Eco Friendly Hotel
Certifications: ✔ LEED Certification level: Gold (60-79 points earned)
✔ Green Globe - Certification level: Gold Member
✔ EarthCheck
✔ Certified to GSTC-Recognized Standards
✔ Asian Eco-tourism Standard for Accommodations
✔ TripAdvisor GreenLeaders
Do you utilise any renewable energy sources to produce energy on the hotel/accommodation premises? ✔ Solar radiation
What makes your hotel/accommodation eco-friendly? ✔ Building materials from sustainable resources
✔ Written environmental policy statement in place
✔ The structure maximizes air flow to reduce the need for air-conditioning
✔ The structure maximizes natural light to reduce the need for lighting and heating
✔ Windows that block heat/cold (i.e. triple-glazed windows)
✔ Engaged in eco-friendly initiatives (i.e. reforestation, wildlife conservation)
✔ Use of non-toxic cleaning products
✔ Serving organic food at the restaurant
✔ LED lighting throughout the premises
✔ Environmental manager appointed
✔ Employees are trained to follow environmental policies
✔ Bicycles provided to guests
✔ Wastewater is reused after treatment
✔ Signs in the rooms informing guests that towels will only be changed upon request
✔ Toilet paper made of non-chlorine bleached paper or awarded with an eco-label
✔ Waste is separated into at least 3 categories
✔ Recycling bins in guest rooms
✔ No disposable (single use) cups/glasses, plates and cutlery
✔ Organic waste is composted
✔ Zero-waste hotel/accommodation
✔ Automatic system or key card that turns off the light and electrical appliances when guests leave their room
✔ Air-conditioning and heating automatically switches off when windows are open
✔ Most of the ingredients used to prepare meals are locally produced
✔ A vegetarian alternative menu is proposed in the restaurant
✔ An energy audit is carried out at least once every five years
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Alila Jabal Akhdar’s commitment to treading lightly on the planet is evident in its discreet architecture, built from local stone in accordance with LEED environmental design principles. The resort is also making great strides towards achieving its next environmental target – zero waste to landfill.
Awarded 3rd EarthCheck status in 2019, the resort has initiated four R’s of zero waste – reduce, reuse, recycle, and rot (compost).
Successfully diverted more than 181,880 kg of food waste, removed 153,728 kg of solid waste, and roughly 13,645 liters of chemicals, partial soaps, and amenities collected from rooms over the years of 2017-19. All food waste produced by the resort is composted and provides vegetable waste oil back to the resort’s organic farm. In addition, the restaurant has built its menu entirely around sustainable practices, farm-to-table meals, as well as waste and plastic reduction.
Alila Jabal Akhdar uses its own refillable glass water bottles and has a water processing facility 2,000 meters above the sea in Oman's Al Hajar Mountains. Other green initiatives include solar power to heat the resorts hot water supply, which in turn is recycled to irrigate the grounds. On top of its efforts to minimize plastic usage at the property, elastic replaced by wooden cutlery, comb, toothbrush, paper straws, cups, trash bags, take out boxes, food wraps, biodegradable coffee capsules and turn down sustainable giveaways.
Alila Jabal Akdhar resort's donation program supports the protection of endangered wildlife and conserves natural heritage through its partnership with Environmental Society Oman.
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