Casa Santa Mónica, a boutique hotel in Cali, Colombia, is committed to environmental management and sustainability. It has implemented various initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, such as using natural lighting, efficient water and energy systems, proper waste handling, and chemical safety procedures. The hotel also promotes environmental education among its staff and guests to further its preservation efforts.

1. CONTRIBUTING TO PRESERVE OUR PLANET

2. Casa Santa Mónica , a boutique hotel located in Cali, certified with the Colombian Environmental Seal, likes to share with you the important process for Environmental Management from its building design to our day by day…

3. We generate environmental reliability looking forward to satisfy all aspects for our guests and consolidating the respect for life, plus solidarity between people and earth…

4. We would like to leave this environmental legacy , and satisfaction and enjoyment from a hotel that thinks in the environment, health, and peacefulness for whom share our services

6. To fulfill this commitment we base our effort in an Environmental Management System to integrate all services we offer.

8. COLOMBIAN ENVIROMENTAL SEAL With our Environmental Management System, and compliance of NTC 5133 we were one of he first ones hotels in Colombia certified with Colombian Environmental Seal, which is the tag for distinguish the hospitality and touristic facilities that offer services with environmental responsibility on their process.

9. THIS IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGMENT

10. EFFICIENT POWER USE…

11. We use natural light and ventilation The huge windows allow natural light to invade the areas offering a warm environment and comfort integrated with everything around

12. Being conscious about the need to ration power use, fluorescent light - yellowing type- is generalized. WE PREFERE FLOURESCENT LIGHT

13. WE USE NATURAL GAS For cooking, washing, laundry and hot water supply and dish wash. Gas Stove - Extractor Gas heater

14. We use saver water system on taps and sanitary EFFICIENT WATER USE

15. We do physical chemical and biological analysis each semester to verify water quality. We do residual water treatment through grease traps. We collect rain water for watering plants, washing the streets and cars.

16. We do an appropriate garbage disposal We prefer biodegradables or recyclables packing. We reuse paper, tonner, or packages We choose garbage according to each type (recyclable, reusable, or dangerous) properly. GARBAGE HANDLING

18. We have positioned extinguishers according to industrial safety. Evacuation maps are shown on visible places around public areas WE ARE READY TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY

19. We design wider stairs with non-skid edges to prevent falls or accidents. Our areas are properly marked according to the hotel standard

20. Casa Santa Mónica has two accessible rooms, with their accessible bathrooms, adequate with bars and wide areas to make easier the comfort and safety to our guests. ACCESIBILITY

21. We are privileged having a forest area near by, where there is a hiking way to take on mornings or practicing some outdoor exercise. We participate on its maintenance AROUND US

22. The area we are located is wooded, giving the sensation of freshness, peacefulness, harmonized by the birds and cicadas singing

23. The windows are double glasses, laminated to give double function: to isolate the noise plus make them safer in case a window is broken, due it was added to a film and it wont be break as a regular glass. REDUCING THE NOISE TO KEEP THE PEACEFULNESS

24. The toilets are Prestige line, which are the most silent in the market. The noise produced by the drain tubes has been controlled by the fiberglass all the way long the pipes. SILENT TOILETS

25. FOTO TEMPORAL. NO ES DE CSM We offer permanent education to our team members, qualifying them in every aspect, which is reflected in the excellent care and service provide to our guests and providers. WE PROMOTE EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION PROCESS

26. We fortalice our organizational culture by environmental awareness, highlighting the value of life, and the conviction to continue building balanced relationships with our surroundings, reflecting a warmest approach with our fellows.

27. Communication is the art for weaving relationships, ideas and meanings… It is the so vital reason to continue communicating with those whom share our services. We prefer personalized communication and we complete it with announcements inviting to think and act environmentally

29. Pictures for slide 15 y 25 : from Internet Pictures for slide 26 y 29: fromwww. natgeo.com Other pictures: Matilde y Patricia Escobar – File made for Casa Santa Mónica. Music: Storms in Africa – Kitaro - Enya

30. Matilde Escobar J. Arquitect – Enviromental Design Cel. 313 782 90 04 Patricia Escobar J. Agricultural – Biologist Enviromental Managment Cel. 313 699 00 18 E-mail: gestionambientalenhoteles@gmail.com