Glenn Hasek

Glenn Hasek is the editor of GreenLodgingNews.com, which is based in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. Glenn can be reached at editor@greenlodgingnews.com.

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Syracuse's Hotel Skyler Becomes Third LEED-Platinum Hotel
By Glenn Hasek, December 02, 2011
After more than 18 months of work, the Woodbine Group's 58-room hotel has landed the coveted top green ranking from the US Green Building Council. Here are some of the building's green features.......
Hilton LightStay Program Cuts Hotel Energy Use by 6.6%, Saves $74M
By Glenn Hasek, October 25, 2011
The global hotel chain announced the 2010 results of its sustainability measurement system, finding significant cuts in energy use, emissions, waste and water use....
Hyatt Cuts Energy, Water & Waste by 10% on Path to 2015 Green Goals
By Glenn Hasek, August 30, 2011
The hotel chain's vice president of corporate responsibility says green teams have been key to the company's success in making progress on its 2015 sustainability goals....
Westin Copley's $18M Renovation Boosts Hotel's Green Efforts
By Glenn Hasek, January 10, 2011
An $18 million renovation project at the Westin Copley Place in Boston is expected to lengthen the hotel's list of environmental achievements and efficiencies....
Parking Lots to Do Double Duty as Water Heaters, Chillers
By Glenn Hasek, October 25, 2010
Long derided as a waste of space and a symbol of sprawl, the heat energy in the pavement in your lot could soon be used to heat hot water or be used in absorption chillers to provide cooling......
Optional Hotel Housekeeping: Radical Concept or Great Idea?
By Glenn Hasek, September 23, 2010
When you offer travelers something they like over and over, or just about anything repeatedly, they will come to expect it. That's certainly been the case with towel and linen reuse programs. Will......
Element Hotels Send an Earth Day Message with Bottles
By Glenn Hasek, April 08, 2010
Starwood's Element hotels in the U.S. are celebrating Earth Day with an "I Am Not a Plastic Package" campaign that awards a free night stay to 100 guests who each bring in 10 single-use......
Are Certification Groups Blowing the Connection Between Smoking and Green Hotels?
By Glenn Hasek, March 18, 2010
Given the overwhelming evidence about the dangers of second- and third-hand smoke, a case can be made that a hotel cannot truly be considered a green lodging until it is free of tobacco smoke......
The Importance of Making Safety a Cornerstone of Sustainable Buildings
By Glenn Hasek, December 09, 2009
Going green means nothing when safety is not a priority. The opening of CityCenter in Las Vegas and a soon-to-be released study that will appear in The American Journal of Industrial Medicine......
Five States, One City Add Green Hotel Certification Programs
By Glenn Hasek, November 19, 2009
In recent weeks, five states and one city have launched green lodging certification programs....

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