Sustainability can be this charming
When constructing the new Valsana Hotel Arosa building, we paid special attention to sustainable materials, products from Switzerland, and a forward-looking energy concept to ensure our guests can enjoy their stay with a clear conscience.
However, sustainability goes much further and is lived by us and our employees on a daily basis and implemented in Valsana. In the course of this, a comprehensive management plan on the subject of sustainability was also developed. You can read more about this here.
myclimate partnership
- Maximum reduction of the CO2 emissions from all of our buildings
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CO2-neutrality from check-in to check-out
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The offsetting of unavoidable CO2 emissions finances the following climate protection projects:
- Rewilding alpine wetland in the Tourbières des Ponts-de-Martel nature reserve in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Virunga mountain gorilla project in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda
Cause We Care Initiative
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Guests are given the opportunity to offset the emissions generated by their journeys to and from our hotels. Here, there are four categories and corresponding price categories:
From Switzerland by car, From Europe by car , From Europe by plane and From overseas by plane -
The money you pay to offset your emissions will be donated in full to the myclimate mountain gorilla project in Rwanda
Booking
- Guests who book directly on our website have the option of having a tree planted as a thank you
- Paperless communication with guests
- Information is shared on-line, i.e. no printed brochures or flyers prior to arrival
Arrival
- Shuttle service for guests arriving in Arosa by Rhätische Bahn railway
- Four free charging stations for electric vehicles (for hotel guests)
2 Tesla charging stations, 2 Porsche charging stations (type 2)
Reception
- Predominantly paperless internal and external communication
- Information for guests is transmitted to rooms via tablets
- 100 % recycled paper, bleached without chlorine
- Free bicycle hire
Rooms
- Beds with Elky Natur mattresses
- Recycling of Nespresso capsules
- Special mobile phone shield to reduce radiation around beds
- Minibar with exclusively swiss products
- Paperless hotel information on a tablet in every room
Bathroom & spa
- Reduction of use of drinking water by means of aerators in taps
- Body care products by the company "FAIR CosmEthics" are only available in refillable dispensers
- 100 % organic spa line from The Organic Pharmacy
- Sustainable bathroom amenities
Restaurant
- Sourcing of sustainable food (meat from free-range animals, certified fishing operations)
- There are only European wines on the drinks menu
- Premium-quality Arosa water is served in refillable glass bottles
- Breakfast buffet with regional specialities
- Kitchen waste is sent to producers of biogas fuels
- No PET bottles
- Sustainable food boxes to go if your food was too good to leave behind
Products
- Use of local producers and suppliers
- Predominantly Swiss products and animal products from animal-friendly and certified operations
Hotel
- Recycling of building materials from the old building
- Use of energy-saving LED lights and motion sensors
- Use of certified cleaning products
- Certified energy generated from alpine hydropower
- Strict separation of waste and the systematic recycling of all materials
- Contribution to biodiversity with a wild bee house
- Sustainable destination management via Arosa Lenzerheide.
Ice battery
- The building complex is supplied with heat generated by means of geothermal probes and heat recovery
- Heating requirements met without fossil fuels
- Recycling of heat generated from cooling devices (freezers, fridges) and the spa
- Freon-free cooling systems
- More about our ice battery
