Practicing
Sustainability
Seeking An Eco Friendly Vacation
We wanted to show that the travel and lodging sector doesn’t need to be an industry of excess. That it is possible to enjoy the beauty of nature in luxury and be environmentally responsible.
Shrink
Shrink your carbon footprint. We shrunk our physical footprint. We built the smallest structure size that would allow us the function we wanted – sleeping 4 people comfortably with a fully functional kitchen and bathroom. By staying as small as possible it minimized the space we would need to heat, cool, and maintain.
Insulate
We made sure to over-insulate our exterior envelope and created thermal bridging by wrapping the entire structure in 1” of rigid foam board before adding siding. Our double-wall treehouse design saves energy and keeps you comfortable year-round.
Production
Produce our own electricity. With solar panel technology advancing so rapidly while prices decrease and tax credit incentives increase-solar energy has never been so within reach. After installing our 150 solar panels our five-cabin development is completely carbon neutral.
Going Above and Beyond
We’ve taken our efforts to the next level by focusing on conservation at our property. We’ve restricted development on our land to just 3% of our acreage. This means that 97% of our land has been kept wild. This provides ample habitat for a wide range of wildlife that enriches our ecosystem and our lives. Further, being tree houses, off the ground, or hobbit homes built into the ground, our getaways do not impede the normal movement and ranging of wildlife as conventional structures do. This is at the heart of what we mean when we say “eco friendly vacation.
Even the 3% of our property that has been developed has been considered carefully. All the trees that had to be harvested from that land have been allocated for use locally on the property. Several architectural features of our tree houses have been built with this locally harvested wood. All of this is in our effort for minimizing the carbon footprint and maximizing the ecological efficiency of our building process. We’ve also prioritized the most sustainable options whenever possible. Every appliance in our getaways is electric, and that electricity is sustainably produced with solar panels. All our fixtures and appliances are energy efficient as well, saving clean, green electricity from our solar panels for other uses.
Cradle-To-Cradle Design
In industries, it’s common to think of product life cycles as “cradle-to-grave” in describing their journey from production all the way to being ultimately discarded. At Purposely Lost, we follow a design philosophy called “cradle-to-cradle” that focuses on the idea that even at the end of their first useful life, products and materials can have additional useful life cycles. This is why so much of our various buildings are built from recycled and reclaimed materials. By building with materials that were destined for the discard pile, we further reduce the carbon footprint and the new resources used in creating our incredible getaways. We are committed to holistic and complete green thinking about our business and our world. We want to invite you to be a part of our eco friendly vacation revolution.
Testimonials
What Our Guests Say
Michelle Olson-Rogers
What an amazingly perfect experience we had at the Hobbit Home, Fern Hollow! True Lord of the Ring fans here, it was everything we dreamed of and more. The furnishings and kitchen were top of the line and the attention to detail, amazing. You can tell they put a lot of thought into this property! Highly recommend for a family of 4 or two couples looking to getaway. Loved it!
Kajal D.
Can’t have enough words to express my feelings about. Purposely lost. Such an amazing feeling. We stayed at Hobbit House. It was a great & life time experience. What a beautiful place. Everyone must try this place once in their lifetime. Highly recommended. Thanks Peter for making such a wonderful place.
