Hotel Verde Zanzibar
The 106-roomed, five-star hotel was commissioned to Verde Hotels by owner and Zanzibari-born businessman Mr Said Salim Awadh Bakhresa. The hotel is set to lead the way in the green economy sector in East Africa by being a flagship for green technology whilst further developing sustainable tourism as Zanzibar’s greenest hotel.
Verde Hotels and Ecolution Consulting were able to enter the building phase of Hotel Verde Zanzibar at a timeous point in order to implement the numerous sustainable strategies required to ensure the hotel would be built and operated as sustainably as possible.
Client Name: Verde Hotels
Certification: 5 Star Green Star Africa, New Build, Custom Hotel
Project Location: Zanzibar
Project Details
Project Features:
Carbon neutral stay and conferencing experience
Targetting a 5 Star Green Star SA as-built certification
Renewable nergy generation
100% LED lighting and occupancy sensors
Grey and black water recycling systems
Waste management
Demand-controlled ventilation
Regenerative drive elevators
Intelligent heating ventilation air conditioning (HVAC) system which is highly efficient in heat recovery for the purpose of hot water generation.
Ecolution’s Role:
Sustainability technology guidance and assistance with implementation
Management of the energy modelling process
The building commissioning process
Green Star submission guidance and management
Assistance with quantifying the hotel’s carbon footprint to ensure a carbon-neutral stay and conferencing is offered to guests
Sustainable operations guidance
