Sustainability
We’re proud to share that Bank Apartments Portrush has received the Green Tourism Bronze Award, recognising the steps we are taking towards more sustainable hospitality on the Causeway Coast.
Sustainability has been an important part of Bank Apartments from the beginning. Our building on Main Street Portrush has been carefully restored, allowing us to preserve its character while giving it a new life as modern guest accommodation.
Receiving the Green Tourism Bronze Award is a lovely milestone for us. The award recognises tourism businesses that are making positive changes in areas such as energy use, waste, purchasing, community support and care for the local environment.
Regeneration and sustainability are embedded in our culture
Restoration
The Bank Apartments restoration project has been a labour of love, involving a long and complex renovation of the formerly derelict bank building to the finished product that you can see today.
The restoration has by its nature reused and respected the existing building fabric of this listed building, thereby reducing the need for new carbon-intensive materials.
Regeneration
Andras House ltd is committed to regenerating Main Street Portrush by investing in the area. We refurbished and extended the former Londonderry Hotel, just across the road from Bank Apartments, to provide a new hotel The Marcus Portrush as part of the Tapestry Collection by Hilton which has 80 modern boutique bedrooms.
The combined effect of the restoration of these two listed buildings, with active ground floor hospitality uses, will transform this historic area of Portrush for future generations.
Operational sustainability
Bank Apartments is designed to have the lowest possible environmental footprint and we are working to achieve Net Zero accreditation.
The building is designed to be energy efficient with heat recovery ventilation and no fossil fuel use on site. Our electricity is 100% from renewable sources and we minimise our waste by eliminating single use toiletries and plastics.
