Millennium & Copthorne Launches Global Campaign to Save Energy

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (M&C) is aiming  to achieve a monthly target of cutting energy usage by at least 10%, or 1.2 million kilowatt per hour (kWh) in all of its 110 properties around the world.

The savings are equivalent to the monthly electricity consumption of 2,350 three-bedroom flats in Singapore.

The group’s 13 Asian properties with a total of 4,195 rooms are expected to achieve 1,390,312 kWh of energy savings each month, giving annual cost savings of Sin$306,775 or about Sin$3.68 million a year.

In addition to this, M&C Hotels will challenge itself with a series of month-long measures such as raising temperatures of its chillers from 6.5 degrees to 7.5 degrees centigrade, dimming lights in public areas, and turning off the air-conditioning during office lunch hours, or setting the temperature at 24 degrees or higher.

“This year’s expanded global effort at energy savings is another sign of our commitment to reduce energy in all our hotels, as well as raise awareness of the importance of conserving Earth’s resources,” said Mr Kwek Leng Beng, Chairman of M&C Hotels.

M&C has a global portfolio of 110 hotels with 30,939 rooms, in 70 cities in 19 countries.