Our Green Philosophy At Shaheen's Motel

Shaheen's Motel, a family owned and operated lodging facility, is committed to providing it's guests with eco-friendly accommodations. We pride ourselves on our modern, clean, and comfortable amenities and strive to improve upon our current "Green Practices". As our guest, your participation is invited as we work to lessen the impact we have on our beautiful Adirondack Park. We ask your help so that we may all become better stewards of our environment. Please take a moment to check out our efforts!!!

Here at Shaheen's we can assure you we clean your room with environmentally safe products. That's an important protection for you our guest and for our Earth.

We are involved in a waste management program which involves recycling paper, plastic, metal, and glass through the use of a "Guest Recycle Bin" in each room. You as a guest are actively involved and for that, we thank you!

As a member of the "Clean the World" our used soap from the guest room is sent to a specific location where it is sterilized and then sent to poor countries.

Energy efficiency is one of our utmost goals. Energy star fluorescent lights are used in all the guests room and throughout the building. We continue to update with new bulbs as they become available and have replaced T12 fixtures with newer T8 light fixtures.

We conserve water through the use of low flow shower heads and faucet aerators, and soon plan on replacing our toilets with "low flush" toilets. On a natural note, we let nature water our grass!

You can also become involved in our "Guest Reuse of Towel Program" which helps us to save water in our laundry facilities.

We recently converted our older oil heating unit to a new energy efficient LP propane furnace. All our purchases are screened with "Green" in mind. We plan to replace appliances as needed based on their Energy Star Rating. Recent additions include "Green Labeled" vacuum cleaners and air conditioners.

We are excited to look to the future as we hope to soon utilize solar power to curb our electrical usage.

Tracking our footsteps by analyzing past data and recording our present usage will give us the facts and figures we need to determine how we can improve our efforts. We will continue to work to educate ourselves in positive environmental practices.

Getting the most from the environment is easy, but giving back is harder.... it takes personal commitment. Each of us can make a difference. Whether it be here in the Awesome Adirondack Mountains or in your own beautiful community, take the step and become part of the solution to preserve our environment for future generations.