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