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Formerly called SnOasis, Valley Ridge Resort comprises 500 lodges and a 450-key hotel, as well as a snow park, water park, wellness spa, outdoor activities, entertainment and F&B.
Chris Hall, a partner at Holder Mathias Architects, spoke about Valley Ridge Resort as part of greenloop’s session on sustainable water parks of the future.
“Valley Ridge is proposing to be a sustainable, carbon neutral development, offering all year round winter and water sports alongside best-in-class leisure and hotel facilities,” said Hall.
“It’s a dramatic combination of manmade and natural landscape,” he added. “The existing quarry forms provide excellent natural positions for the snow park and water park.”
“This unique development offers the scope to balance energy demands between the major demand centres of the ski facility, the swim and the accommodation,” said Hall.
“Preliminary analysis shows that there is good potential for the heat demands from the accommodation and the swim buildings to be balanced over the course of a year by the heat rejection from the ski building,” he added.
Valley Ridge is proposing a local district energy network between the buildings at a constant ambient temperature, and peak demands will be dealt with through energy stores.
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