Our Impact

Killashee Hotel recognises the importance and encouragement of environmental best-practice to ensure the long-term sustainability of the tourism industry. We are committed to a sustainable future and to improving the social, economic and environmental well-being of the community. Killashee is focused on the implementation of the highest standards of environmental practice resulting in an environmentally friendly organisation. With everyone working together we can look forward to a cleaner and safer environment.

We have an increasing focus on the environment by establishing a sustainable consciousness across the Hotel, Restaurants, The Spa, The Leisure Club and our surroundings. Killashee Hotel is committed to the following sustainable activities:

The Hotel 

We are active members of Repak and are continuously working on our recycling and waste management systems. Repak is a not-for-profit packaging recycling scheme funded by contributions from over 3,000 participating member companies.

Fuel efficient and environmentally friendly – 2 CHP’s installed providing 35% of our electrical load requirements.

We analyse and report monthly on our waste, electricity, gas, carbon, and water consumption reductions.

Two Electric Vehicle Charging Units on the hotel grounds provided by the EasyGo. Proposal in place to increase this to 8 EV charging units before end of year.

Installed LED lighting and motion sensors to reduce energy consumption.

We have a BMS SYSTEM in place to reduce and maintain our energy consumption. This system involves shutting down electronics that are not in use such as lights.

Aerators fitted throughout the property to reduce water usage.

We encourage our suppliers and contractors to participate in our efforts to protect the environment.

We are working on minimising the printing of brochures and are sourcing eco-friendly gift and marketing products. 

Signage throughout the hotel asking guests to turn off lights and electrical equipment when leaving guest/meeting room including air conditioning, phone chargers, laptops and coffee machines.

We have natural plants across the property to recycle the air.

Make every possible effort to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle 

Our Office

Send e-invoices where possible to reduce the amount of paper that we use and re-use paper at the front desk and offices.

All office paper waste is collected for composting.

Cardboard packaging, newspapers, magazines, glass, cans, plastic bottles, used light bulbs and batteries are all returned to our suppliers or collected for recycling.

Guest Bedrooms

Electricity is activated by a key card, we request that guests turn off lights & air conditioning when leaving their room.

We provide single-use toiletries in the bedrooms with 300 ml refillable Elemis bottles.

Long-term guests have their sheets changed every third day.

Encourage all guests to reuse towels and bathrobes.

Express check out available for all guests. Bills/invoices can be emailed post-stay.

Restaurant & Bar

We have an emphasis on reducing food waste and our Executive Head Chef sources local ingredients wherever possible to reduce carbon footprint. 

Built a herb garden or use by our Head Chef and kitchen team.

All food waste is collected for composting.

We have introduced paper straws and bamboo swizzle sticks in our Bar & Restaurants.

Takeaway coffee cups are 100% compostable. 

All our water bottles used in bars/restaurants and bedrooms are made of glass, therefore are reusable or fully recyclable.

Our Staff

Our Green Team is led by Greg Kelly, Purchasing Manager and Ciaran O’Connor, Head of Facilities and meets every month to report and action on all green opportunities for the hotel.

We provide all employees with the training and resources required to meet our objectives as part of their induction and ongoing training.

Walk or bike to work, we contribute to the bike to work scheme, provide storage for bikes and encourage local recruitment.

Solar PV

As part of our ESG strategy we invested heavily in Solar PV in 2024.

Our solar array comprises of 488 Canadian TOPHiku6 Tier 1 solar panels.

This gives our property 233316.7 kWh/year, approximately 20% of our total electrical demand covered by solar power

Some of the key environmental benefits of this installation include:

Equivalent of planting 1411 trees annually

Corresponds to 60.1957089 tons per year of neutralised CO2 or 117,943 kg of CO2 emissions avoided annually

Corresponds to the equivalent of 165585 km per year wheeled in a car

Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities

We are proud to support sustainable travel with a comprehensive range of electric vehicle charging options. Our onsite charging facilities are designed to offer convenience, flexibility, and efficiency for every type of visit.

Chargers powered by ePower:

One Super-Fast Charger (serving up to 2 vehicles)

Three Standard-Speed Chargers (serving up to 2 vehicles each)

Glass Recycling

Our Annual Glass Recycling Performance:

2016-25,928 kg

2017-35,680 kg

2018-32,871 kg

2019-44,163 kg

2020-12,053 kg (reduced due to COVID-19)

2021-21,303 kg

2022-39,874 kg

2023-39,455 kg

2024-44,932 kg

2025-45,043 kg

2026-11,329 kg (year to date)

On average, this equates to approximately:
32 tonnes of glass recycled per year
Over 10 tonnes of CO₂ emissions saved annually
Around 64,000 bottles and jars remade each year

From May 2016 to today, our efforts have contributed to:
111 tonnes of CO₂ saved
Over 700,000 bottles and jars returned into circulation in Ireland
100% diversion of this material away from landfill