With some energy conservation methods such as improving lighting system, using boiler with high heat exchange capacity and air-conditioner’ s remote controller with high accuracy, the Fortuna Hotel Hanoi at 6B, Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District saves 10 percent of energy consumption compared to the initial design.  In 2009, the hotel saved more than 210,000kWh electricity, equal to VND265 million.

As one of few four star hotels at international standards in Hanoi, Fortuna Hotel, which is located in a bustling street with many office buildings, has become ideal accommodations for many domestic and foreign customers. Apart from modern and luxurious architect and professional services, Fortuna Hotel attracts a variety of customers thanks to the motto of doing business combined with protecting the environment and conserving energy.

Pham Van Vinh, the hotel’s chief technical staff said that Fortuna is a big hotel with diverse services, therefore, the company’s leaders and hotel management board pay special attention to energy efficiency. In order to improve service quality, protect the environment, save energy and reduce input costs, the management board asked the technical department to operate equipment properly and encourage technical improvement initiatives. Since the hotel was built and became operational, the technical department has focused on energy conservation methods. To save energy without effecting service quality, the technical department has ceaselessly applied a lot of energy conservation methods. 

Air-conditioner system consumes the largest amount of electricity. To reduce energy consumed in this sector, the hotel has used air-conditioners with spot cooling system which are made in New Zealand. The spot cooling devices are installed at different places. Users operate them directly depending on their demands. Thanks to these devices, a large amount of electricity is saved.

Different from lighting system at offices and apartments, lighting system in hotels must guarantee both lighting demand and aesthetic factor. Therefore, Fortuna hotel uses many kinds of lamps, from Fluorescent Pulsed Light (FPL) lamps at the hall, LED lamps at the restaurant and meeting room and compact lamps at bedrooms to high pressure halogen lamps on the fence and around the building.

Installation and arrangement of lighting system within the hotel was considered carefully. Lamps work at suitable capacity. Apart from electricity efficiency, the lighting system makes the hotel more beautiful and attractive. In addition, the hotel utilizes solar rays to light corridors and stairs.  Vinh said that the lighting system consumes a large amount of electricity, therefore, this system has large potential to conserve electricity. Therefore, the management board pays attention to technical and management methods to reduce electricity consumption in this system.

The hotel has 20 floors with total the using area of 19,000sq.m. The elevator and escalator system work continuously, consuming a large amount of electricity. There are 11 elevators which were imported from Republic of Korea and Finland in the hotel. Inverters which control operation of elevators have been installed. These inverters help the hotel save electricity. Elevators for customers have smart devices to conserve electricity.

By Hung Linh