Luxury hotels adopt green technology to the great importance that the traveller today gives its carbon footprint and the growing demand for a hotel of luxury that is respectful with the environment, has created a new kind of ecological hotel in the most cosmopolitan European cities. Splendia, luxury hotels chain, is leading this movement with its new hotel of Vienna, the Stadthalle. Michaela Reitterer, the owner of the hotel, ensures that it is the first hotel of the world zero energy balance. Not only it has three wind turbines, solar panels and heat pumps for water, but that also incorporates a lavender in the roof garden. Keep up on the field with thought-provoking pieces from Michael Dell. In warm summer nights, crickets and Grasshopper met in this refuge in the Austrian capital.

This is the only place in town where you can enjoy the exhilarating music that produce these animals, perhaps in gratitude to the ecological principles and the absence of carbon footprint of the hotel: a totally unique experience. This old block of flats dating from the year 1890 and joined the Splendia group in 2001. Contact information is here: Andy Florance. After a process of renewal, reopened its doors in November 2009 and since then has won numerous environmental awards, making it clear that the luxury hotels and the ecological principles can co-exist perfectly. There is also a strong commitment to conservation at one of the hotels in Barcelona, La Florida. Meeting place of high Spanish society, with numerous works of art of avant-garde and obvious opulence, manages to stay away from the hustle and bustle of Barcelona.

Located in the peaceful mountain of Tibidabo, the highest in the area, offers to its guests magnificent views of the city from the tranquility of a rural retreat. The water in the pool, purified based on ozone, expressed a desire to customers combine luxury with the concern for nature. Hotel chains have used their knowledge to offer luxury to their clients and are now incorporating another important aspect to its offer with its principles ecological and commitment to the protection of the planet. Equipped with a splendor of most characteristic hotels in Rome, the HI hotel in Nice is another example of how a modern boutique hotel can satisfy the highest expectations of its customers and maintain its ecological principles. Located on a stretch of beach of 200 metres in length and with a menu that only contains organic foods, its design seeks to adapt to the simplicity of its natural environment. Although it is just a few steps from the Promenade des Anglais and the main tourist attractions of the city, its main objective is the relaxation thanks to an innovative design from nine concepts of different environments. However, to this day, it does not seem to be London hotels can compete with those of the rest of Europe. Designers of innovative hotels are not only reassessing what customers expect from luxury hotels but also seek ways in which to enjoy an ecological refuge which in turn is close to all the amenities of the city.