Located in a renovated warehouse in Shanghai, URBN Hotel, the beautiful space showcases a variety of recycled materials and other locally sourced materials in its design and decoration.
Thanks to its strong focus on energy efficiency, carbon neutrality, and environmental education for employees and guests, the hotel has since garnered a number of travel awards and it plans on lowering its environmental impact even further with additional sustainable strategies like solar power and grey water recycling.
The boutique hotel was designed by A00 Architecture and is set within a renovated warehouse in the heart of Shanghai. Set back from the street and surrounded by a high wall and gate, the hotel features a private courtyard and small gardens surrounding the hotel.
A rooftop patio and garden provides views of the city, while contemporary guest rooms and conference areas have views of bamboo garden scenes.
The hotel has been carbon neutral since it opened in 2007, and since then it has reduced its energy use even further through employee and guest education.
URBN Hotel buys carbon offsets through South Pole and provides their guests the opportunity to offset their flights to Shanghai as well, thus reducing the impact of their travel. Additionally the hotel offers an unusual 6 square meters of green space per guest.
