This cabin retreat is designed for a low environmental impact, operating off-grid and constructed from repurposed materials. It offers a sustainable stay for guests seeking to minimize their ecological footprint.
This lodge is Climate Positive/Carbon Negative, actively extracting more emissions than it emits. It is Qualmark certified, with its Sustainable Tourism Business criteria recognized by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. The lodge utilizes passive solar design, LED lighting, energy-efficient heat pumps, and sources water from a bore and captured from the roof, treating it with micro filtration and UV. Waste is minimized through composting, sorting, and recycling, while food preparation prioritizes local provenance, with much produce grown in the Lodge's garden or orchard.
This bed and breakfast utilizes New Zealand-made bathroom, laundry, and dishwashing amenities provided in recyclable, reusable, or biodegradable bottles. It encourages responsible waste disposal by providing a compost bin for food items and offers purified drinking water in BPA-free or stainless steel bottles to reduce plastic water bottle waste. Guests are encouraged to reuse towels, and breakfast ingredients include produce from the lodge's organic vegetable garden and fruit trees.
Chalet Eiger has been awarded the Qualmark Silver level for its efforts in supporting sustainable tourism. It implements comprehensive recycling systems for glass, cardboard, tins, aluminum, paper, and plastic, and composts kitchen and garden waste. The property uses only eco-friendly cleaning products and a steam cleaner for hard floors without chemicals. It features an on-site contained wastewater treatment plant, and employs energy-saving measures such as outside lighting on movement sensors or timers, heat pumps with thermostats, double glazing, harvested tank water from the roof, and 150mm insulation in the roof. Guests are given the option to reuse towels, and meals are prepared with locally sourced New Zealand produce, including home-grown vegetables.
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