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• AH&LA Summer Summit to Feature Green Awards
• Accor’s Plant for the Planet Program to Result in Planting of 200,000 Trees
• Sustainable Restaurant Association Launches Rating System
• Starwood Alliance to Result in 1.3 Megawatt Solar Array at Westin St. John
• Yellowstone's Park Gate Lodges Graduate from Sustainable Business Program
• McCormick Place Achieves Sustainability Standard Certification

vendor news

• Allison Beer McKenzie to Spearhead Seminar at NeoCon
• Shaw Hospitality Group Wins Two Awards at HD Expo
• REHAU Launches Window Design Energy Savings Estimator
• Adoba Hotel Dearborn/Detroit Partners with Stash Hotel Rewards
• HD Supply, Greystar Partner to Plant Trees
• Brentano Adds Two Patterns to Green Line
• Green Wolf Approved as Islandaire Corporate Partner, Reseller
• NSF Launches VOC Emissions Testing, Certification for Furniture
• T2 Releases San Mateo Recycling Bin/Planter Series
• Seresco Adds App to Dehumidifier Monitor/Control Service
• NRA Teams Up with North American LED
• Educational Institute Adds New Safety Source DVDs
• MeetGreen Offers New Sustainability Tool
• American DG Now Operating Chillers at Doral Arrowwood

publisher's point of view

In Hotels Allowing Smoking, Are ‘Nonsmoking’ Rooms a Fantasy? There really is no such thing as a nonsmoking room in a hotel that allows smoking in some of its rooms. Hoteliers who promote guestrooms as nonsmoking rooms in hotels that allow smoking in some areas are deceiving their guests—whether intentionally or not—into thinking they are sleeping in healthy spaces. And, any green lodging or green building certification program that makes room for properties with smoking rooms need to stop, push the restart button, and no longer accept them. Strong words? In case you missed the article that was posted on our website, research conducted by San Diego University and published online in Tobacco Control found strong evidence of third-hand smoke in the nonsmoking rooms of hotels that allocate some rooms as smoking rooms. Read More » News Blog »

guest column

Green Cleaning Starts at the Hotel Door When it comes to green cleaning, an often underemphasized area is the need for matting at all hotel entries. Stopping dust, soils, and contaminants before they ever enter a facility helps reduce the need for cleaning and enhances indoor environmental quality. This is why it makes sense to place effective matting systems at the heart of any green cleaning program. The most effective type of mats are referred to as high-performance mats, which are higher-quality mats that have a performance life of several years. These mats are often part of what is called a soil “source control” strategy. It is common to overlook the impact that sidewalks, parking lots, entries, and other areas can have on the health of the indoor environment. But, as much as 90 percent of the dust and dirt that enters a facility “walks in” through building entries. Read More »

green hotel focus

Starwood Alliance to Result in 1.3 Megawatt Solar Array at Westin St. John ST. JOHN, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and NRG Energy, Inc. announced a new global alliance to expand the use of renewable energy systems at Starwood properties. The alliance will begin with three properties, including the installation of a 1.3 megawatt (MW) solar array at the Westin St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands where NRG will build, own and operate the project. This array will provide clean, efficient power to the resort and help to reduce local air emissions and the impact of shipping on the fragile Caribbean ecosystem by directly reducing demand for diesel fuel imports. NRG will own the solar arrays while Starwood will be the enabling partner. Read More »

personnel profile

Caesars Entertainment’s Eric Dominguez Keeps Company Focused on Efficiency First LAS VEGAS—When studying mechanical engineering at Cornell University, a school well known for its School of Hotel Administration, Eric Dominguez had no intention of entering the hospitality industry. In fact, he wanted to be an aerospace engineer. It was by accident, he says, that he ended up getting into the energy business after college. After accumulating years of diverse experience in that area in both the public and private sectors, it was by fate, Dominguez adds, that he made some connections with Caesars Entertainment. Today, after eight years with Caesars, Dominguez’s responsibilities encompass enterprise utility management, corporate engineering and environmental affairs. Dominguez works at the corporate office of Caesars Entertainment, a 70,000-employee company that now has 52 properties worldwide. Some of those properties include Caesars Palace, Harrah’s, and Paris Las Vegas. Three energy engineers and one environmental engineer report to Dominguez. Read More »