As a family-run business, the well-being of our guests and employees is especially important to us. Equally important to us is the careful use of energy, water, and food. In doing so, we maintain an honest and transparent approach toward our guests and customers.
Enjoy an eco-friendly vacation—at the Galtenberg Resort, awarded the Austrian Ecolabel!
In our high-end and often exclusive tourism industry, it’s not always possible to operate in a resource-efficient manner in every area and at all times. Combining comfort, quality, and reliability of supply with the economical use of resources is a major challenge. That’s why, at every stage of the Galtenberg Resort’s development, we’ve relied on modern, energy-saving technology—such as heat recovery, LED lighting, and a centralized energy management system. Our goal is to offer every guest a vacation experience without any noticeable compromises in quality or availability. Together with our local suppliers and service providers, we’re constantly evolving to further reduce our energy and resource consumption.
Culinary delights
It is especially important to us that you experience our vacation region with all your senses. Cuisine plays a special role in this. It combines regional and seasonal ingredients with regional and international culinary creations. Whenever possible, we source regional products. This keeps transportation distances short and supports local businesses. In addition, we avoid small packaging whenever possible—for example, for butter, spreads, jams, ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise.
Food Scraps: Preventing & Recycling
To prevent food waste, our portion sizes are tailored to average needs. Of course, you can always ask for seconds. Any food scraps and organic kitchen waste that do arise are disposed of through our own Bio-Tech collection station. The biomass is temporarily stored in two underground tanks with capacities of 12 m³ and 22 m³, collected as needed, and processed into energy at biogas plants.
Energy
Our electricity comes from Tyrolean hydropower. During the winter months, up to 20% of our electricity needs may be imported from renewable sources abroad.
With our energy management system, we reduce peak electricity demand by up to 50% without disrupting day-to-day operations. This also includes 99.9% LED lighting and centralized printers. By default, we do not provide minibars or refrigerators in our rooms and suites. Upon request, we are happy to provide these appliances for you and install them in your room. This ensures that no appliances run when not in use, and comfort is available to anyone who desires it.
In 2004, we were one of the first to install a wood chip heating system and supply the entire hotel with it. In 2019, our expansion project started and the space for the heating system built in 2004 became too small. Subsequently, an external heating plant was planned, which has not yet been realised due to the Corona crisis. In the meantime, we have installed a modern oil heating system and designed it in such a way that it can later be used as a backup for our resort. For all sustainability, it is still necessary in such a business to have a secure supply in case of possible failures.
Our cooling and ventilation systems are also equipped with a heat recovery concept. The energy recovered in this way is fed directly into the pool heating system, for example.
The appliances in the kitchens and buffet areas are also all connected to the energy optimisation and heat recovery system.
Instead of key cards, we use reusable wristbands in conjunction with our internal electronic locking and payment system. This saves on printing and reproduction costs and is therefore also good for the environment.
Housekeeping & Hotel Laundry
In our in-house laundry, our employees work with the most modern equipment with energy management or energy recovery and take care of table linen, towelling and kitchen linen. The rest of the laundry is processed by a sustainable industrial laundry.
Certified Laundry and Cleaning Products
Our laundry and cleaning products bear the EU Ecolabel and the Austrian Ecolabel. By using automatic dosing systems for cleaning chemicals, we use as little as possible and as much as necessary.
Wellness areas
With our state-of-the-art pool control and water treatment systems, we offer our guests unadulterated swimming fun from 7 a.m. until at least 9 p.m.—and on special evenings, even until midnight—all while maintaining our commitment to sustainability. This also applies to all other sauna and wellness facilities at the resort.
When constructing our water slides, we collaborated on the development of our own operating control system. The systems automatically reduce pump power as soon as there are no longer any guests in the pool area. When guests arrive, all systems resume operation. This allows us to offer you swimming fun without restricted operating hours while saving energy at the same time.
Environmentally conscious travel:
With us you can enjoy your holiday not only relaxed, but also environmentally friendly. If you arrive by train, we offer an e-shuttle or minibuses for up to 8 people .
Furthermore, you have the possibility to use the public Regio Bus free of charge not only during your entire stay, but already for your journey to our hotel – by presenting your booking confirmation.
During your entire stay “from day of arrival – including day of departure” you can travel free of charge on all Regio buses thanks to the Alpbachtal Card. The bus stop is 50 m away from the hotel.
E-Mobile
If you arrive with an e-car, we provide you with an e-charging station. We can currently offer you over 12 charging stations for e-cars as well as e-bikes.
Only together are we strong:
We have introduced a contemporary tipping system for our employees. They also have the opportunity to use our entire infrastructure at certain times. By introducing the Galtenberg Member Card, all employees receive discounts on many services at the Galtenberg Resort and with partners.
Our employees also have the opportunity to borrow electric vehicles (free of charge) and sports equipment for summer and winter (at a discount) in their free time
In our crew canteen, which is open 24 hours a day, our employees enjoy free full catering 7 days a week.
When it comes to sustainability, we achieve the most together!
- Use public transport for your journey
- Bring your own bathing shoes (we will be happy to provide you with these at the hotel on request)
- Do without a daily change of hand and bath towels as often as possible
- Water is a precious commodity – do not let it flow unnecessarily, please report dripping taps | shower heads | flushing toilets
- Air the room only intermittently
- Turn off the main switch when leaving the room to save energy
- Use the free Regio Bus for your excursions
- Take advantage of our service and choose your evening menu in the morning at breakfast and make a valuable contribution to the resource-saving use of our foodstuffs.
- Use our free digital guest folder with all the information you need.
- Be mindful of the fauna and flora during excursions and, for example, take your rubbish back to the hotel.
- Respect the well-maintained land of our farmers and neighbours.
What distinguishes us and what we are proud of:
Austrian Ecolabel
We look forward to welcoming you to our business, which has been awarded the Austrian Eco-Label. The Eco-Label is the government’s quality mark for environmentally friendly products and services.
Da kommt´s her – a Tyrolean initiative
It is particularly important to us that we source as many products as possible regionally. Here are a few examples, fruit and vegetables from the Giner company, dairy products from Bergbauer Tirol, meat and sausages from the Huber butcher’s shop and the surrounding farmers in the region, fresh pastries from the Sigwart bakery.
Bewusst Tirol
We also received an award from Bewusst Tirol for the second time for our high use of local products.