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The Orchid - An Ecotel Hotel in Mumbai is Asia's first certified eco-friendly

five-star hotel and world's only Ecotel to be certified as ISO 14001. This 245
- room hotels strategically located adjacent to the domestic airport making it
a convenient place for the business traveler to stay.

Everything is designed so as to be unobtrusive. Like The Club Privé room, an

exclusive club floor with a private lounge and butler service. Or the well-
appointed business and conference center to take care of your business
needs in Mumbai.

The exclusivity of The Orchid is experienced as soon as one enters the

atrium that is serenaded by a 70-foot indoor waterfall. Around the waterfall,
on the first level is the Boulevard, the 24-hour coffee shop. The beautiful
Orchids growing there give you a feel of the truly Orchid experience.
Besides, The Boulevard provides a unique guaranteed time-bound service
aptly called the "Lightening Menu" or the "10 Minute Menu". If the service is
even a minute late, the meal is on the house!










Mostly Grills the lovely roof top barbecue restaurant serves modern fusion
cuisine. The setting is a very surrealistic Mexican village with a pool by the
side and the breathtaking view of the airport runway on the other.


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south of Vindhyas which many Mumbai gourmets consider the best Indian
restaurant in town, is a unique concept showcasing the cuisine and culture of
South India. Here in a very ethnic temple setting you can experience the
intriguing flavors of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu & Kerala, the
musical performances only go to serve as the perfect accompaniments.
Abutting Vindhyas is Merlin's. The name itself conjures images of magical
concoctions that will help lift your spirits and unwind, and what's more
Merlins is open till 3.00 am, giving you ample time to enjoy the magic. At
the lobby is The Gourmet Shop, a deli and cake shop.
The 69 international awards reiterate the efforts of The Orchid of being a
pioneer amongst environment friendly hotels.

Our clientele form the who's who of the discerning international corporate.
We, just like our discerning clientele believe in sustainable development and
have created an experience where:

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Passive Energy Conservation Efforts in Design




Depressions and protrusions in the facade play an important role since

majority of the dead walls remain under shadow thereby reducing the
surface radiation.


 
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The building is designed with 72 rooms facing the atrium, therefore these
rooms are not directly exposed to the external elements thus reducing the
heat load.

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This has been achieved by skylight as an architectural element, detailed in a
manner of doubly layered domes to reduce heat load and noise levels yet
admitting maximum natural light in the atrium space.





The swimming pool is located on the rooftop with 4 feet of water body,
which acts as an insulator from the heat. KoolDeck is applied around the
swimming pool deck to reduce the glare and the surface temperature so that
one can walk barefooted around the pool.

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To start at the very beginning the cement that has gone into making The
Orchid an Eco friendly Hotel is absolutely environment friendly. This cement,
PPC (Portland Pozzalana Cement) contains 15-20% fly ash, as compared to
OPC (Ordinary Portland Cement).

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We at The Orchid are not guilty of depleting the topsoil
of the earth! Our internal partitions are made from
QED wall panels, which are made from fertilizer waste,
instead of red bricks, which are made from the topsoil
of the earth. That's not all, these wall panels are
reusable too and will save you from curing, plastering
and recurring.
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Another environment friendly alternative used by us is AAC. We use this
material for our external walling and wet walling structure of our Hotel. AAC
is Eco friendly as it manufactured using approximately 60% fly ash. It is the
brick substitute building material of the future having excellent thermal
insulation properties and better sound absorption coefficient than ordinary
bricks.






At The Orchid we believe in the three "R" theory of reduce, reuse, recycle.
Water being one of the earth's most precious resources and vital to life we
have tried to put this theory in practice by taking special care to conserve
this resource by employing carefully planned techniques enlisted below,
which re-establishes our belief in the above theory.



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All taps contain aerators, which increase the water's force and reduce
outflow, saving water. Using these aerators saves upto 50% of water. In
addition in our staff cafeteria we have taps operating on timers.


 

Two other ingenious water saving devices are the Geberit Concealed Cistern
which uses only 6 litres of water per flush as against 15-20 litres used in
conventional flushes, while the Geberit Urinal Flush Valve's infra red detector
ensures a definite flush after every use preventing the unwanted flushing of
timer set systems.


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At The Orchid we even recycle our wastewater. With
the latest technology, wastewater is treated and then
reused in areas like air conditioning & gardening.

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With the help of drip irrigation provided on site our
endeavor to conserve water will increase two folds!

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Aquazone employs ozone which destroys all micro organisms including
bacteria, virus, spores, mould, fungi etc. The resultant water is absolutely
safe, pure, fresh and healthy. The water is free from chlorine. When drinking
water is treated with chlorine (chlorine is a highly carcinogenic chemical),
the residual chlorine in water is also consumed alongwith the water. On the
other hand ozone, having half the life of only about 20 minutes, unreacted
ozone reduces to oxygen, leaving no trace of toxicity in water. This makes it
the most environment friendly treatment known today.

Aquazone water can be used for drinking, cooking, and washing fruits,
vegetables, meats, poultry and seafood to destroy surface bacteria for
healthier preservation, Ozonised water can also be used for disinfecting
anything. Ozonised water is colorless and odorless. Chlorine and its
derivatives are carcinogenic and are potential health hazards, adding to the
pollution. Ozone is the ultimate in disinfection. It destroys almost all the
micro-organisms and while doing so it reduces to oxygen. This makes it the
most ideal and environment friendly system ever conceived.

Aquazone diffuses a controlled dosage of ozone into the drinking water as

and when required. Ozone reacts with impurities like micro-organisms and
chemicals neutralizing them. The result is clean fresh and healthy water to
drink.

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Despite its natural timber look the window frames, master control panel in
the guestrooms and shutters are made from Rubber wood. After producing
rubber sap and the tree is cut down, the same cannot be used for any
constructive purpose, as the wood acquired from the rubber tree is soft.

The rubber wood then derived is processed and the upgraded wood, which
has been vacuum, impregnated using unleachable type of timber
preservative chemicals is kiln seasoned to ensure dimensional stability.

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If you are the superstitious kind then there is no place at The Orchid where
you will be able to "TOUCH WOOD"! This is because the interior works of our
Hotel is made from MDF, which is manufactured using cotton stalks. The
cotton tree, which grows to a height of 5-6 feet, is cut down after yield and
the same is usually rendered useless. With the help of advanced technology,
the waste stalks of the cotton tree then goes through a manufacturing
process which includes chipping, sieving, washing and cooking of the fibre
chips. After this lengthy procedure Medium Density Fibre Wood is produced
having all the features of natural wood.







At our specialty restaurant called "South of Vindhyas" the entire interiors i.e.
the woodwork has been made from wood recycled from old buildings! This
concept was specially incorporated keeping our eco-friendly image of the
Hotel.


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The triple glazed window comprises of a hermetically sealed double glazed
unit and an added reflective glass. This triple glazed window blocks the heat
of the sun from entering the room and helps in conserving the air-
conditioning energy. An added advantage of this unit is that it prevents
fabric and furniture colours from fading as the triple glazed unit prevents the
infra red light from the sun to enter the room. These windows also help in
effectively cutting out the noise pollution from India's busiest airport.



At The Orchid we have not only made efforts to reduce
our solid waste and conserve water but also have
contributed in saving energy. To know more about the
energy saving techniques at our hotel read on:

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At The Orchid energy efficient PL lamps are used
which provide as much light as ordinary bulbs, yet
consume substantially less energy.

To cite an example: using a 10W PL lamp will give an

equal amount of brightness as a 60W incandescent
bulb whereas the former (PL lamp) will have a power
consumption of 25% the latter will have a power
consumption of 100% !

What's more since your room lights come in only when

your key card is inserted there's no chance that lights
or the air conditioner remains on once you leave the
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The mini bars used in the guestrooms by us save upto
40% energy, as it is equipped with "fuzzy logic" which
senses the load inside the refrigerator and cools it
accordingly. Also an added advantage is that these
mini bars are CFC free.






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During the start, the motor acceleration is controlled by gradually increasing
the motor current to a reference current ramp limit. In the energy saving
mode the applied voltage is adjusted by sensing that the motor current is
minimum.





Electrical - to reduce starting current Mechanical - to control starting
acceleration Economic - to save energy on partially loaded motors plus
electronic motor protection without extra cost.


 



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At The Orchid ozone depletion levels have been reduced to 99.55% as we
have used the more eco-friendly alternative i.e. R22 instead of CFC
refrigerants. The mono screw chillers which have the least number of
moving parts operates on a stepless efficiency range of 10% to 100%.

Attached to the air-conditioning system is the STL tank to store cold energy
during off-peak hours. This stored energy is then used during the peak hours
/periods reducing compressor overloading and cutting power consumption.

The heat generated from the air conditioners provides hot water to the
guestrooms, laundry, toilets and kitchen.






At The Orchid we have taken steps to reduce air pollution by installing what
is known as Air Scrubbers in the boiler outlet connected with the chimney.
The boiler produces high amount of carbon dioxide fumes which passes
through the scrubber and is emitted through the chimney (the fumes
emitted are clear white fumes instead of the dark/black fumes usually seen).
This is because when the fumes pass through the scrubber water is sprayed
and the carbondioxide dissolves and settles down in the shower traps and
clear fumes are emitted in the air. The consumption of water is 300-600
litres per hour for 1000-meter cube of gas, reducing the fume gas
temperature from 250 degrees C to 50 degrees C. The water utilised in the
air scrubber is recycled water from Sewage treatment plant (STP). Similar
type of equipment installed in the kitchen exhaust system is called 

which works on the same principles.










This control panel in the guestrooms incorporates a
unique feature known as the green button. On
pressing the green button the thermostat of the air-
conditioning unit is stepped up by two degrees. The
saving in electricity resulting from the 2 degrees
increase in temperature is translated into rupee terms
and the same is displayed on the guest folio and
profile. A certificate is then issued to the guest who
has voluntarily participated in conserving energy. A
database is maintained of all these guests and we
have developed a direct mail link with them, telling
them about our ongoing environmental activities.



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Let's get Interactive! These are televisions in the guest rooms by which you
can receive your messages on the TV, order room service through the
interactive TV, set top box. the welcome letter also will be displayed on this
and last but not the least you will also be able to view your room bill on the
TV.

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The Orchid in its endeavor to become a "zero garbage"

hotel has taken various measures to reduce the waste
being generated. To reinforce this we have undertaken
the project of 
 
on our hotel site. For this
purpose we have built 9 bins on site wherein all the
kitchen garbage is diverted for the process. This
endeavor of ours has helped us to achieve our ã*


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that we are not adding to the waste stream of our
city. I think we can safely say that we are the first 5
Star Hotel in Mumbai to undertake vermiculture.




 


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The hangers used in guestroom are made from
Sawdust.


At The Orchid fruits are served on request so as to
avoid wastage.




In keeping with our environment theme in mind at The
Orchid we use Herbal products, which are
manufactured under an Ayurvedic license; these
products are not tested on animals and do not contain
any animal fat.


In our strive to reduce waste we have reusable cloth
laundry bags instead of the standard paper or plastic
bags as in other hotels, in which the guests could send
the clothes for laundering and the same will be
delivered in reusable cane baskets wrapped in muslin
cloth. A laundry button is incorporated in the master
control panel, eliminating the use of laundry pick up
tent cards.




Newspapers at The Orchid are delivered, on request,
in reusable cane baskets/cloth bags instead of the
usual paper or plastic bags.

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Want to go shopping? Just for you, The Orchid
provides you with a specially designed cloth shopping
bag with the environment messages we believe in.

 

As a special give away for all our dear guests we have
the "Eco Harvest" a basket containing a herbal pillow
which induces sleep, a bunch of neem twigs, two
aromatic oils & five age old herbs.


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To prove our commitment to the environment The
Orchid uses eco-friendly pens and pencils. The eco-
pens are made using recycled cardboard, reprocessed
plastic and scrap wood. The cardboard, which is used
as barrel, is free from chlorine usage in the
manufacturing stage. The plastic as the head and base
is made from reprocessed ABS (a thermoplastic
material that can be recycled and/or remoulded).
Scrap wood is obtained from discarded cases used for
packing purposes.

The Eco pencils are not made of wood but of a non-

toxic polymer with the use of natural fillers.
Woodsaver pencils are made using a shaft, which is
made of biodegradable materials such as talc, gypsum
and clay.


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Separate recycling bin with a sticker for guest use is
placed in all rooms.



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The garbage bags used by us are made from recycled
plastic and milk pouches.




 
Why use dead flowers to bring a room alive ? At The
Orchid , you'll find cut flowers cut to an absolute
minimum - instead living vibrant plants help bring the
beauty of nature indoors




There is no use of carbon paper made at The Orchid,
as the chemicals used in carbon paper are toxic which
kill the micro-organisms that break down solid waste,
reducing the volume of waste in the landfill.




With forests dwindling and the air we breathe under
threat, every contribution helps. Which is why you'll
find all paper products at The Orchid contains at least
30% recycled content.

 

To further show you how down to earth our Eco
sensitivity is, even the stylish slippers in your room
are hand crafted from natural reed for your comfort.
The cane tray is meant for shoes to be sent for
polishing instead of using a plastic bag.



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Having the Do not Disturb, MAKE UP ROOM and
LAUNDRY sign outside the door inturn reduces the
waste that would have been otherwise generated by
having these signs made from paper.


The Orchid has demonstrated the highest level of
environment sensitivity by using paints that are eco-
friendly. The exterior of our hotel is a water based
paint with negligible VOC (Volatile Organic Compound)
content of only 0.0125% and the paint used for
interiors has 0% VOC




The Stationery, Guest Service and minibar folders are
made from jute.






 

Tissue boxes, jars for cotton balls and soap suds are
made from NUWUD, instead of having had to use
acrylic.


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The water flask in the guestrooms are left empty
which are filled after asking the guest for his
preference of hot, cold or room temperature water as
water already filled and kept in the flask leads to
guest perception of the water being stale, which they
promptly ask to be replaced.

The glasses too are turned upside down and kept in

the tray, thereby doing away with having to wrap each
glass in a plastic bag and consequently generating
more waste for the hotel.


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This treatment has been recently introduced and is the first of it's kind in
India to eradicate cockroaches. This herbal paste contains extracts from
herbs and the treatment is totally different than the conventional spray
treatment. By using this treatment there are no health hazards, as there is
no use of any poisonous chemicals. No cleaning is required after the
treatment is done hence there is no wastage of water, detergents etc.

This medicine is in the form of a paste and it is applied to all nooks and
corners in the form of small globules in the premises, which is to be treated.
This paste can also be applied in refrigerators, ovens, toasters, microwaves
mixers, computers as it is non-poisonous.

 
To reduce the waste generated by our hotel we use cloth mats instead of
paper ones.

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To add to the above, use of single serving items are minimised at The
Orchid. In all Food & Beverage outlets, use of condiments like sugar sachets
is replaced by using sugar cubes; jams, sauces, ketchup which are served in
preserve pots and butter chiplets have been replaced by butter curls.




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