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When Nature Calls, even intrepid travels prefer a comfortable reply. |
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| Rating: | Adequate |
| Hours: | Business hours |
| Gender: | Toilets and Urinals |
| Fee: | Free |
| Details: |  clean safe handicap access |
| Style: | Toilets and Urinals |
| Comments: | This reststop is very special. Because people are always coming and going, rest areas are notoriously expensive to heat and cool. Vermont however, created the nationÆs first ôGreen rest-stopö The 24,430-foot deep wells into the ground use the energy stored in the earth (not the groundwater portion of the earth, but the solid rock portion of the earth) to exchange heat, depending on cooling or heating. The buildings and site are designed to take advantage of sunlight to warm buildings, keep their interiors bright and to melt snow. But one of the more interesting components at the rest area is what's called the Living Machine. The greenhouse that visitors see when they drive in is actually a jungle-like biological system. It uses plants and bugs to recycle over two-thirds of the 6,000 gallons these rest stops use ever day. Vermont materials were used to create the stop with one exceptionùthe Living Machine uses a plant species found in Southeast Asia as a tribute to the sacrifices that our veterans made during that war. This rest stop also serves as a Vietnam War Memorial. |
| Rating: | Excellent |
| Hours: | Business hours |
| Gender: | Toilets and Urinals |
| Fee: | Free |
| Details: | clean safe handicap access changing table aesthetically special |
| Style: | Toilets and Urinals |
| Comments: | This reststop is very special. Because people are always coming and going, rest areas are notoriously expensive to heat and cool. Vermont however, created the nationÆs first ôGreen rest-stopö The 24,430-foot deep wells into the ground use the energy stored in the earth (not the groundwater portion of the earth, but the solid rock portion of the earth) to exchange heat, depending on cooling or heating. The buildings and site are designed to take advantage of sunlight to warm buildings, keep their interiors bright and to melt snow. But one of the more interesting components at the rest area is what's called the Living Machine. The greenhouse that visitors see when they drive in is actually a jungle-like biological system. It uses plants and bugs to recycle over two-thirds of the 6,000 gallons these rest stops use ever day. Vermont materials were used to create the stop with one exceptionùthe Living Machine uses a plant species found in Southeast Asia as a tribute to the sacrifices that our veterans made during that war. This rest stop also serves as a Vietnam War Memorial. |