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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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Her financial background wins support, but her grassroots employee efforts for energy efficiency and water conservation deliver results.
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By the end of the 1980s, Varese Ligure was becoming a dying town. Then its mayor embraced environmental stewardship, and everything changed.
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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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The InterContinental San Francisco has brought carsharing, one of the few available Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrids and a charging station to the hotel, broadening the environmental portfolio of the LEED-Gold rated property.
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TIAA-CREF, Jones Lang LaSalle and Prudential are among the large-scale real estate managers that are saving tens of millions of dollars in energy costs every year through improved efficiency and green upgrades.
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Anyone with an interest in the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating and assessment systems can weigh in on what will become the next version of LEED.
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The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy honored five energy efficiency programs in Colorado, New York, Hawaii and Maryland in the organization's awards competition for exceptional state-led efforts.
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The Element hotel line, the eco-chic brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc, has developed a green hotel prototype and obtained LEED pre-certification of the design.
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Marriott International has introduced a design prototype for a LEED-certified hotel, an industry first, and has already scheduled a new Courtyard Hotel in South Carolina to be constructed according to the green building plan.
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Marriott International, a green leader in the hospitality industry, plans to grow its portfolio of eco-friendly properties to a total of 300 LEED-certified hotels in the next five years, the company said today.
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The upscale <a href='http://www.kimptonhotels.com'>Kimpton hotels</a> are pursuing <a href='http://www.greenseal.org/'>Green Seal</a> certification for their 50 properties and are already within reach of attaining the goal.<br />
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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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In a town where green building is the latest rage among mega resorts and gaming palaces, the Las Vegas Sands Corporation has upped the ante on eco-friendly development and business operations with the launch of a sustainability program for its properties in Vegas and beyond.
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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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A team entry submitted by design firms WATG and IDEO earned the top honor in the U.S. Green Building Council's inaugural Sustainable Suite Design Competition.<br />
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An eight-story former Santa Fe Railroad freight terminal and commercial dry goods warehouse has become a 193-room Aloft hotel, marking the Starwood brand's first foray into adaptive reuse.