Keep Winter Cool at Treble Cone
Treble Cone led the New Zealand ski industry in efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of future guests and staff and to help stop global warming. With the support of Sustainable Wanaka, Treble Cone was the first ski area to be awarded a Qualmark Enviro award-silver for introducing the following initiatives:
Work with the experts
Treble Cone started working with Sustainable Wanaka in 2006 to ensure future guests and staff can make a real difference by creating and maintaining a sustainable lifestyle at Treble Cone and within the Wanaka community.
You too can make a difference; there are more great tips http://www.sustainablewanaka.co.nz/ to incorporate sustainability into your day to day living. Sustainable Wanaka is a charitable trust with a long term view. Its current focus is on tourism and working with local businesses to implement environmentally friendly practices.
Recycle
In 2007 Treble Cone introduced recycling on the mountain; guests can now separate waste at their favourite ski area like they do at home with curb side recycling. Following this, after assessing where we generated the most waste in 2008 Treble Cone introduced Bio degradable packaging throughout our café, drastically reducing the impact on our environment by reducing the amount of plastic going into landfill.
No more wasted Watts
At Treble Cone we have streamlined our power consumption, by ensuring that no Watt is wasted! All staff and public are encouraged to switch off lights and plugs at the wall, to stop those Watts from wandering. We saved over 11% power usage in the first year alone. You have the opportunity to choose your power company - some may be more sustainable than others, ask your current company how they are currently sustainable and what their policies are for the future.
Share a ride
Since 2007 guests and staff all worked together to greatly improve car pooling with an average 3.8 passengers per vehicle! The Treble Cone fuel consumption has improved too, dropping 15% on consumption since 2007.
In 2009 Treble cone introduced a Mountain Shuttle service form the bottom of the road. This helped reduce traffic on the road, and emissions from multiple vehicles traveling the road.
When heading up the mountain we suggest you continue to car pool or travel on organised mountain transport services, you'll save petrol money, reduce wear and tear on your vehicle and reduce CO2 emissions at the same time. Plus, with fewer vehicles in the Treble Cone car park, an added bonus is that there will be shorter walk from your car to the base buildings!
There are now two ‘Hitching Post' in Wanaka where it is safer for cars to pull over; these are marked by loading zone signs installed to encourage safe zones for cars to use.
- Ardmore Street - past Dungarvon Street (adjacent to the skateboard park) and
- Mount Aspiring Road, west of MacDougall Street.
Drop your drag
Take your winter roof rack off your car at the end of the season, reducing drag means less fuel to power your car, lowering both your fuel costs and CO2 emissions. While you're at it, when buying your next car, pick the least-polluting, most efficient vehicle that meets your needs. There have been great advances in hybrids recently, check out the some comparisons at http://www.consumer.org.nz/ and http://www.aa.co.nz/.
Sustainable Transport Option
Mountain Rideshare
A new vehicle pooling website to help mountain enthusiasts connect on their road journeys to, from and between ski resorts all over the world.
With the ever-increasing need to reduce our CO2 output, car sharing is not a new idea and is now widely accepted by people all over the world.
Mountain Rideshare provides a user-friendly method of connecting people who may want to fill space in their vehicles, with people who need to get a ride to the mountains.
www.mountainrideshare.com
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