Sustainability & locally sourced produce
We recognise and appreciate our natural and cultural heritage, and do all we can to protect it. For that reason sustainability and local sourced produce are high on our list of priorities.
Local produce
In order to avoid unnecessarily long food miles, Hotel Elisabeth and the Schrannenhof restaurant use local products. Thanks to the use of products from Voralberg and nearby food supply areas, the Schrannenhof restaurant has been awarded the “Vorarlberg” AMA-Gastronomic Seal of Approval by AMA Marketing GesmbH.
This award shows that, by supporting the Vorarlberg economy through the use of local products and services, we are contributing directly to boosting employment in the area.
Biomass heating plant
Sustainable heat from wood
Our two power stations (the small one next to the Zündel holiday cottage and the big one in Gräsalp) were established by the Zündel family, are run by them, and play an important role in the environmental protection of our region. Both power stations are fired by wood chips. Wood is a sustainably sourced local fuel which ranks, along with hydro-electrical power, as the principal and, importantly, indefinitely sustainable energy source in Vorarlberg. Both power stations together replace approx. 240,000 litres of oil per year. It goes without saying that the Hotel Elisabeth, the Schrannenhaus and both holiday chalets are among the many other businesses and private homes in Schoppernau to be supplied with energy from our own biomass power stations.