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In less than a year, new leadership has brought out the greenest in every department and made a Chicago hotel a more sustainable home away from home.
by Glenn Hasek
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Full of character and more durable than virgin material, reclaimed and recycled woods also help hotels and other buildings achieve LEED status.
by Glenn Hasek
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The energy management tool, which helps companies track energy and water use across entire portfolios of buildings, gets a complete upgrade.
by Glenn Hasek
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The hotel giant is expanding its environmental initiatives to align its future growth with environmental and social responsibility, while also helping its guests reduce their impacts.
by Glenn Hasek
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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.
by Glenn Hasek
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The global hotel chain announced the 2010 results of its sustainability measurement system, finding significant cuts in energy use, emissions, waste and water use.
by Glenn Hasek
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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 poisons.
by Glenn Hasek
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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 highlight the importance of safety in the workplace.
by Glenn Hasek
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In recent weeks, five states and one city have launched green lodging certification programs.
by Glenn Hasek
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The concept of green meetings should be more clearly defined by year's end under proposed Green Meeting and Events Voluntary Standards that are being reviewed by stakeholders from industries ranging from lodging to transportation.
by Glenn Hasek
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Three of the largest U.S.-based hotel companies -- Hilton Hotels Corp., Wyndham Worldwide and Marriott International -- are now walking their green talk at their headquarters by making their home offices more eco-friendly.
by Glenn Hasek
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China is looking to build 10,000 green hotels in the next three-and-a-half years, starting with 1,000 before 2009 closes and upping the ante each year through 2012.
by Glenn Hasek
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Historically, owners of lodging establishments throughout the United States and Canada have ignored the sun as a source of potential energy to heat water. Whether because of concerns about cost or misperceptions about how solar thermal technology works, solar hot water heating systems have been rare. But now that's all beginning to change.
by Glenn Hasek