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- Esther Leogenda
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Alila Villas Uluwatu is located on a clifftop plateau along the southern coastline on the island’s Bukit Peninsula, Alila Villas Uluwatu in Bali, Indonesia is just 30 minutes from Ngurah Rai International airport and 15 minutes from Jimbaran Bay near the renowned Uluwatu Temple. Surrounded by breathtaking coastal vistas, where the ocean stretches out as far as the eye can see, merging with the sky in a seemingly unending horizon, their luxury Uluwatu villas offer the perfect escape on this island paradise.
Alila Villas Uluwatu’s 84 pool villas are all about private space, incredible comfort and views. Gorgeous interiors blend contemporary style with accents of Bali. Merging in with the surrounding landscape, these distinctive villas by Alila incorporate an open-plan design, where unique flat lava rock roofs and bamboo ceiling allow the gentle sea breeze to flow in freely, while from the bed to the bathtub, every view is open to the outdoors.
Alila Villas Uluwatu and the Environment
Each individual villa is specifically designed and constructed to follow an environmentally sustainable framework, with its own pool and private cabana overlooking the Indian Ocean. The 84 villas showcase contemporary interiors enhanced with touches of nature and traditional Balinese accents – reflected in planes of wood, water, stone and rattan. Walkways and bridges connect the relaxation pavilions and pools to the spacious living areas. The open-plan design, unique flat lava rocks roof and bamboo ceiling allow the gentle sea breeze to circulate throughout all rooms of the villas. Resort’s walls are made from batu palimanan from Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Bamboo ceilings and rattan interior are locally sourced and crafted in Bali. Wood materials are recycled from railway sleepers and telephone poles.
Alila Villas Uluwatu was designed and constructed in accordance with Green Globe standards, they follow a dedicated environmental and social sustainability policy that cultivates eco-friendly concepts through environmentally sustainable design principles. This strong combination of built fabric and on-going operations to maintain an eco-friendly property ensures that environmental footprints here at Alila Villas Uluwatu are kept to a minimum.
Water Conservation:
Water conservation is encouraged with specially installed soak away rainwater tanks. Alila Villas Uluwatu also has a recyclable grey water system that directs used water from washing machines and bathrooms through reverse osmosis tanks to be re-used throughout the property. The indigenous plants used in the surrounding landscape require no irrigation, thus reducing water wastage.
Reduced Energy Consumption:
Energy consumption is kept to a minimum with the use of recycled materials such as old coconut wood and wood from railway sleepers and telephone poles. The hot air created by air-conditioning units is redirected to heat water. Each villa is designed with bamboo ceilings, volcanic rock roofs and open windows to increase airflow and minimize the use of air-conditioning.
Locally Sourced Materials:
All building materials are locally sourced. These include the local bamboo used for the ceilings, the stone from the site, which is hand cut for the garden walls, as well as the volcanic batu candi rock used for the roofs of each villa. Not only are these local materials pleasing to the eye, they are also environmentally sound and support local communities.
Natural Environment:
Alila Villas Uluwatu’s spacious and fluid layout allows guests to enjoy the natural surrounding environment, fresh air and picturesque views. Local plants from the special Bali savannah ecosystem on the Bukit are raised in a nursery on site to encourage local bird and animal life. The flat roofs of each villa are covered with locally-sourced volcanic rock, and functions as a natural insulator as well as natural environment encouraging the growth of vegetation.
Integrated architectural design:
Alila Villas Uluwatu’s landscaping and architectural forms were derived from the local Bali savannah-like environment without intruding on the wild and seasonal surroundings. Using the idea of Bali’s rocky terrace fields and lush gulleys, the architects have created architecture of terraced planes which protect cool gardens.
Alila Villas Uluwatu is the first resort in Indonesia to obtain the highest level of certification for Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD). This certificate was awarded prior to opening based on the deliberate use of sustainable / recycled materials, protection of the natural environment and measured work practices throughout construction.
As Alila moves forward into operating, Alila Villas Uluwatu will implement regular updates to environmental management systems and implement action plans in accordance with the requirement of the EarthCheck Standard. They are committed to maintain environmental and social sustainability for their villas operations at all times.
Furthermore, they are also targeting to reduce or at best offset the property carbon foot print through the development of alternative projects where possible such as; solar, wind energy and financial investment in credited sustainable plantations.
They offer their guests the opportunity to participate in EarthCheck activities by constantly creating new Alila journeys in support of this policy while proactively encouraging tourism operators in their regency to think green especially in preserving the waterways, coral reef and minimising their use of plastic.
It is the commitment to measure their greenhouse gas emissions, energy and fresh water usage, waste water discharges, minimize their solid waste. They will set targets daily in all areas to improve their environmental performance through benchmarking and to comply with the relevant environmental public, occupational health and safety, hygiene and employment legislation of Indonesia to which they are obliged to adhere.
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