By Dave Ackermann
With recent rises in electricity prices in South Africa, the country has been paying more and more attention to the implementation of solar power in households and workplaces. A new luxury hotel which has just opened up in Johannesburg has set the tone for the hospitality industry and implemented extensive measures to make use of solar panel power in their hotel.
The hotel in the spotlight is the DaVinci Hotel which is opening up in the upmarket area of Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg. The Legacy Hotel Group, which owns the luxury hotel worked in partnership with Kayema Energy and numerous international Solar power experts in order to design the substantially large and complicated solar powered water heating system.
The solar powered water heating system consists of a massive 117 flat solar panel collectors that will create enough hot water to enough to supply hot water for 138 rooms. The solar powered hot water system, which has the capacity to warm up 30 000 litres of water, will result in a 60% reduced energy bill for the hotel and substantially decrease the carbon footprint of the hotel.
The solar power system is not the only green initiative which has been implemented by the hotel. Other initiatives include a system that completely cuts electricity to a room that is not occupied at any time, the use of LED lighting all over the hotel, water saving shower heads and the use of non harmful building materials. The hotel's main restaurant named the Maximillien, is also designed and built with energy and environmental issues in mind. The restaurant floor is made from bamdoo, cleaning materials in the kitchen are all non-toxic and environmentally friendly and all other building materials used in appliances etc. are made from harmless eco-friendly materials.
Kudos must go out to the Legacy Hotel Group and everyone else who was involved in the building of this solar powered hotel. May many more households, commercial properties and hotels follow in their footsteps! Hopefully the government in South Africa will also join in the trend and start making appropriate rewards for people and places that make use of solar power.
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