EVERY EFFORT COUNTS
EVERY EFFORT COUNTS
AT THE HOTEL
- Kitchen: minimal use of paper cups, plastic bottles
- Laundry: high efficiency gas commercial hot water heater & dryer
- Timer controlled outdoor lighting
- 90% of light bulbs are led except for specialty bulbs
- Use cloth bags when shopping for food
- Reuse the occasional plastic bag that comes through our door
- Recycling bins: housekeepers separate paper, glass, plastics, metal and cardboard for local garbage pickup
- Thermostats set at 72 degrees
- Dual flush toilets
- Food sourced from local farmers and hotel owner’s farm
- Recycling bins
- Gas stove
- Efficient energy saving appliances
- Compost bin for food and coffee grounds waste
- Cloth napkins
- China plates and cups
- Non-disposable glasses and silverware
- Smart sprinkler system on a timer
- Low water usage due to plant density
- Permeable paver patio for water drainage
- Organic gardens and landscape
- Herbs to use in recipes and refreshing waters
- Local farmers for produce
- Local environmentally conscious businesses
IN EACH ROOM
- Lights are turned off in empty rooms
- LED lights in most fixtures
- Low flow shower heads
- Low flow toilets
- Individual heating and cooling units
- Room refrigerators turned off when not in use
- Operable double paned windows for fresh air
- Information on safe drinking water from faucet in room to encourage refilling water bottles
- Glasses are provided in rooms
- Encourage guests to hang and reuse towels
- For guests with us multiple nights change linens and towels every three days unless requested
- Housekeeping has training and policy in place
- Specially formulated, locally produced and packaged
- Refillable shower dispensers for bath gel, shampoo, conditioner to reduce plastic containers
ON THE FARM
- Organic farm growing large garden, hay and garlic
- Large compost area for year around supply
- Cows and chickens eat waste
- Large garden supplying vegetables and fruits for hotel breakfast
- Chickens supply eggs for hotel breakfast
- Chickens rotate in chicken tractor to fresh organic pasture
- Animals fed organic feed
- Organic garlic used in hotel recipes
Vacation Homes
- Recycling program with garbage sorted and brought to Oak Street Hotel to decrease waste and littering
- All linens washed at the Oak Street Hotel for maximum efficiency
- Green cleaning products used