ROOM2 CHISWICK
Launch of world ’ s first fully net zero carbon hotel
NEW OPENINGS
At 89 % more energy efficient than the typical UK hotel , room2 Chiswick will set a new benchmark for $ 570 billion global hospitality industry .
London – room2 , the hometel brand , announces that it will open the world ’ s first whole life net zero carbon hotel in Chiswick , West London , in December . Expected to be 89 % more energy efficient than the typical UK hotel per sqm , room2 Chiswick has been built with pioneering technologies to achieve net zero throughout both the design and construction stages and throughout its whole life , which , in a hotel industry first , includes both embodied and operational emissions .
The product aligns increasing consumer and investment interest in environmentalism and sustainable development , with a particular focus on reducing the greatest contributor to climate change , carbon emissions and greenhouse gases . The guest experience is unaffected by the ultra-low energy standard , with the building ’ s interior design being inspired by the arts and crafts movement around Chiswick .
“ Opening the world ’ s first whole life net zero carbon hotel follows over two years of planning and the meticulous creation of a new room2 whole life net zero building framework to incorporate the very latest thinking in design , construction and operation ”, said Robert Godwin , Managing Director at Lamington Group and room2 . “ We have designed and built a hotel which is 89 % more energy efficient than the average UK hotel , and set a new standard for true sustainable development in the global hotel industry .”
Via on site renewables , the building will convert 100 % of its energy needs for heating , cooling and hot water . It ’ s proprietary intelligent building and reporting system seeks to improve performance across the sum of incremental gains . Two ‘ lab rooms ’ provide data on energy , water use and air quality , along with studying and learning from guest behaviours patterns . The building has been opened up to University partnerships to test new innovative technologies and interventions to reduce energy and carbon . Learnings will be used to advance the net zero building framework for future hotels as a pioneering example for the built environment .
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