What is eco hotels ?

Eco hotel is a hotel or accommodation that has made important environmental improvements to its structure in order to minimize its impact on the environment. The basic definition of a green hotel is an environmentally responsible lodging that follows the practices of green living. These hotels have to be certified green by an independent third-party or by the state they are located in. Traditionally, these hotels were mostly presented as Eco Lodges because of their location, often in jungles, and their design inspired by the use of traditional building methods applied by skilled local craftsmen in areas.

GREEN HOTELS IN INDIA

The Raintree,AnnaSalai, Chennai Room rate: Rs 8,343 Green USP: The hotel group is 100% energy self-

sufficient. It produces energy through its own windmills, generating exactly as much energy as it requires. By reducing the flow rate of bathroom showerheads and washbasin taps from the standard 12-15 litre per minute to 8-9 litre a minute has cut its water consumption by half.

Nameri Eco Camp, Nameri, Assam

Room rate: Rs 1,500 Green USP: The ethnic

cottages and thatched tents blend into the verdant surroundings and make for an ideal setting for 300 odd bird species that inhabit the sanctuary. What's cooking? Freshly caught fish from the river alongside, what else?

Alila Diwa, Goa

Room rate: Rs 7,783 Green USP: All the material used in building the hotel

was sourced locally. For instance, an abundance of the region's eco-friendly brick red laterite stone can be seen throughout the hotel. From the design stage, due consideration was given to leaving the existing forest intact and conserving the surrounding paddy fields. This makes the property a bird watcher's paradise.

The Orchid, Mumbai Room rate: Rs 9,647 Green USP: It is a zero garbage hotel,

among the first in the country to achieve this goal. The hotel has an ongoing vermiculture project on site that not only eliminates the garbage but also takes care of the gardens in and around the hotel.

The Fern Gir Forest Resort, Gujarat Room rate: Rs 6,300 Green USP: Organic, home-grown food,

rustic furniture that's mostly made from reclaimed wood, and the energy and water conservation drives have earned this property an Ecotel certification.

Shaam-e-Sarhad Village Resort, Kutch, Gujarat

Green USP: While most true green resorts think indigenous, right from architecture to decor, how many extend the concept when it comes to staffing and reaping profits? That's where this resort, which is owned and operated by the local villagers, stands out. Thinking local is the surest way to ensure that a resort goes easy on the planet.

The Green Magic Resort, Wayanad, Kerala Green USP: All the high-flying rooms, about 80-90 ft

above the ground, have been built using biodegradable material used by the native tribal population and consist of one bedroom with attached bathroom. We especially like the ingenious water counterweight cane lift that is the only way to access one of the treehouses.

GREEN HOTELS OF THE WORLD

Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City, CA

The Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City meets the Green Seal™ SILVER Tier standard for Hotels and Lodging Properties for waste reduction, water and energy efficiency, hazardous substances handling and environmentally responsible purchasing under an environmentally friendly operation. Our facility has also achieved the“Environmentalist” Level status with the California Green Lodging program, GOLD Level with Trip-Advisor Green Leader and is in the works to LEED-EBOM certification evaluation.

Gaia Napa Valley Hotel, CALIFORNIA Embrace a California eco-friendly property

whose name means "Mother Earth" in Greek. Experience bed and breakfast style charm. Each one of the 132 guest rooms exudes charm and features such comforts as cable TV with premium channels, refrigerator, microwave and complimentary high-speed Wireless Internet Access. 

The Orchard Garden Hotel Newly built in the heart of San Francisco, the

Orchard Garden Hotel is California’s first generation of truly ‘green’ hotels – the only hotel built to the nationally accepted standards for green buildings developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) – in order to earn a coveted “Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design” (LEED®) certification. 

Homewood Suites Oakland Waterfront Energy Star Certified, the Homewood Suites Oakland

Waterfront, ranks in the top 7 percent of similar building in energy efficiency and performs in the top 25% of hotels nation wide, using at least 35% less energy and carbon footprint than peers. The green hotel's initiatives range from recycling kitchen grease into bio-fuels, paperless guest registration and carbon neutral-hybrid transportation service to environmentally friendly purchasing, recycling and green cleaning chemicals. It also focuses on social responsibility through volunteer work, "good cause" fundraising and donations and community involvement. Located off I-880 and just outside of downtown Oakland, the green hotel provides easy access to San Francisco and San Jose.