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numerous employee environmental edu- freeway sign; and replaced windows and 10 filtered water bottle filling stations cation programs, and installed low-water doors to save on heating energy. Boreal across the resort and sells inexpensive, use fixtures. also processes vegetable oil from its caf- collapsible, reusable water bottles near Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, eteria into bio-fuel and has purchased the stations. It has recycled more than Colorado, set a target to reduce GHG renewable energy credits totaling 15 mil- 187 tons and composted more than 34 emissions by 10 percent per square foot lion kilowatt hours (kWh), equivalent to tons of trash, diverting 221 tons of waste throughout all of its buildings, and reduce removing 1,573 passenger vehicles from from landfills. The nonprofit Copper its overall GHG emissions by 3 percent the road for a year. Environmental Foundation, formed in below the 2009-10 base levels by 2020. Canyons Resort, Utah, set a target of 2007 by Copper employees, supports The resort recently renovated its 6th Alley reducing emissions by 15 percent below environmental initiatives in Summit Bar & Grill for energy efficiency, estab- 2011 levels by 2017. The resort contin- Country and the surrounding areas. lished a carpooling initiative for employees ues to purchase wind power through the Grand Targhee Resort, Wyoming, and guests, and set up a voluntary dona- local utility power program and spon- set a target to reduce emissions by 2 per- tion program for employees to support sors Park City’s local conservation orga- cent below 2013 levels by 2015. The conservation groups. Every spring A-Basin nization, Recycle Utah. Canyons recently resort has expanded educational signage hosts the Save Our Snow fundraiser ben- organized a sustainability task force that to promote “powering down” in lodg- efitting a local conservation center. It has focuses on improving resort environmen- ing rooms and administrative offices and integrated sustainability into all of its tal initiatives including education, on- installed waterless urinals, low-flow toi- training and orientation materials and mountain and hotel recycling, energy lets and shower heads, and automatic built environmental awareness into every conservation, resort clean-up days, a Bike- faucets throughout the resort. Its pop- department’s daily activities. to-Work-Week, and repurposing items ular skier transportation program has Beaver Valley Ski Club, Ontario, used throughout the resort. It contin- increased ridership from 4,231 during Canada, the first Canadian resort tak- ues to support and partner with a num- the 2011-12 season to 14,438 in 2012- ing the Challenge, plans to reduce emis- ber of conservancy groups to advocate for 13. The resort supports the Protect Our sions by 6 percent below 2011-12 levels preservation of open lands, protection of Winters initiative; participates in the Clif by 2020. This small ski club of 91 skiable watersheds, and public trail access. Bar Brigade wrapper recycling program; acres and 775 member families has made Copper Mountain, Colorado, set and has made a large donation of jack- large strides in sustainability, and has a target to reduce emissions by 12,000 ets, vests, mattresses, bedding, lamps, so far reduced GHG emissions by 43.2 MTCO e by 2014. Copper has expanded and televisions to SWAG (Share Warmth 2 MTCO e, including diverting 86,400 its recycling programs; implemented LED Around the Globe). 2 pounds of garbage from going to the land- lighting projects; and installed two wind Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, fill (a 9 percent reduction of total GHG turbines, a solar voltaic array, and a solar Wyoming, set a target to reduce its GHG emissions). Other club initiatives include thermal array, resulting in more than emissions per guest visit by 10 percent creating eco-efficient washrooms, hold- 14,000 kWh of generated power in the below 2009 baseline levels. The resort has ing staff sustainability workshops, replant- past two years. Copper has also installed worked with the Yellowstone Teton Clean ing native forest, rehabilitating stretches of river, managing forests sustainably, col- laborating with sustainable business pro- grams at local universities, and continually Jan. 28, 2015 Industry + Intelligence adopting more efficient technologies. Denver, CO Boreal Mountain Resort and Soda Springs Winter Resort, California, set Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2015 SIA Snow Show & Sourcing Snow a target of reducing emissions by 1300 Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO MTCO e by 2014. With parent company 2 Feb. 2 - 3, 2015 PWDR Resorts, Boreal has upgraded its On-Snow Demo & Nordic Demo snowmaking system, saving 280 tons of Copper Mountain Resort, CO GHG emissions per year; replaced light- Find it all @ SIAsnowshow.com ing systems, reducing electricity use by 50 percent per year; upgraded to a new LED w w w. n s a a . o rg EARLY WINTER 2014 | NSAA Journal | 7 NSAA Early Winter 2014 prepressed v5b.indd 7 10/29/14 6:06 PM