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Green Philosophy

Heritance Hotels represent a unique Green Philosophy that combines responsible tourism with environment friendliness. Heritance hotels have pioneered eco tourism in Sri Lanka.

Geoffrey Bawa’s visionary architectural design has ensured that no lights are required anywhere in the hotel during daytime. All spaces are designed to receive an adequate amount of natural light. As a result of something as simple as the allowance for lighting, the hotel makes a substantial saving in the energy that is consumed. Other state-of-the-art methods are utilized in every aspect of the hotel to ensure efficient use of energy and resources such as water.

The hotel has a comprehensive energy conservation policy with power cut-off switches, energy efficient lighting (CFL bulbs), photo active garden lights and solar power hot water systems.

We adhere to a philosophy of sustainable development that encompasses the following areas:

• Energy efficiency, conservation and management
• Reduction of freshwater consumption
• Waste water management
• Minimization of waste, reuse and recycling
• Air quality protection and noise control
• Land use planning
• Social and cultural development
• Ecosystem conservation

The beaches and ocean next to the hotel remain unpolluted by the presence of a large five star hotel. Not a piece of paper or polythene is allowed to escape from the hotel into its surroundings. All the waste water of the hotel is painstakingly recycled by a state-of-the art facility. The conservation and recycling processes of the hotel are also designed to assist the social and economic growth of the villagers who live close to the hotel.

We are committed to conserving and protecting this unique natural and cultural environment for the benefit of posterity. Sri Lanka has particularly strict laws to protect the environment, wildlife and marine life. We are proud to say that the Heritance Ahungalla not only complies fully with these laws, but we also goes well beyond them; we take pleasure in our conservation work. We also respect the social and cultural sensitivities of the neighbouring communities, while assisting them economically. We purchase local products and services, and involve these communities in our environmental conservation work.