FOTA ISLAND RESORT IS ABUZZ

In an effort to encourage more bees and insects across its Resort, Fota Ireland has implemented a list of actions set out in a pollinator-friendly management of golf courses guide. The guide explains how to provide food, habitat and safety for the 99 species of Irish bees whose numbers are in decline. Aspects of the plan are being put in place across Fota Island Resort’s three Championship golf courses and include initiatives like maintaining hives, reducing pesticides, allowing grass and plants to grow in meadow areas alongside the golf courses and planting pollinator-friendly plants and shrubs. Other sustainability improvement measures at the Resort include the combined heat and power plant in operation at the hotel, the cloud-based data system that allows for significant benefits to power consumption, an extensive LED upgrade and involvement in a DSU scheme which allows the Resort to be reactive to the national grid as required during pressure times regarding the supply of electricity.