will flow into
storage compartment in front of the pond. It can
store 2830 gallons of water.
We are able to water plants near the pond using
rain water from the pond.
32Coconut trunk and recycled wood are used to build
the supporting base.
Rain water is harvested for irrigation purpose.
We had installed 22 water tanks by 2007,
amounting 12,730 gallons (48,188 Liters or 48.188
cubic meters) of recycled water stored. As
Government-supplied water is being charged at
RM1.20 per cubic water, we are able to save
RM57.83 for every 12,730 gallons of rain water
harvested in 2007. We have successfully cut down
our water bill by 50.
33Installation of new water tanks
- Another 20 units of 880 gallons water tanks were
installed in 2008. This accounts for 17,600
gallons of rain water collection. - Rain water from these tanks are channeled to taps
located around the resort area. - Now, we have 30,330 gallons (114,811 Liters or
114.811 cubic meters) of recycled water storage. - We are able to save RM137.77 for every 30,330
gallons of rain water harvested. - We are in the process of setting up 20 more 880
gallons water tanks to harvest rain water.
34Utilising Underground Water
- High water table, able to get underground water.
- Have 3 wells at organic farm.
- Making use of underground water from well for
watering fruit trees and vegetables at our
organic farm.
35Rain water for flushing toilet
- Rain water is harvested from roof of our
Restaurant and is channeled to water tank located
at public toilet for its toilet flushing.
36Saving from Water Conservation Measures
Year Average of monthly water charges (RM) Average of monthly total occupied rooms Average of water cost per occupied room (RM) Average Monthly Saving compared to year 2006 (RM)
2006 7,690.43 1878 4.10 /
2007 4,866.20 1717 2.83 (4.10-2.83)1717 2,180.59
2008 3,617.40 2091 1.73 (4.10-1.73)2091 4,955.67
37Conclusion
- From our average cost per occupied room of RM
4.10 in year 2006 to RM 1.73 in year 2008, we
have successfully reduced our water usage by
57.8 in year 2008. - With our on-going initiatives and advancement, we
hope to reduce our government-supplied water
usage by another 20 . - 19 units of new 880 gallons water tanks were
installed in 2008. This accounts for 16,720
gallons of rain water collection. - Future plan
- - To construct a filtration system with UV light
to treat the rain - water.
- - To channel the filtered rain water to our main
water tank. - - To reduce dependant on government supplied
water.
38Waste Water Garden
- Wetland sewage system
- sewage water septic tank wetland
Aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and water
spinach will further treat the grey water by
absorbing phosphate, ammonia and urea from the
grey water. - Wetland Waste water garden
- Grey water from wetland is being channeled to
the ground of waste water garden (underground
drip system), allowing us to grow fruits and
vegetables and reducing the need of treated water
for irrigation.
- We have set aside a natural wetland at our resort
and created a garden setting. - Our wetland serves for two purposes
- Attracting wildlife such as cattle egret, water
hen and water monitor lizard. Other animals found
in wetland are tortoise, terrapin and giant
catfish. - Wetland sewage system After sewage water is
being treated at septic tanks, the gray water is
being channeled to the wetland where the aquatic
plants such as water hyacinth and water spinach
will further treating the gray water by absorbing
phosphate, ammonia and urea from the gray water.
39-
- Wetland Water Analysis Result
40Parameter Unit Standards Standards Samples Samples Samples Samples Standards Standards
Parameter Unit A B 1 3 11 10 Inlet End Point
Temperature C 40 40 30.2 29.8 27.8 29 A A
pH Value - 6.0-9.0 5.5-9.0 6.8 6.55 6.95 6.77 A A
BOD5 at 20C mg/l 20 50 45 20 9 13 B A
COD mg/l 50 100 175 78 39 51 Over B
Suspended Solids mg/l 50 100 135 20 35 20 Over A
Mercury mg/l 0.005 0.05 0.043 0.017 0.021 0.013 B B
Cadmium mg/l 0.01 0.02 0.001 ND ND ND A A
Chromium, Hexavalent mg/l 0.05 0.05 0.056 0.058 0.051 0.052 Over Over
Arsenic mg/l 0.05 0.1 0.017 0.014 0.01 0.011 A A
Cyanide mg/l 0.05 0.1 ND ND ND ND A A
Lead mg/l 0.1 0.5 0.001 0.003 0.002 0.001 A A
Chromium, Trivalent mg/l 0.2 1 0.056 0.058 0.051 0.052 A A
Copper mg/l 0.2 1 0.012 0.013 0.005 0.005 A A
Manganese mg/l 0.2 1 0.004 0.007 0.006 0.005 A A
Nickel mg/l 0.2 1 ND ND ND ND A A
Tin mg/l 0.2 1 0.018 0.021 0.018 0.016 A A
Zinc mg/l 1 1 0.057 0.058 0.057 0.048 A A
Boron mg/l 1 4 0.008 0.007 0.004 0.005 A A
Iron (Fe) mg/l 1 5 1.833 1.779 2.263 1.652 B B
Phenol mg/l 0.001 1 ND ND ND ND A A
Free Chlorine mg/l 1 2 0.1 0.034 0.014 0.021 A A
Sulphide mg/l 0.5 0.5 0.12 0.018 0.05 0.016 A A
Oil and Grease mg/l ND 10 3 2.1 0.8 1.25 B B
41Sand Filter System with UV Light
- Current project Sand Filter System with UV light
to enhance current sewage system. - Sewage water septic tanks sand filter
system wetland - 1. Netting - filter solid waste
- 2. Layers of sand, stone and charcoal -
filter particles - 3. UV light - kill the bacteria
- Grey water channeled to wetland will be cleaner
for wildlife living there.
UV Light
Netting
sand
stone
charcoal
Exterior structure
42Energy Conservation
All electrical appliance in room including fridge
are switched off when room is vacant.
Solar panel for water heating. Boiler no longer
being used.
Switch off unnecessary electrical appliance in
office and resort compound.
We have a policy on energy conservation. We train
and educate our staffs on methods to save energy.
For example, security staffs assist in switching
off compound lighting at dawn and housekeeping
staffs assist in switching off unnecessary switch
and electrical appliance after room cleaning.
Using energy-saving bulbs.
43Saving from Energy-saving Compliance
- Previously 4 boilers for supplying hot shower
for rooms. - Now solar panel for water heating.
- Each boiler has 3 elements (3 kWh per element).
- 4 boiler x 3 elements 12 elements
- 12 elements x 3kWh 36 kWh (36,000 Wh)
- Save RM 14.69/ hour of usage.
44Saving from Energy-saving Compliance (cont.)
- 338 nos 8-watt energy-saving bulbs replacing
40-watt bulbs (for lightings at rooms, public
toilets, restaurant staff quarters). - 30 nos 11-watt bulbs replacing 40 or 80-watt
bulbs (for garden/compound lighting). - Saving 12,286 watt 12.286 kWh
- Assuming usage per day is 8 hrs, (charges/unit
RM 0.408) - able to save RM 40.08/day RM 1,202.40/month
- In the process of changing use of conventional
bulbs to energy-saving bulbs. Will be able to
save more once completed.
45Greeneries
- Trees
- - We have 283 big trees at our resort. These
trees provide shade, help to cool the room and
reduce use of air-conditioning.
- Green cover
- - help preventing soil erosion
- - help reducing heat generated from sunlight
reflection at beach area.
Morning glory
46Repair Reuse of Bathroom Door
As the bathroom door is exposed to humidity and
wetness, the bottom part will easily crack or the
surface area will peel off. We do not change and
replace them with a new door. Instead, we repair,
refurbish and reuse them.
Decision Cost/unit (RM)
Change to new door 380.00
Repair broken part 90.00
Difference in cost 290.00 (76 saving)
47Green Champion Award 2008
Departmental Organic Garden
Creation of handicraft made of recycled items
Presentation
Vegetable farm
Organic Garden
- Green Champion Award (GCA) is an environmental
competition to acknowledge the department with
the most effort in green practice. - Competition period (1) May 16th Nov 15th
(2) Nov 16th May 15th - Work with District Agriculture Office MARDI,
invite their officer as judges. - GCA 2008 evaluation focuses on good
environmental practice in offsetting carbon
footprint, in conjunction with World Environment
Day 2008.
48- Vegetable Farm
- - Equal size of land allocated to each department
to grow vegetables, herbs fruits. - Evaluation (A) Weight of yield produced - Yield
to be weighed recorded with presence of
Sustainable representative. 1 kg yield 1 Point.
Yields to be sent to kitchen for cooking. (B)
Farm Cleanliness, condition of the plants,
landscaping of farm, and team work. - Organic Garden
- - Utilise spare land around resort compound to
create departmental garden. - - Utilise recycled items for design of landscape
ornamental plants ponds. - - Evaluation cleanliness, creativity, 3Rs
(Reduce, Reuse Recycle), landscaping of garden,
and team work.
- Creation of Handicraft
- To create a handicraft piece using recycled
items present masterpiece during presentation,
explaining their idea of creation, materials used
purpose of creation. - - Evaluation Practical function, material used,
design creativity, team work presentation of
the creation.
- Presentation
- To present efforts in GCA 2008. Free to choose
presentation form. - - To include their commitment (in departmental
organic garden, creation of handicraft
presentation) and their feedback on GCA 2008. - - Evaluation Presentation content, speech,
creativity, team work grooming.
494Rs In Practice
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52Organic Duck Chicken Rearing
- Duck rearing
- - Rearing ducks in-situ at the resort
organically. - To serve duck meat at resorts restaurant and to
sell duck eggs to salted egg producer. - To reduce food cost, to reduce carbon footprint
of food supply transportation to be
self-sustained. - - Ducks are fed with kitchen waste such as
leftover rice and wild water spinach grown at
wetland.
- Chicken rearing
- To rear kampung chicken in-situ at the resort.
- To supply chicken eggs and meat to the kitchen.
- - To reduce food cost, to reduce carbon footprint
of food supply transportation to be
self-sustained.
53Organic Planting Plot
54Organic Vegetables
Spinach
Cucumber
Corn
Okra
Bitter gourd
55Fresh Ulam (Salad) from Organic Garden
Cucumber, water spinach, pucuk betik, pucuk ubi,
Asiatic pennywort, okra, Neem leaves, cashew nut
leaves
56Saving from Organic Food Production in 2008
Item Amount Saving (RM)
Banana 64 kg 109.20
Banana Leaf 15.17 kg 24.27
Chicken 0.7 kg 4.90
Chilli 5.223 kg 40.11
Corn 61.5 kg 276.75
Duck 13.05 kg 91.58
Duck Egg 5 nos 4.00
Ladys Finger 22.573 kg 77.01
Lemongrass 23.94 kg 47.88
Long Bean 73.5 kg 217.96
Mango 182.35 kg 1094.10
Mustard leaf 52.92 kg 185.22
Papaya 45.4 kg 72.64
Salad items 45.06 kg 107.16
Smooth gourd 43 nos 120.40
Watermelon 26.5 kg 47.70
Winter Melon 136.2 kg 197.94
TOTAL 2568.22
RM 2568.22 of organic food items were produced
from our organic farm
57Activities in Nature
58Natural air ventilation at restaurant
Foot reflexology path
Wildlife
Planting a tree at our resort to offset carbon
emission
Public toilet that uses rain water for flushing
Hot shower using solar panel
59Activities
Beach volleyball
Coconut tree climbing See how skillful the local
man is in climbing and pruning the coconut
tree. A chance to savour the coconut juice.
Traditional Fishing
Nature Walk
60Sunset Bar
Experience scenic sunset at our Sunset Bar which
we refurbished from a discarded fishing boat from
Kuala Teriang.
61Community Outreach Program
Exhibition to promote green practices and
environmental awareness to local communities
We are keen on raising awareness among school
children. In year 2007, we adopted two schools,
S.K. Kedawang and S.K. Pulau Tuba. We organize
environmental education activity for them.
As one of our Corporate Social Responsibility
Projects , we collaborate with CIMB to help the
local community at Pulau Tuba by providing them
with machinery so that they could produce
handicraft and local cuisine for sale.
Sharing and educating other hotels on Green
Practices
62School Organic Farm Project
- In 2008, we adopted 10 schools for School Organic
Farm Project. - Collaboration partners CIMB (funding),
Agriculture Langkawi (technical support), MARDI
Langkawi and Langkawi District Education Office. - Hope the children will get the chance to learn
about organic farming which is more eco-friendly. - Will provide the schools with fertigation system
for organic farming. - Each schools will plant a vegetable type on
rotation basis. - Frangipani will purchase their yields so that
they are able to sustain their farm and award the
children.
63Village Adoption Programme
- Objective To foster good relationship with local
community, educating them on importance of
environmental conservation and working together
on protecting Langkawis environment. - Scope environmental cleanliness, green village
competition, sports activities especially local
games, organic farming, recycling, handicraft
making, social skills, job opportunity, help the
needy, and financial management opportunity.
64The Frangipani Langkawi Resort
Nov 13 2008
ASEAN Green Hotel Standard 2008/2009 (Jan 2008)
Anugerah Pelancongan LIBUR 2008 Best Hotel
Resort (Dec 17 2008)
Environmental Education Program Environmental
Education at Frangipani Langkawi Resort Spa.
65Act Now we dont have a choice