Sanga Saby Kurs & Konferens, Ekero

Sånga-Säby Kurs & Konferens (Hotel and Conference Center) is located on the island of Färingsö in Lake Mälaren in central Sweden, approximately 45 minutes from Stockholm.  Sånga-Säby Kurs & Konferens is one of a number of Swedish companies that have a strategic view of environmental issues throughout their operations. It is one of the most environmentally developed hotels in the world and is certified according to ISO 9002.

The operations of Sånga-Säby Kurs & Konferens have an environmental approach. The basis of the environmental activity is the conscious objective of protecting the environment through the use of renewable resources within an ecocyle that is sealed to the maximum degree, and the avoidance of environmentally destructive substances.

The objective of operating the facility using only renewable energy was achieved in September 1996. The switch to new heat pumps means that the entire facility can be provided with cooling from Lake Mälaren during the warm summer months. Ventilation capacity was expanded in 1997 in an effort to double the air volume in all conference and group rooms.

Solar based energy generation is used to heat the saunas and swimming pool; grape seed oil is used to run the farming equipment; and, overall gets its energy through geo-thermal sources, using the temperature differentials in Lake Maleran.

The entire facility, including the vehicle fleet, is fuelled only by renewable energy. Waste is source-sorted into 24 fractions including the unsortable waste. Sånga Säby has its own sewage treatment plant in which one of the treatment stages is biological.

Sanga Saby has 163 hectares of forest and a newly drawn up forest-management program. Forestry operations are certified in accordance with the ISO 14001 and 9002 environmental and quality management systems.

The produce used in the restaurant is, as far as possible, is Swedish produced by farmers who are developing the world's cleanest farming.