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YH Grenoble (Echirolles) France |
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Number of beds
130
Number of overnights 2005
(or latest figures available)
24.000
Average annual occupancy
Profile of guests
Backpackers, students, workers, family, school and sport groups
Environmental features
1. The Youth Hostel has been re-built in 2004 with different constraints of the HQE (High Environment Quality) system of building, a European system to prevent environment problems during the construction of new buildings.
For further information (available in French) on the HQE approach of Grenoble Youth Hostel, click here... |
2. The old Youth Hostel has been demolished in accordance with ecological rules, all the waste separated, noise has been reduced...
3. The structure of the building is made of wood and ecological material. No chemical products in the paintings...
4. We have a vegetable roof, which is expected to regulate the hygrometry of the environment.
5. Several actions are taken for the everyday organisation of the Hostel like energy-saving bulbs, double-flushing toilets, waste recycling....
Environmental impact
Difficult, because we have to inform people every day and we
don't have yet a training programme
Economic/financial impact
Difficult to evaluate as the youth hostel is only 2 years old
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