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We see an optimal room climate as an indispensable necessity for truly sustainable meetings. Daylight-bright, friendly, quiet and pleasantly tempered - the ideal seminar room.
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The access to the nature is enriching, where the conference contents can be internalized particularly well and the fresh air provides for a proper concentration high and the stimulation of the creativity.
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During breaks, individual locations such as orchards, courtyards and foyers invite you to linger and reflect. Here, lack of oxygen and low performance don't stand a chance and creativity is significantly stimulated.
300 to 500 kg. That's how much carbon dioxide one person produces every day on a ship cruise. And what does the whole thing look like for an overnight stay in a hotel? Well, that depends. In conventional establishments, it is not uncommon for the number of emissions (depending on the category) to exceed 30 kg per guest.
By comparison, our BIO HOTELS® emit an average of about 7.5 kg of CO2 per person per night. How is this possible? Quite simply:
We maintain numerous minimum standards and constantly strive to effectively improve our sustainable management. For example, we prefer to serve regional and seasonal products. Long transport routes are to be avoided as far as possible. After all, foodstuffs that arrive in Europe by ship or even by plane often cause ten to a hundred times the carbon dioxide emissions.
You need a certificate for your climate-neutral Green Meeting? If required, your entire event can be CO2-balanced and climate-neutralized. Afterwards you will receive a certificate.
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Our own photovoltaic or solar power systems - Already a few years ago, our BIO HOTELS® generated as much electricity as 200 single-family homes would need annually.
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LED lights, as these are not only less harmful than halogen lights, but also far more environmentally friendly.
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Heating systems from renewable, fast-growing energy sources such as wood: Many of our houses have sophisticated wood heating systems that prefer to use wood from the region for heating. And the beauty of it: Unlike oil or gas, biomass is CO2-neutral.
The food should be light and easily digestible - and of course rich in vitamins and minerals. That's what really gets our brains going and lets us hit top form. Fortunately, many of our Green Meeting hotels have in-house fruit and vegetable gardens that provide our guests with crisp vegetables, vitamin-rich fruit, herbs and salads. Heavily fertilized foods that are difficult to digest or even very fatty tend to have a counterproductive effect during meetings. After all, at the Green Meeting you want to use your head and not your stomach.
And the best thing about it is that by directly processing your own products, a particularly high nutritional value is retained in the meals. So you start your Green Meeting more sustainably and well fortified. In addition, we deliberately avoid unnecessary items such as small containers. For the sake of the environment. In our seminar rooms, you'll find reusable glass bottles and healthy snacks to keep you going. Some of our member companies also offer exclusive catering.
Sustainable management stands in particular for trust and transparency. Therefore, we have committed ourselves to comprehensive control measures since the founding of the BIO HOTELS® association in 2001. In cooperation with independent inspection bodies (ABCert, Austria Bio Garantie and bio.inspecta), two inspections take place in all our hotels every year; at least one of them is unannounced. This makes our sustainable management transparent and traceable. Violations of our strict guidelines are reported and sanctioned accordingly. As our guest, you can always be sure to enjoy certified organic quality. Without compromises of any kind.
Many of our rooms are deliberately kept "simple" to counteract the hectic pace of everyday life and the sensory overload of our time. And what about the cleaning of our bedding? Quite clearly: best organic detergent, no artificial fragrances. Period.