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DAR ES SALAAM RAMADA TO OPEN THIS MONTH
US hotel chain, Ramada International, last week announced it will officially open its first Tanzania five-star property, the Ramada Resort Dar es Salaam this month.
The hotel facility is unique in the sense that it utilizes mostly renewable energy systems. Kay Wolfel, the General Manager told East African Business Week in an exclusive interview, the four-storey structure is among the first within the country in terms of being environmentally friendly in its operations.
"The company has installed and will implement this process of biological cleaning waste water, whereby the treated water is safe to be reused, typically for irrigation and other purposes," Wolfel said.
He said the basic concept in the Biokube systems imply a wastewater plant where a fully controlled and automated system of timed inflow of wastewater to submerged aerated filters with bacteria giving a highly stable cleaning process.
He said the solar panels on the roof are installed to power the water heaters for the hotel. This both reduces the amount of energy consumption and the carbon footprint of the property.
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