Our Green Initiatives
As Wyoming’s first LEED Silver Certified hotel, Hotel Terra stands out with an innovative commitment to the environment, enabling an elevated guest experience with minimal eco-impact. Hotel Terra’s environmentally sustainable building and operating practices push well beyond LEED criteria and we continue to develop eco-friendly efforts to preserve and protect the environment while assuring distinctive and luxurious hospitality.
Light & Energy
- Hotel Terra is converting to LED bulbs in most fixtures, reducing greenhouse gasses.
- Over 90% of the hotel interiors capture natural daylight.
- Energy Star approved, extremely efficient windows, with Low E, a highly reflective coating that protects interiors from infrared light. This keeps heat inside during the winter and outside during the summer, reducing the need for energy used for supplemental heat or cooling.
- 100% of our electric power is offset with the purchase of alternative energy, including wind, solar and hydro sources.
- Radiant heating in the flooring of the parking garage, which runs along the entire ground level of the hotel, reduces direct heat loss and minimizes energy use.
- State of the art, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, designed to customize temperature by individual zones in each guestroom or suite
- Heating and cooling system controlled by computerized building management system allowing rooms to be powered down when not in use and calibrated for specific occupancy expectations.
- Elimination of light pollution, avoiding disruption of nocturnal environment and migratory patterns.
Water & Air
- Water conservation is a focus at Hotel Terra, which does its part with low-flow fixtures and dual-flush toilets, as well as waterless urinals in men’s public restrooms and solar-powered faucets in public restrooms.
- Refillable aluminum water bottles are available in all rooms and suites. Guests can refill their reusable water bottles at our lobby refill station.
- Superior air quality inside the building by circulating large amounts of outside air into the guestrooms and employing energy recovery technology which recoups 81% of the heat from the exiting stale air. The system also controls the moisture content in the air.
- Natural Runoff Mitigation: runoff water at the building site is collected in an underground tank, filtered, and released at a drip back into the environment, reducing potential pollution flowing into rivers, streams, and surrounding land.
- Exclusive use of non-CFC producing refrigerants
Building Basics
- Hotel Terra’s 100% recycled “Eco Shake” roof shingles are made from reinforced vinyl and cellulose fiber, plus recycled tires designed to resemble wood shake shingles.
- 80% recycled content in the steel used throughout the building structure.
- Fly ash, a coal burning byproduct, was used to replace up to 25% of the cement used in the concrete for the building, reducing landfill disposal of solid waste, energy used to produce the concrete, and the use of natural resources that would otherwise be used in concrete.
- Reduced particle pollution through use of off-site cutting, prefabricated walls manufactured in an enclosed shop.
Hotel Terra holds LEED Silver certification and is Wyoming’s first and only LEED-certified luxury hotel. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and the Silver level recognizes a building that meets rigorous criteria for energy efficiency, water conservation, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. Some listings state LEED Gold; the correct certification is LEED Silver. The hotel also holds Green Seal Bronze certification, awarded in 2024 by an independent nonprofit that verifies waste reduction, energy efficiency and responsible purchasing in hotel operations.
All of the hotel’s electric power is offset with alternative energy from wind, solar and hydro sources. Energy Star windows with a Low E coating keep heat inside in winter and outside in summer, more than 90 percent of the interiors capture natural daylight, and the hotel is converting to LED bulbs in most fixtures. Heating and cooling is zoned by guest room and managed by a computerized building system that powers rooms down when they are not in use. On the water side there are low-flow fixtures, dual-flush toilets, waterless urinals and solar-powered faucets in public restrooms.
No. The outdoor infinity pool is a warm saline pool open all year with views across the valley, and the rooftop hot tub sits on the sixth floor beside Chill Spa. Chill Spa uses Eminence Organic Skin Care products for its facials, and the fitness center is on the third floor overlooking the pool and the Teton Village Commons. Il Villaggio Osteria serves rustic Italian with house-made pasta and wood-fired pizza. Refillable aluminum water bottles are in every room and suite, with a refill station in the lobby. The hotel has held AAA Four Diamond status since 2009.
The roof shingles are Eco Shake, made entirely from recycled material: reinforced vinyl, cellulose fiber and recycled tires shaped to resemble wood shake. The steel through the building structure is 80 percent recycled content, and fly ash, a byproduct of coal burning, replaced up to 25 percent of the cement in the concrete. Walls were prefabricated in an enclosed shop and cut off site to reduce particle pollution. Runoff water at the site is collected in an underground tank, filtered and released back into the ground at a drip.
Hotel Terra Jackson Hole holds two credentials: LEED Silver, which makes it Wyoming’s first and only LEED-certified luxury hotel, and Green Seal Bronze, awarded in 2024 by an independent nonprofit that audits hotel operations. Some listings say LEED Gold; the certification is Silver. The hotel sits at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village, and its sustainable building and operating practices go beyond LEED criteria.
- Energy: 100 percent of electric power offset with wind, solar and hydro; Energy Star Low E windows; conversion to LED bulbs in most fixtures; more than 90 percent of interiors daylit; zoned heating and cooling on a computerized building management system; radiant heating in the ground-level parking garage; light pollution eliminated to protect nocturnal wildlife and migratory patterns
- Water: low-flow fixtures, dual-flush toilets, waterless urinals, solar-powered faucets in public restrooms; site runoff collected in an underground tank, filtered and drip-released
- Air: outside air circulated into guest rooms with energy recovery recouping 81 percent of the heat from exiting air; non-CFC refrigerants only
- Materials: 100 percent recycled Eco Shake roof shingles; 80 percent recycled content in the structural steel; fly ash replacing up to 25 percent of the cement; off-site cutting and prefabricated walls
- In the room: refillable aluminum water bottles with a lobby refill station, and Eminence Organic Skin Care products at Chill Spa