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Applewood Inn Bed & Breakfast
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Applewood Inn Bed & Breakfast |
Applewood Inn is a bed and breakfast located midway between Lexington and Natural Bridge in the Shenandoah Valley. The three story passive solar home offers four guest rooms and is seated on 37 acres. The Inn features a full-sized in-ground swimming pool and guided llama treks. Applewood Inn is committed to environmental excellence and works to minimize environmental impacts whenever possible.
Green Lodging Activities:
When visiting Applewood Inn Bed & Breakfast, you can expect the following practices:
- Provides optional linen service in rooms
- Offers recycling opportunities to guests
- Practices water & energy conservation
- Offers a green events package
- Use of low flow restrictors, sensors, and fixtures
- Low flow toilets
- High efficiency compact fluorescent lighting
- EnergyStar computers, appliances, etc
- Insulation and storm windows
- Energy efficient building design (passive solar)
- Directional lighting outdoors
- Integrated pest management plan in place
- Minimization of impervious surfaces
- Lawn areas replaced with low maintenance beds
- Effectively timed application of organic fertilizers
- Use of glasses, dishware, etc instead of disposables
- Paper, cardboard, can, bottle, newspaper and scrap metal recycling
- Use citrus-based cleaners (vinegar)
- Bulk purchasing of environmentally friendly cleaners
- Water efficient washers – those that reuse or filter wash waters
- Energy efficient dryers
- Linen segregation for lightly soiled loads
- Purchase of recycled content paper
- Purchase of durable/well-made products w/long life
- Purchase of energy-efficient equipment
- Policies for 2-sided copying and printing
- Extensive use of electronic documents and records
- Preventative maintenance on all vehicles and equipment
- Eliminating use of aerosols
- Recycling of vehicle fluids
- Cover, distill and reuse solvents
- Use of latex paints
- Reuse/donation of unused materials
- Reused building materials (vintage flooring, beams, stonework, fixtures)