Sustainable Hotel Design from Apex Hotels
The design of our Hotels contribute to their environmental efficiency.
Apex Hotels have a dedicated architect in charge of Sustainable Hotel Design and through new energy efficient technology the Hotels producing less carbon emissions.
Group wide:
- Apex Hotels use existing buildings based in the City centre and not on Greenfield sites (exception of Apex in Dundee, a new build on a brownfield site)
- Apex Hotels are surrounded by good transport links for road, air, rail, underground rail and boat.
- Improved thermal performance in room finishes.
- Thermographic imaging conducted.
- Energy efficient roof plant rooms.
- High specification glazing introduced.
- Dual flush cisterns introduced to bathrooms and public toilets.
- Bathrooms designed with walk in showers separate to the bath to encourage shower use.
- Flow restrictors in place for showers and taps.
- Ving key card systems in place to control lighting, heating and air cooling when rooms not in use.
- Master switches in place to control lighting.
- Energy saving lighting, dimmers and motion detectors in place.
- LED lighting in place.
- Energy efficient lifts introduced.
- Energy efficient boilers introduced.
- Building Management Systems in place to control temperatures throughout the building.
- Less obtrusive signage internally and externally so they are visually pleasing to the eye.
- Cycle racks in place to encourage cycle use.
- Ozone pools in place using ozone to disinfect the water instead of chlorine.