Aitken Spence hotels win awards

Heritance Ahungalla and Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara received awards at the Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2013, conducted by the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority for private and public sector institutions to recognise their contribution towards an energy efficient Sri Lanka.

Heritance Ahungalla engineers with the award

Heritance Ahungalla was awarded the Silver flame award for the commitment to enhance energy efficient practices within the large scale hotel sector.

Heritance Ahungalla is one of the first hotels in the world to receive the ISO 50001 certification for Energy Management systems.

With the introduction of this Energy Management System, Heritance Ahungalla manages energy consumption without compromising guest comfort.

Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara was awarded a merit award in the large scale hotel category, making it the second year that the resort received recognition for its sustainable energy efficiency practices.

The resort was one of the first hotels in Sri Lanka to enter a net metering agreement using solar photovoltaic as the renewable energy source. The hotel also reduced its consumption of furnace oil, with the installation of a solar hot water system.

Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara also houses a bio-gas plant which uses kitchen refuse as the primary source for the production of bio-gas which is used in the herbal preparation unit.

The continuous commitment to identify and enhance energy efficiency practices, while demonstrating annual reductions in energy consumption within the chain of resorts has resulted in Heritance Hotels being recognised year-on-year for its initiatives.

In addition to the awards won by the resorts, Damitha Jayarathne was awarded a Merit award for Most Outstanding Energy Manager 2013. The award was introduced this year to recognise efforts to improve implementation of energy management plans.

The Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards is a platform that envisages prompting entities to embrace and enact opportunities to conserve energy and contribute to an energy efficient Sri Lanka.