SUSTAINABILITY

Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport The Greenest Hotel in Africa

Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport offers a 100 per cent offset carbon-neutral stay, modern and stylish guestrooms, versatile conference and events facilities, and a natural, green setting just 400m from Cape Town International Airport.

Having won multiple sustainability awards and retaining the title of Africa’s Greenest Hotel, The Hotel Verde Cape Town has been designed with the notion of sustainability at its core.

This means that it’s not only the building itself that has been constructed in a sustainable fashion, but that a variety of eco-conscious principles, processes, and measures are followed throughout all operations — systems that are also continually assessed to measure effectiveness and determine room for improvement.

So, what exactly makes a hotel ‘green’? Good question. It’s a variety of big things and little things. At Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport, this includes:

Sustainable design

During the design and construction phase of Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport, the project followed the criteria of the Green Building Council of South Africa and continues to pursue five-star certification. This includes choices like the inclusion of a natural eco pool, regenerative drive elevators, as well as the use of responsibly sourced, recycled, and eco-friendly furniture, etc.

Energy efficiency

We keep our energy use as low as possible by opting for low-watt LED lighting, as well as sophisticated heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems to reduce energy consumption, alongside renewable energy generation.

Waterwise measures and war on waste policy

South Africa’s water resources are finite, and we do our best to keep our usage as low as possible by means of greywater recycling measures. We also sort all waste on site and recycle everything that can be recycled. During conferences, delegates have access to separate bins for items that can be recycled, as well as ecofriendly stationery, recycled paper, and carbon-neutral printing facilities. Not to mention energy-efficient air-conditioning, lighting, and technology, of course.

Community initiatives

As Africa’s Greenest Hotel, our aim is to consciously acknowledge and manage the impact of our operations on the environment and local community and to further reduce our carbon footprint. One such initiative is our fun and inspiring foray into urban beekeeping, with the support of the Western Cape Bee Industry Association in collaboration with a local NGO ‘Street Is Not My Reality’.

But wait, there is more…

It is with great pride and excitement that Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport is also able to share that the establishment was named the Best Luxury Airport Hotel in Africa at the recent World Luxury Awards gala ceremony, which was hosted by the Trou aux Biches Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa in Mauritius on 9 October 2021.

“This award serves as recognition of sustained commitment to excellence in hoteliering and outstanding achievement in the international luxury hospitality industry. World Luxury Hotel Awards hereby certifies the wonderful achievement of Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport in the 2021 awards and congratulates them on this accomplishment,” said Brandon Lourens, founder and chief executive officer of The World Luxury Hotel Awards.

Contact information

For more information on Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport and our green initiatives, visit www.verdehotels.com/capetown or contact us via email on reservations@hotelverde.com or telephonically on +27 (0)21 380 5500.