Climate protection at the Hotel Neuhintertux

An intact environment is as necessary for all of us as the air we breathe every day and climate protection is an issue that can no longer be neglected.

The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen from 280 ppm to over 413 ppm (parts per million = ppm)* between the start of industrialisation and the beginning of 2020. One thing is certain - CO2 is the most significant greenhouse gas for which humans are partly responsible. That's why we decided back in 2014 in favour of an energy retrofit using hogast environmental credit** and the Siemens savings guarantee in accordance with their ‘Performance Contracting Model’. With the new energy-saving measures, we have since been able to reduce our CO2 emissions by more than 500 tonnes per year and, of course, cut our energy costs dramatically at the same time.

Energy-saving measures at the Hotel Neuhintertux at a glance:

• Installation of a natural gas-fuelled condensing cascade with modulating burners
• Renovation of the chimney
• Renewal of the heating distributor in the old building
• Installation of highly efficient circulation pumps and Siemens combi valves
• Renovation of the domestic hot water system in the old building
• Feeding waste heat from the newly installed commercial refrigeration system into the heating buffer
• Water-saving shower heads with negative pressure technology in all guest rooms
• Optimisation of the ventilation systems with regard to heat recovery

Of course, we also endeavour to go beyond this in terms of climate protection and sustainability. At the Hotel Neuhintertux, we have opted for sustainable cleaning with ecologically certified products from Diversey and also carry the eco-certificate here. We also avoid plastic as far as possible and use regional products from our long-standing partners in the hotel.

*Source: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/carbon-dioxide/
**More information: https://www.hogast-pluspunkt.at/eine-investition-die-sich-selbst-abbezahlt/