At Fifty Shades Greener sustainability is a priority in everything which we do.
In this spirit it was decided that as a team we would each test out different homemade DIY environmentally friendly cleaning recipes and share our experiences in a blog.
Giving our readers insight as to what solutions are just that and what one’s are best missed!
Why is it your interest to bother to make your own eco friendly cleaning products?
Better Air quality
Commercial cleaning products contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which are dangerous to our health causing eye, nose, and throat irritation as well as headaches, dizziness and memory loss!
Save your Money
Making your own eco cleaning products is actually more affordable than using commercial brands. Many green products simply use ingredients such as white vinegar, baking soda, water and citrus.
Better for our planet
Toxic chemicals from cleaning products are flushed down the drain and enter our waterways. Using...
Changing your heating system is no easy feat and is a significant investment. It can feel like a daunting and unnecessary process. We wanted to investigate what options and grants are available for homeowners looking to move away from oil or gas heating to a more sustainable alternative.
The most popular choice at the moment is the air-to-water heat pump. The heat from the air is transferred to the water in your heating system, such as your radiators and your hot water tank. Unlike gas and oil boilers, heat pumps deliver heat at lower temperatures over a longer period of time. It is not a new technology; it has been used in fridges since the early 1800's.
At present SEAI offer a number of different grants for homeowners,...
There is a staggering statistic that 70% of the Food Waste produced by Hotels and Restaurants is actually avoidable. While we are putting food in the bin there are millions of people starving in other countries but for this piece we are going to move away from the human side of this problem, and look at it from an angle that motivates the majority of business owners: Cost Savings!
Putting food in the bin is quite literally the equivalent of putting your hard-earned cash in the bin. Of all waste types, this absolutely applies to food waste because of the many elements you have to factor in;
Back in 2012, while working as the Sales & Marketing Manager of Hotel Doolin in West Clare, my General Manager told me to form a "green team" and apply for Green Hospitality Ireland certification.
To say I was apprehensive at the start would be an absolute understatement!
I had no idea where to even begin.
I attended workshops, seminars, and completed an endless number of courses as well as reading blogs about Green businesses.
Within 2 years and with little to no investment, we managed to reduce our Energy by 30%, our Waste by 40% and our Water by 25%.
To me, greening your hotel or restaurant became not just “the nice thing” to do, it is instead “the smart” thing to do from a business perspective.
At this point of my career, everything shifted and changed for me forever.
The "Why...
What can be more tempting than a sustainable solution that benefits your business in three ways - socially, economically and environmentally?
You can triple win in your business by doing the following:
To triple win in your business it can be achieved through education of the team that this has the greatest impact: socially (training, upskilling, career progression, investing in your team and improved communication), economically (reductions and efficiency means cost savings) and environmentally (reduction in usage means less CO2 emissions): the triple win.
This blog article will help your business embed a triple win...
I am beyond privileged that my weekly work allows me to meet Hotel teams from all over the world.
There is nothing more satisfying than one of your students surpassing your expectations!
I led a training session which was aimed at motivating and guiding their Green Team where to my surprise, it was their efforts and actions already implemented around sustainability, that motivated me!
I could not pass this opportunity to write about just one of the areas the Kingsley Hotel, and in particular their Housekeeping Manager Jared Warner MIASI, has worked on for several years now: The Green Bedroom.
I had the pleasure to interview Jay about his own sustainability...
Never in our minds we would have thought our beloved Hospitality industry would lie dormant for 3 months. But that is the reality of 2020, as the world re-opens slowly, and people start to travel, it is time to take a good luck at our current standards of procedure, and ensure we are running efficient businesses.
It has never been more important than now to ensure we reduce our business running costs, by having efficient systems in place. If you have never implemented an Environmental Management System at your business, chances are you are paying for more Energy, Waste and Water than you really need to.
If you know the answers to those 3 questions, you are already on a winning path! But if you are not sure on the answers, or need to “check” with someone else, this means you are not in control of your...
Customer demand for Climate Change and for all industries to play their part is at an all-time high.
Society is changing, their values are changing, and those that align their business to their customer values ahead of the rest, stand to become more successful.
So what are you doing, at your hotel or restaurant, to commit and run a greener business?
Right now, tourism & travel account for 10% of the global carbon emissions globally. AT the rate tourism is growing as an industry, would it be possible that we will become the most polluting industry worldwide in a couple of decades?
And how would that affect...
When was the last time you took time out of your day to review the energy your Hotel or Restaurant uses?
After staff wages, your Energy consumption, could possibly be one of the largest costs to your business, yet, every week, I meet hospitality managers, that don’t have control over their energy consumption.
I always found it funny, I spent 4 and a half year in Hotel Management. They told me how to budget, how to forecast, how to control staff wages. However, nobody ever told me that, when I finally became a Hotel Manager, I would also be in charge of a building.
A building that comes associated with high costs to run on Energy, Water and Waste.
In my early hotel management years I was often assigned the Early duty manager shift. Walking into work at 6.30am, your best buddy becomes the breakfast chef, they are the only ones up earlier than you!
For years, I saw breakfast chefs arrive on duty and turn all the lights on, all the ovens on, extractor fans, grills, fryers....
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