Environmental Awareness

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort has joined the leading carbon off-setting program, EcoStay. British Columbia and the Kootenay Rockies region are known around the world for their majestic landscapes and wild spaces. Let’s keep it that way and green the world one night at a time.

 

Fairmont Hot Springs Eco-Stay Carbon Neutral Status

  • Member of the program since December 2010
  • Achieved Carbon Neutral Status in December 2011, purchasing sufficient offsets to balance all Fairmont Hot Springs Resorts' operational emissions. 
  • In 2011 Fairmont Hot Springs resort offset 117% of our annual carbon footporint. 1,647.8 tonnes of carbon offsets have been purchased from emission reducing projects.
  • That's equivalent to taking 120,289 cars off the road for a day!

 

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Did you know?

  • The average 150-room hotel contributes three tonnes of greenhouse gases to our global environment every day.
  • The average 150-room hotel’s annual greenhouse gas emissions is equivalent to driving 200 cars, heating and lighting 100 homes, or taking 5,000 airplane flights.
  • In one month, a 150-room hotel can save over 22,714 litres of water and 151 litres of detergent with a linen & towel reuse program.
  • The 20 warmest years in the last century all have occurred in the last 25, with 2005 being the hottest on record.
  • Market research indicates seven out of ten Canadians are prepared to pay more in order to limit climate change.

When you choose to contribute to EcoStay, carbon offsets are purchased from Livclean and meet rigourous Canadian standards and criteria.

  • ISO 14064‐2 Compliant
  • Independently verified to ISO 14064‐3
  • Registered on CSA GHG CleanProjects Registry
  • Serialized by CSA to avoid double counting
  • Realized emission‐reduction (i.e. they are Ex‐Poste, NOT Ex‐ante)

Funds collected by Fairmont Hot Springs Resort are used by EcoStay to drive both regional and national green projects:

Soderglen Wind Farm Project

The Soderglen Wind farm Project employs 47 state-of-the-art wind turbines with a rating of 1.5 MW each, producing a total capacity of 70.5 MW. The turbines’ power is collected through a medium voltage collection system to the main substation. At the main substation the voltage is increased to 138 kV for direct connection to the Alberta Interconnected Electrical System via a 12 kilometre interconnection line. Based on Alberta’s Quantification Protocol for Wind-Powered Electrical Generation Version 1, March 2008, this project will avoid approximately 0.65 tonnes CO2e GHG for every mega-watt hour of electricity produced, by replacing traditional coal-powered generation. 

Thorold Landfill Gas Capture Project

Located in Thorold, Ontario, this project captures landfill gas from decomposing garbage (methane and carbon dioxide), preventing it from escaping into the atmosphere and contributing to the greenhouse gas effects. The captured gas is actually converted into renewable electricity that is used to power local industry. The project is responsible for reducing up to 30,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year.

 

 

More Information

For more information, visit: www.ghgregistries.ca