Founders Inn and Spa
 | Founders Inn and Spa |
The Founders Inn and Spa offers 240 guest rooms and suites. Conference facilities include 25,000 square feet of exhibit space with 20 dedicated meeting rooms to accommodate groups from 10 to 1,400, with the most advanced technology available. For dining enjoy the award winning Swan Terrace, the Hunt Room for pub fare, and the Muffin Pan for grab and go and freshly baked pastries. The resort also features the Flowering Almond Spa, a full-service, resort-style spa. The Founders Inn and Spa is committed to conserving our community’s resources and works to minimize environmental impacts whenever possible.
Green Lodging Activities:
When visiting Founders Inn and Spa, 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/conference package
- Re-circulating dishwashers
- Preventative maintenance of drips and leaks
- High efficiency HVAC using natural gas and centrifugal chillers with individual thermostats
- High efficiency compact fluorescent lighting
- EnergyStar computers
- Integrated pest management plan in place
- Abundance of indoor plants
- Well water used for irrigation
- Use of glasses, dishware, etc instead of disposables
- Paper, cardboard, can, and bottle recycling
- Optional free papers (not delivered automatically to the room)
- Effective food inventory management
- Grease recycling
- Linen segregation for lightly soiled loads
- Eliminating use of aerosols
- Recycling of vehicle fluids
- Use of latex paints
- Reuse of cooling tower waters
- Effective system of hazardous waste storage, labeling and handling
- Drain plugs in maintenance shop to prevent spill discharge into sewer
- Reused building materials (vintage flooring, beams)
- Use ice storage to cool the main building
- Purchase local food products as much as possible