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Soneva Kiri is a luxury resort located on a 102 acre estate on the island of Kood, Thailand. The resort operated by the Six Senses group and will open in September 2008.

At Soneva Kiri Six Senses are prototyping a ‘zero emission’ Ecological Suite which is meeting the needs of today’s eco-conscious travelers.

The Ecological Suite:

• Uses rainwater harvesting, storage and filtration

• Uses solar panels
• Energy usage is autonomated via hybrid wind turbine, solar PV and micro-hydro applications
• The natural swimming pool uses plants to clean the water
• Uses local materials

A Simple Switch is an online resource launched by Philips which demonstrate the reduction in CO2 emissions by switching to using energy saving light bulbs. To date the campaign has led to 3.3 million light bulbs being switched to energy saving bulbs.