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Sustainability

​We are working step by step to make the world within and around Casale Tre Gelsi more sustainable. After all, nature is our lifeblood and demands our loyalty. It gives us so much in return. Accordingly, we have let nature guide us in our renovation. We firmly believe that many small steps can lead to great good.

​“What we do today determines what the world will look like tomorrow.”

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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​Our Sustainability Initiatives

  • At Casale Tre Gelsi, we no longer use heating oil or gas. Heat pumps are used for cooling, heating, and water heating. Thanks to our 17 kW solar system and 35 kW battery capacity, we are self-sufficient—at least during the day.

  • The water is heated by heat pumps with an A+++ energy rating.

  • Rainwater is collected underground and used in the garden.

  • The on-site biological wastewater treatment plant treats the wastewater so it can be used in the garden.

  • All faucets and showers are equipped with GROHE EcoJoy™, reducing water consumption by up to 40%.

  • All lights (indoor and outdoor) are equipped with energy-saving LEDs.

  • All electrical appliances are energy efficiency class A++ or higher.

  • Our natural cosmetics—vegan, organic, and made in Italy—are provided in your room.

  • We change bed linens and towels during your stay only upon request (place towels on the floor and a stone on the bed). Just let us know if you’d like to skip room cleaning for a day—for the sake of the environment.

  • We serve beverages exclusively in glass bottles and avoid single-use packaging and items whenever possible. We ask that you bring your own slippers from home.

  • We sort our trash and compost food scraps.

  • Green tastes wonderful: We use regional products whenever possible and cook with ingredients that haven’t traveled far to reach our kitchen.

  • Our wine list also features exclusively wines from the Marche region—organic, of course.

  • We have so many wonderful local farmers from whom we source cheese, flour, eggs, meat, and much more—we hardly need a supermarket anymore. Vegetables and fruit come from our garden whenever possible.

  • We do our shopping in an electric car, and our guests can also charge their cars at the two charging stations (for a fee).​​

Our Garden

  • Nature is perfect just as it once was. We let that inspire us when designing the garden surrounding Casale Tre Gelsi. We wanted it to be perfectly imperfect. Large flower beds with native plants—plants that tolerate drought—and trees that provide shade alternate with natural meadows and shrubs. The garden is a little paradise for our guests, but also for nature—for birds, small animals, bumblebees, and honeybees.

  • We’ve planted over 400 trees and shrubs in recent years, and we’re far from finished.

  • We don’t use any pesticides in our garden—we weed, and sometimes we even leave things be if it makes the insects happy.

  • In many areas, we mow only twice a year. That way, insects and animals can really feel at home.

  • We fertilize naturally—with our own compost, compost tea, and animal manure.

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Some of our sustainability measures were made possible thanks to a contribution from the EU.

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ECOGELSI: IL RINASCIMENTO VERDE DEL TURISMO MARCHIGIANO

SPESA FINANZIATA A VALERE SUL BANDO

PR MARCHE FESR 2021/2027 - ASSE 1, OS 1.3.3. - INTERVENTO 1.3.3.5, INCENTIVI PER L'INNOVAZIONE D'IMPRESA NELLE RETI DEL TURISMO E PER LO SVILUPPO DEI CLUSTER DI PRODOTTO TURISTICO - IMPRESE SINGOLE 

Questo intervento è realizzato con il contributo dell’Unione europea

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