Our Luxury Eco Chalets in Austria

Over the last five years, our eco-friendly ski chalets have been featured in the British and Austrian press as a great green travel destination. They constituted Austria's first ever ethical, environmentally friendly, energy self-sufficient holiday village. Throughout the planning and building process, we’ve taken every care to maintain this beautiful environment and, wherever possible, we’ve used natural materials and the most traditional building methods. The chalets are all built from natural, untreated timber from the regions' sustainable forests, while the roofs are tiled using larch shingles and insulated with 100% pure sheep's wool. All of our construction work has been carried out by people from the region.

Wherever possible we aim for zero-carbon and zero-waste – we want to offer a truly eco-friendly skiing and alpine holiday destination, without you necessarily even knowing it! At the core of the development sits a highly efficient vegetable oil CHP unit that generates clean, green electricity and supplies all of our heating. Many of our guests are completely blown away when we give them the tour – it all looks a bit high tech. What’s more, the efficiency of the power plant is backed up by our use of sheep’s wool insulation and treble glazing (μ value 0.7). For those who know what it means, these efforts combine to give our buildings an overall μ value of 0.9. If back-up electricity is needed, we use 100% certified green energy, which comes from wind, sun, water or biomass.

As well as generating our own energy, we also operate a complete recycling system for all waste (which is actually required by local by-laws). All waste is separated and recycled, while organic waste is deposited on the resort's compost heap (and used later on our vegetable gardens!).

We’re also very fortunate with our water – the chalets are supplied by a private spring. This doesn’t mean we waste it though. We’ve installed water saving taps and a quick flush system on all toilets. Meanwhile, for all our irrigation needs, we collect rainwater and store it in a large underground tank.

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