GREEN FROM THE GROUND UP

Our sustainability effort is not a marketing gimmick that ends with a green logo. From the ground up, we've employed advanced technologies imported from France, Germany and Sweden to meet the highest international standards of energy efficiency, making Le Passage Mohkan Shan by far the greenest hotel project in Moganshan.

It's a commitment present in every detail of our construction and operations: The low-emission glass of our windows reduces heat loss in cold weather, while the fibreglass and autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) blocks of our walls ensure the highest degree of thermal insulation and significantly reduce the heating and cooling load of our buildings.

To dramatically minimize our impact on the local water resources, we have dug seven wells and made a significant investment in building a water reservoir that feeds our very own water reserve, capable of holding more than 2,000 cubic metres of mountain spring water and supplying 100 percent of the hotel's needs.

Our hot water and central heating systems rely on a series of wood-pellet boilers and low-electricity air conditioning units from Japan to guarantee our guests the most comfortable Moganshan experience right through the warmest and coldest months of the year.

We also take pride in knowing not a single new tree has been cut down to build our hotel. Wood recycling is the most environmentally friendly form of timber construction and an important step towards fighting deforestation and climate change. At our hotel, every roof, door, window frame and floor has been custom designed and built on site using recycled wood-- mostly hundred-year-old Douglas-fir imported from Canada to China in the 19th century and recovered from dismantled houses and factories in the North of China.

The hotel is exclusively equipped with LED and high quality compact fluorescent lamps, resulting in more than 80 percent energy savings compared with incandescent lamps of similar light output. In short, we've integrated the highest level of comfort with the very lowest level of energy consumption.