Top Eco Friendly London Serviced Apartments for Sustainable Business Travel
"Almost half of companies expect more focus on the social and environmental impact of business travel post-pandemic."
These London serviced apartments are leading the way with their impressive green credentials:
1. Tower Suites by Blue Orchid
Tower Suites by Blue Orchid is a modern aparthotel in Tower Hill, East London, right across from the Tower of London with fantastic iconic views and a selection of 273 studio and one bedroom self-catering suites.
It opened its doors in 2020 and has been designed specially to feature many fantastic green initiatives that helped it secure the BREEAM “Excellent” qualification. Some of these include using renewable energy sources for a large percentage of the building energy usage, conserving 65% of water over a conventional building, avoid night time light pollution and responsible waste recycling.
It has also satisfied all the requirements of the City’s vital clean energy development plan for 2026.
Adagio Stratford is another great addition to this list for its efforts in trying to offer a environmentally-friendly experience.
The property launched in 2021 with 136 studios and one bedroom apartments in Stratford, East London and is by Adagio, an Accor group brand, that is a member of the Planet 21 programme which is committed to providing hospitality that has a positive impact on the environment.
Some of the fantastic green initiatives you can expect here are low energy bulbs, energy efficient appliances, A/Cs that cut off when the windows are opened, efficient waste recycling, bicycle storage, water saving features, eco-friendly cleaning products and locally sourced fair-trade and organic produce.
This warehouse-conversion is cool and trendy on the Southbank near Shakespeare's Globe offering a collection of studios, 1&2 bedroom apartments with many notable sustainable design features.
Native Bankside also holds an BREEAM “Excellent” rating.
It uses Mitre Eco filling in our pillows (made from recycled plastic bottles), using recycled carpets with underlay made from old plastic, incorporating recycled furniture or new furniture from eco-friendly, community-minded brands or bespoke vintage pieces sourced locally and from flea markets in the interiors.
In addition to this there are locally sourced branded toiletries, glazed windows, sensor lighting and electricity supply that’s key card activated.
They also stock their pantry with items from the popular foodie favourite next door, Borough Market and have our coffee roasted at the Gentleman Baristas, just two streets away.
Bermonds Locke is smart and stylish South London aparthotel near the Fashion and Textile Museum with air-conditioned studio and one bedroom suites that pay homage to a Southern California-inspired design.
But take a closer look and you will find many innovative ways in which this unique home from home has been designed with sustainability in mind. Like the recycled construction site materials that have been used such as concrete cubes and repurposed steel bars which can be seen throughout the interiors, bed frames, bar and restaurant, co-working spaces, gym and yoga room.
A locally-led cultural programme, a soulful restaurant, co-working space and wellness studio brings in a vibrant atmosphere to the ground floor space and really highlights the community which this property calls home.
The Edyn brand behind this property is committed to making a positive environment impact and is focussed on minimising plastic, recycling, energy savings, staff ‘Green’ awareness and guests’ Green journey.
So far the company has removed all plastic water bottles from Welcome Packs, updated their interactive in-room apps to allow guests to plan car free or minimal car use days out in the area during their stay, order LED lights and 100% recyclable paper and are working on a Carbon calculator for each site to establish energy consumption and have set a target for 7lpm per shower (restrictors or aerator fittings etc.) to achieve the water efficiency of all shower heads.
Edyn also fundraise for charities like Friends of the Earth.
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