Email: Tom Griffin
Hotel Floyd
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Hotel Floyd is located in downtown Floyd, Virginia and includes 14 rooms, 9 standard rooms and 5 suites. The hotel is a one-of-a-kind building using green technology to minimize the impact on the environment. It is a showcase of the art, furniture, music and culture of the Floyd Community. Each room is furnished and decorated with a theme about an important person, organization or place in Floyd history. Hotel Floyd is committed to environmental excellence and works to minimize environmental impacts whenever possible.
Green Lodging Activities:
When visiting Hotel Floyd, 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
- Use of low flow restrictors, sensors, and fixtures
- Low flow toilets
- Preventative maintenance of drips and leaks
- High efficiency HVAC using natural gas and individual thermostats
- Lighting sensors
- High efficiency compact fluorescent lighting
- EnergyStar computers, appliances, etc
- Insulation and storm windows
- Energy efficient building design
- Directional lighting outdoors
- Integrated pest management plan in place
- Capture and use of storm water for irrigation
- Minimization of impervious surfaces
- Effectively timed application of organic fertilizers
- Use of native vegetation
- Use of glasses, dishware, etc instead of disposables
- Paper, cardboard, can, bottle, newspaper recycling
- Optional free papers (not delivered automatically to the room)
- Use citrus-based cleaners
- Bulk purchasing of environmentally friendly cleaners
- Energy efficient dryers
- Environmentally-friendly detergents with minimal use of bleach
- 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
- Purchasing from vendors with commitment to the environment
- Preventative maintenance on all vehicles and equipment
- Last in/first out inventory
- Eliminating use of aerosols
- Recycling of vehicle fluids
- Reuse/donation of unused materials
- Effective system of hazardous waste storage, labeling and handling
- Use of sustainable building materials (carpets, furniture, fabrics)