Pedal Power and Pigs Helped a Caribbean Resort Go Carbon-Neutral
Aruba’s Bucuti & Tara won rare recognition from the United Nations for its green efforts, which the agency says should be applied across the industry
The Aruba resort installed the island’s largest privately run solar panel system, which produces about 20% of their electricity.
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As guests at the Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort in Aruba sweat over treadmills and stationary bicycles in the hotel gym, a large monitor tells them how many watts they’re pumping into the local electrical grid.
“I always tell my guests that nothing is free here, you even have to produce your own energy,” said Bucuti’s owner Ewald Biemans, whose unorthodox approach to power generation has helped turn the 33-year-old property into the first certified carbon-neutral hotel in the Caribbean.