Winner of the Swiss Solar Award 2011
On 10 October 2011, the Swiss Solar Agency presented the 21st Swiss Solar Award at a ceremony in Geneva. This year's prize-winners featured Engadin St. Moritz Mountains twice over: the Romantik Hotel Muottas Muragl walked off with not only the highly-coveted Swiss Solar Award 2011 in the Building Renovation category, but also the PlusEnergieBau® (PEB) Solar Award 2011, the only prize in the world for buildings that generate more energy than they need themselves.The 104-year old Berghotel Muottas Muragl demonstrates that first-class hotel comfort can be implemented within the framework of a plus-energy building concept even at 2,456 metres above sea level. In addition, the Swiss Solar Agency praised the fact that the expansion and renovation of the hotel has led to a 64% reduction in its overall energy consumption, dropping from 436,000 kWh/a to 157,400 kWh/a. Also positively received was the fact that the previous annual energy requirements of approx. 40,000 litres of heating oil and 36,600 kWh/a of household and operating electricity are now entirely covered by solar energy.
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