PATA Malaysia Chapter: Sustainable Hotel: Conference & Workshop
Malaysia, 10 November 2022 - We have been organizing conferences on sustainability and environment for the last 14 years ever since acquiring the Frangipani Resort on this beautiful island of Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia.
Adj Professor Anthony Wong Kim Hooi had developed the most efficient and fastest wastewater treatment system to clean polluted waste water, including raw sewage and waste cooking oil to a drinking water standard in 3 - 4 days, including desalination using special bio engineered constructed wetland, all without using any energy. During dry season, we pump ground water to keep our wetland alive. As we are so close to the sea, we get brackish water. Despite that, we are still able to treat the water into drinking standard water (desalination without energy). This finding was approved by Malaysia Government on 10th August 2017 and now, this system is recognized in the 12th Malaysia Plan 2021-2025, where Adj Professor Anthony Wong helped to draft out the technical act of the constructed wetland.
Research found that the hotel industry needs to reduce its carbon emissions by 66% per room by 2030, and by 90% per room by 2050 to ensure that the growth forecast for the industry does not lead to a corresponding increase in carbon emissions. On the other hand, the global issues that are happening currently are water and food security. A water-secure world uses the productive power of water and reduces its destructive impact. It is a world where everyone has safe, affordable, clean water to live a healthy and productive life. It is a world where communities are protected from floods, droughts, landslides, erosion and waterborne diseases. Food security means that all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life.
All the issues highlighted above are some of the topics that will be covered during the conference, since our resort is recognized as the most sustainable star rated in ASEAN with over 200 ways to save using science, architecture, technology, bioengineering, natural sciences, innovation and continuous research, which now we had able to save up to 30% and more savings in hotel operation cost. We will show on ways to breed poultry and fishes without buying animal feed, breeding crickets, black soldier flies, and ways to grow food from organic farm and wetland.
We have used the ASEAN Green hotel standard and United Nation (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as guide lines and able to fulfill all its criteria. We had able to save up to 30% in operation cost. This year we have 2 UN speakers on Climate Change and on Economic Sustainability. We will launch the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Hospitality during this conference. Our goal is to make 'Cottage by the Sea by Frangipani' Carbon Negative by 2030.
The goal is to share the best practices in sustainability and to show going green is a more profitable business in the long run. This conference is a way for capacity building, sharing locally and globally. Our organizing partner, Malaysia Green Building Council (malaysiaGBC), Malaysia Green Building Index (jointly by architects and engineers association) are key players in promoting sustainability in the building industry.
This conference is also HRD Corp Claimable Course and GBI & MGBC CPD Claimable for Malaysians.
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