At the top of Piekenierskloof Pass, where the Cederberg opens upand the day slows down.
ECO STATUS
A resort at the top of a mountain pass has a short supply chain to its own consequences. This is what Piekenierskloof does about that.
A resort at the top of a mountain pass has a short supply chain to its own consequences. This is what Piekenierskloof does about that.
WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO
The Cederberg holds things that exist nowhere else. The Clanwilliam cedar, Widdringtonia wallichii, is endangered and the range is named after it. The mountains carry San rock art that is thousands of years old, and they sit inside the Cape Floral Kingdom, a national heritage site with a plant diversity found on no other continent. Piekenierskloof Mountain Resort operates in the middle of all of that, and treats responsible environmental management as part of running the business. That means working with CapeNature and conservation groups on the species and the habitat, sourcing locally where we can, protecting the cultural sites around us, and measuring what we use.
Eco status
Piekenierskloof Mountain Resort is committed to preserving the natural and cultural heritage of the Cederberg. The resort complies with the legal requirements and conservation programme for preventing pollution of the environment, whether air, ground or water, and ensures that any environmental incident is dealt with immediately to reduce its impact.
To reduce our carbon footprint by saving on electricity and water consumption and by recycling waste, while supporting the conservation of the endangered Clanwilliam cedar and the biodiversity of the Cederberg.
Responsibilities
Running a resort on a mountain pass touches a lot of things at once. These are the areas the resort holds itself accountable for.
Our Initiatives
The resort’s environmental performance is tracked across four areas. Each carries a status rating, and the detailed update below shows where the effort is currently going.
• Energy-saving devices in all suites
• CFL lamps replaced with LEDs
• 10 jacuzzis heated by 7kW heat pumps
• 5 tumble dryers with automatic
moisture sensors
• Tap restrictors: 3L/min
• Shower heads: 4L/min
• Shower buckets to catch cold water
• 8,000L grey water pumped to 2x 10,000L
tanks for flushing
• We recycle 30% of all our waste
• We have bins for recyclables, compost & general waste/non recyclables
• We recycle 30% of all our waste
• We have bins for recyclables, compost & general waste/non recyclables
Stonehill River Lodge holds an ERO eco status certificate, awarded under the environmental programme that Dream Hotels & Resorts properties are assessed against. Download the current certificate from the link on this page.
ERO is an environmental rating that assesses a property against a five-level scale, from Eco Starter through to Eco Champion. Dream Hotels & Resorts properties are assessed against it as part of the group’s environmental programme.
Lorem
Stonehill River Lodge runs a backup generator during load shedding and Eskom outages. Operating times may be restricted by local regulation and by generator capacity, and some services and facilities may be unavailable while it is running.
CONNECT
Questions about how we operate on the mountain? We are happy to answer them.
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