Villa Resorts participated in the World Ozone Day 2025 celebrations at Central Park, Hulhumalé, presenting the Maldives’ largest district cooling system alongside its expanding portfolio of environmental initiatives. The event, held under the global theme “From Science to Global Action,” highlighted pioneering technologies and sustainable practices that contribute to protecting the ozone layer and mitigating climate change.

Villa Haven features the Maldives’ largest district cooling system, a centralized chilled-water network designed to replace hundreds of individual air-conditioning units with one high-efficiency system. By delivering chilled water through insulated pipelines to villas and facilities, the system achieves nearly 40 percent resort-wide energy savings compared to conventional AC systems. It also minimizes refrigerant leakage risks by using ozone-friendly refrigerants with zero ozone-depletion potential, aligning with national commitments under the Montreal Protocol.

In addition, Villa Resorts showcased its solar power projects at Villa Nautica and Villa Park, where Swimsol solar arrays now provide around 20 percent of daily resort energy use. These projects generate substantial clean energy while preventing more than 2,500 tonnes of carbon emissions every year.

The presentation also highlighted other ongoing environmental efforts across the Villa Resorts portfolio. These include coral reef restoration projects with more than 130 coral frames planted, water efficiency initiatives that reduce wastage and lower desalination energy demand, in-house water bottling to cut single-use plastics, and ozone-assisted laundry systems that save energy while extending fabric life. Villa Resorts has also embedded preventive maintenance and training programs into daily operations to ensure that its sustainability efforts extend from technology to people and practices.

Through these combined initiatives, Villa Resorts has positioned itself as the leading resort operator in the Maldives with the most significant investment and effort directed toward preserving the nation’s ecosystem for future generations. Its presence at World Ozone Day 2025 served as both a technical showcase and an educational platform, reinforcing the message that innovative hospitality can go hand in hand with environmental responsibility.