Novotel, Sennecé-lès-Mâcon

For many travellers, a stopover here is well worth making: the beautiful landscape around Mâcon is one-of-a-kind and world-famous for its wines – Burgundy and Beaujolais. The Novotel Mâcon Nord was partially modernised in 2014. The lobby, restaurants and conference rooms received a new coat of paint, with the large rooms and bathrooms redesigned in light colours. And a number of measures were undertaken to reduce long-term energy and water consumption.

These energy- and water-saving activities were introduced as part of the ‘Planet 21’ sustainability initiative that the Accor Group launched in 2011. This internal Group programme defines 21 interventions that aim to boost both the company’s environmental credentials and its cost-effectiveness. One of these goals, all of which had been successfully completed by 2015, was to reduce overall water consumption in all Accor hotels by 15 percent (in 2011, an Accor hotel used around 15,000 cubic metres of water a year, on average). The target of reducing energy costs by at least 25 percent was also met with flying colours. This result was rapidly achieved by a process of replacing lighting systems, the targeted inspection of devices and application of new settings, the specification of maintenance intervals for optimising operations and employee training.