Host venue for The Ryder Cup in 2010, the five-star Celtic Manor Resort is set in more than 1,400 acres of panoramic parkland at the gateway to Wales. With two hotels, a 330-room luxury Resort Hotel and an historic 19th century Manor House with 70 rooms, two exceptional spas, two state-of-the-art health clubs, a shooting school, fishing, tennis courts, mountain biking, walking trails and five outstanding restaurants, The Celtic Manor Resort provides a complete experience for business, leisure and golf travelers.
An environmental management system has been developed following the ‘Green Dragon’ Environmental Standard framework. This helps the Resort oversee its operations and reduce its impact on the environment. The Celtic Manor Resort is one of 50 companies implementing the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Management programme, which aims to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.
Since beginning work with the Carbon Management programme in 2004, environmental improvements at The Celtic Manor Resort have included:
- 12 per cent reduction in usage of electricity and gas - Fitting of low-wattage bulbs to over 10,000 lights throughout the Resort - Installation of timed heating, lighting and cooling equipment based on room occupation - Attainment of Green Dragon Level 4 - Severnside Recycling Best New Recycler of the Year 2005 - Runner-up, Carbon Trust Wales Environment Awards 2006 - 2007 Recycled: 131 tons of glass, 43 tons of cardboard, 5 tons of plastic and 4 tons of paper
The Celtic Manor Resort worked closely with wildlife agencies, Cadw, the Welsh Assembly Government’s historical environment division, and Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust to protect both the ecology of the site and its archaeological integrity.
The Resort:
- Adhered to a total of 42 planning conditions on the build
- Changed Twenty Ten Course plans a dozen times as new archaeological finds were uncovered, including Roman pottery kilns, villa foundations and graves
- Assisted with logging and documentation of archaeological finds, many of which were covered back over with earth to prevent erosion.
- Constructed overhead road crossings for dormice following a six-month study of dormouse colonies
- Constructed underground road crossings for toads
- Implemented a 6-metre exclusion zone on the banks of the River Usk to preserve otter holts
- 100 per cent self-sustained irrigation. Rain water collects in a specially-constructed irrigation reservoir or is pumped up from lakes on The Twenty. No water is taken from the mains or water table.
- No use of pesticides or herbicides. Only environmentally-friendly fertilisers are used on fairways and greens
- The Celtic Manor Resort is signed up to the Committed to Green Golf Course Programme
The Celtic Manor Resort is committed to continuing to improve its environmental performance.
