Hotel Sigiriya was recently awarded the Silver Award by the Promotion of Eco-efficient Productivity Project (PEP) by the Chamber Of Commerce. This initiative on developments in green technology was carried out by Chamber of Commerce with the financial assistance from the Royal Netherlands Embassy.
The project was designed to provide affordable financial support and grants to all companies in the private sector who pursued good environmental and energy conservation practices. While over 100 applications from different sectors in industry were received, only 51 qualified for the support of the project, which included only five hotels, a Serendib Leisure Group press release said.
Under this project Hotel Sigiriya implemented a biomass based energy system based on gasification of gliricidia replacing the fossil fuel boiler for which it received the award.
The project resulted in substantial savings in energy costs for the hotel, while also supporting the livelihood of the community through gliricidia planting and purchasing.
Srilal Miththapala, CEO of Serendib Leisure was quoted as saying that the win is one of the more important achievements of Hotel Sigiriya, firstly as the hotel did not apply for the award but only participated in the project and obtained a loan to finance it. Secondly as the evaluation has been done by a totally independent scientific panel. |
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