The team at Isaacs Hostel is committed to a greener future. Listed are the initiatives we are undertaking towards helping our environment:

• All staff are trained on green issues and encouraged to contribute towards making our hostel greener. They walk, cycle or use public transport to get to work.
  
• All plastic, paper, cardboard, aluminium cans and glass, batteries and gas cylinders are collected and recycled.
  
• We use recycled paper for all our printing needs and recycle ink and toner cartridges.
  
• We have installed motion-controlled lighting where suitable to reduce energy wastage.
  
• All showers and taps are fitted with push buttons to reduce water wastage.
  
• The boiler has been upgraded to enable us to adjust the heating and turn off heating to sections of the building as and when required.
  
• We have upgraded all of our office and guest computers to those with a higher energy rating.
  
• The hostel is powered by Airtricity who generate electricity using wind power - producing no emissions or by-products of any kind. Year to date, our power saving is on average 1600 units per statement - equivalent to 4.13 c02 tonnes per year.
  
• Our Green Officer attends Sustainable Tourism Conferences and training days and we are active in forming links with eco friendly partners in the tourism sector.
  
• We are currently researching 'green suppliers' of cleaning and office products.
  
• We are calculating our carbon emissions and will be off setting this.

Future plans:
Our building is to be upgraded in 2010 and we plan to:

• Increase window insulation to minimise heat loss
  
• Install solar panels on the roof