Eco Friendly Accommodation
Certifications: ✔ Green Key (greenkey.global)
Do you utilise any renewable energy sources to produce energy on the hotel/accommodation premises? ✔ Solar radiation
What makes your hotel/accommodation eco-friendly? ✔ Written environmental policy statement in place
✔ The structure maximizes air flow to reduce the need for air-conditioning
✔ The structure maximizes natural light to reduce the need for lighting and heating
✔ Windows that block heat/cold (i.e. triple-glazed windows)
✔ Designed for minimal interference with the natural environment
✔ Rainwater collection and usage
✔ Use of non-toxic cleaning products
✔ Serving organic food at the restaurant
✔ LED lighting throughout the premises
✔ Environmental manager appointed
✔ Employees are trained to follow environmental policies
✔ Carbon footprint is measured by recognised CO2 measurement tool
✔ Bicycles provided to guests
✔ Electric car charging station(s) available
✔ Toilets flush up to 6 litres per flush
✔ Signs in the rooms informing guests that towels will only be changed upon request
✔ Toilet paper made of non-chlorine bleached paper or awarded with an eco-label
✔ Waste is separated into at least 3 categories
✔ Recycling bins in guest rooms
✔ No disposable (single use) cups/glasses, plates and cutlery
✔ Organic waste is composted
✔ Most of the ingredients used to prepare meals are locally produced
✔ A vegetarian alternative menu is proposed in the restaurant
✔ An energy audit is carried out at least once every five years
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Casa Agrícola da Levada is family owned and managed, and we strive to make the estate as ecological and self-sustainable as possible.
We are aware of the amount of waste and residues typically produced by the hotel industry, and we reject this business model.
Ecology is our mission and we go way beyond the current environmental legislation. In 2019, we emitted 19,332 tons of CO2. Subtracting this from the 80,000 annual tons our trees capture makes us a carbon-negative territory. In the past five years, we have reduced the volume of waste produced by 60% and, with the help of solar panels, we produce 35% of the electricity we consume.
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