Tel. +44 (0)1273 600030 (UK)
The eco-guesthouse is a certified partner of Bio-Austria and well known for its excellent “Pinzgau-style organic breakfast” with regional dairy products and Fair-Trade drinks. The whole house is non-smoking area. Out of respect for guests sensitive to electromagnetic pollution, you will find no WLAN or DECT wireless telephones in the whole house. The breakfast room is a mobilefree zone. Internet corner is provided. The guesthouse is heated by a system fuelled with wood pellets and solar energy – electricity is green, all washing powders and detergents are biodegradable.
We publicise local events by displaying leaflets/posters in our reception area. We provide Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate as part of our local ‘Salzburger’ organic breakfast buffet. This promotes awareness of Fair Trade. We have leaflets explaining Fair Trade in our breakfast room and in the reception area and we encourage our guests to use Fair trade products or local produce. We encourage guests to visit local attractions, eat in local restaurants and buy local produce. Details of attractions & restaurants are displayed in our reception area, as well as on our website. Of course, we are always available to personally recommend local amenities to our guests. We encourage our guests to use public transports or local taxis whenever possible. We have a bus stop only 150 metres away which provides links to all the surrounding areas, and the train station is a 5 minute walk away (around 500 metres).
Our electricity comes from Oekostrom. Oekostrom provide power from only wind, water, and solar energy sources. We have solar panels on the roof of our breakfast room since 2006. We use energy efficient light bulbs in all areas. We use lamps with timers in areas such as our ski room and motion sensitive lamps in all stairwells & corridors. We collect rain water for garden use. We have 4 water butts totalling 1500 litres. We have showers and half flush toilets.
We have a laundry scheme - we only change sheets and towels when requested to do so by the guests, or when new guests arrive. We use eco-cleaning products in all areas (eco-cleaner orange from fa. ray, and eco-cleaner from hagleitner). We cultivate the garden without of the use of pesticides and fertilisers. We have bird boxes. We compost organic and garden waste and use the compost in the garden for planting. We take our waste paper, plastics and glass to be recycled at the local recycling depot. We encourage guests to separate waste for recycling. We do this by providing waste separation drawers outside each group of rooms. There are drawers for paper, glass, metal, organic waste (old food) and hazardous waste (e.g. batteries). All of our toilet rolls are recycled. We live and work at the hotel, so transport pollution is kept to a minimum.
We employ local staff wherever possible. Mrs Anka Jevtic, is from Zell am See and has been with us for 4 years, Manuela is from Uttendorf, she has been with us for 3 years. Previous staff have all been local and have only left due to pregnancy or retirement. We buy local products, milk, butter, yoghurt, cheese and honey are from the local farmers. We buy the milk products by the Pinzgauer dairy in Maishofen, we get the honey by Imkerei Grünwald in Hinterglemm. We only use local services - Plumber Otmar Müllauer Maishofen (2 km), Electrician Rasser Zell am See (0km), Carpenter(Menuisier) (40 km).
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