The Fairmont Hotels & Resorts group is to continue its involvement with environmental organisation the Canada-based Pembina Institute, in order to actively promote sustainable energy solutions across its portfolio.

Complementing its relationship with the institute, Fairmont has also begun a number of alternative energy initiatives across its chain, incorporating ‘clean energy solutions’ into its resorts daily operations.

These include wind power at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise hotel and spa, Canada, and solar power at the Fairmont Kenuak, US.

There’s also a cogeneration scheme at the Fairmont St Andrews hotel and spa in Scotland, where a combined heat and power system uses a gas-fired engine to drive generators and produce electricity.

A heat recovery system is in place at Canada’s Fairmont Waterfront, where engineers have installed a device that captures condensation and reuses it to preheat incoming water.

The director of development at the Pembina Institute, Nancy Hammer, said: “Fairmont continues to lead by example with renewable energy solutions that are forward-thinking, practical and cost-efficient.”