Our mission: We want to cut greenhouse emissions in half.

Our goal is to provide a home away from home, in a socially responsible manner that challenges us and others to learn and grow.

We view our customers, employees and vendors as partners in our mutual continued growth. We see the 1^st Travel Inn as a vehicle by which all of our partners can contribute to our society and environment in a respectful and enjoyable atmosphere. We look forward to provide clean, healthy, green lodging and pertinent information that exceeds expectations.

We set ourself the goal to cut our total energy use, energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions in half. We want accomplish these reductions without any discomfort for our guests.

Project 1:

Efficient Lighting -- Compact Fluorescents

Step 1: We replaced existing incandescent lights at the overhang with compact fluorescents.

Energy Saving Table:

Quantity	Place	watts	hrs/day	KWH saving/yr
24	Overhang	24(65-15)=1200	5	2190
4	Stairways	4(100-23)=562	5	562
28		1762 watts		2752 KWH/yr

The numbers in the watts column a (qty of lamps) (old bulb watts - CF lamp watts), and the KWH saving is:
(qty of lamps) (old bulb watts - CF lamp watts) (hours on per day) (365 days/yr)(1/1000) =

Energy Saving/yr	2752 KWH	Initial Cost	$72.08
CO2 reduction	5504 lb	$'s Saved/year	$275.66
Energy Source	Electricity	1st Year Return	382 %
		10 yr saving (10% fuel inflation per year)	$ 4391.26

Project 2:

To reduce our CO² footprint and to operate more efficient we replaced the old boiler for the hot water.