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Chaophya Park Hotel receives
special recognition for energy saving
The Energy Efficiency Institute (Thailand) Foundation
(EEIT) recently presented the Chaophya Park Hotel, Bangkok Thailand a
special certificate for their successful installation of heat pumps for
water heating for hotel use, saving energy and providing hot water for
its guests and helping to keep the air and environment of Bangkok clean.
Pictured in front of the recently installed heat pumps are Chief Engineer
Chaiyaporn Sasida (left) and Andrew J Wood, with the certificate of
appreciation.
In his assessment the Energy Efficiency Institute (Thailand)
Foundation’s Chairman Dr. Djakkrit Puranasamriddhi said, “The result of
the tests carried out by the Foundation confirmed that the heat pump for
the water heating system, supplied and installed by Thai-Air
Conditioning Machine Co., Ltd. has ample capacity for making hot water
for guest rooms use at full occupancy. The heat pump system consumed
less energy than otherwise using a water boiler using diesel, and hence
it avoids emitting exhaust gas, from the burning of diesel, to the
environment”.
He also added, “We, participants of this energy conservation and energy
efficiency project, congratulate the management of Chaophya Park Hotel &
Resorts for their achievement and wish the hotel much success in their
green environment campaign.”
Commenting on the installation of heat pumps, Andrew J Wood, General
Manager of the Chaophya Park Hotel said, “The pumps, which convert the
free warm outside air into 60°C hot water, were installed in the first
quarter of 2006. The pumps do not burn fossil fuels. The only cost
associated with running them are the initial investment, approx Bt.4
million for four pumps and the electricity to drive a small electric
pump to circulate the water. The return on the investment (ROI) is less
than one year and has helped reduce our fuel bill by more than 50%.”
AirAsia thinks global with Kuching flights
Low fare airline, AirAsia, hopes to introduce more direct
international flights from Kuching with the opening of its latest hub in
Kuching on July 25.
Group CEO of AirAsia, Datuk Tony Fernandes, said the airline was looking at
direct flights from Kuching to Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, Macau,
Shenzhen in China and Balikpapan and Jakarta in Indonesia. He said the
airline is awaiting approval for its applications submitted to Thailand and
Indonesia.
He expected these international flights would start early next year.
Two of AirAsia’s Boeing 737-300 aircraft would be stationed at the new hub
to service four new local destinations in East Malaysia, namely Kota
Kinabalu, Bintulu, Miri and Sibu.
Second Finance Minister and Urban Development and Tourism Minister of
Sarawak, Datuk Sri Wong Soon Koh, said at the offical press conference
opening the Kuching hub that insufficient air connectivity was hampering
tourism in the state. With the rationalisation exercise taking effect on
August 1, MAS would terminate routes to Perth, Frankfurt and Sydney.
He hoped AirAsia, as a regional airline with links to foreign countries,
would bring in more foreign tourists in the future.
Datuk Fernandes said AirAsia is expected to fly in 1.6 million tourists by
year-end, an additional one million tourists in 2007 and 3.5 million in
2010.
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