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Clean Currents Brokers Green Energy Purchase for Legacy Hotel

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ROCKVILLE, MD—Clean Currents, LLC, a Washington, D.C. area clean energy business, announced that it has successfully brokered an arrangement with the Legacy Hotel and Conference Centre to switch 100 percent of its electricity consumption to wind power in an effort to reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions and to encourage energy independence. The hotel will also will participate in Clean Currents’ “Green Your Stay” program that offsets the carbon footprint associated with a night’s stay.

In addition to switching to carbon neutral wind power, the hotel is converting its cleaning products and detergents to more organic, biodegradable solutions and installing recycling baskets in each of its 160 spacious guestrooms.

“We are proud of our commitment to both traditional hospitality and contemporary environmental responsibility,” says Eric Siegel, executive vice president of Cohen Companies, which owns The Legacy Hotel and Meeting Centre. “In addition to purchasing 100 percent wind power, we are enforcing a 100 percent recycling policy, and hope that our guests will join our efforts to reduce the environmental impact of the hotel.”

Possible Green Power Partner

In recognition of its efforts, The Legacy Hotel and Conference Centre has been invited to join the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership program. A review of the EPA’s list of participants shows that this is the first hotel in Montgomery County, Md., to be 100 percent wind powered.

The Legacy Hotel and Conference Centre is one of more than 150 business accounts that have gone green through Clean Currents. Through its innovative Chesapeake Green program, nearly 800 area residents are powering their homes with wind energy.

“More and more businesses are coming to understand that technology exists today to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming,” Gary Skulnik of Clean Currents said. “Businesses can go green, help the environment, and possibly save money when they work with Clean Currents.”

Go to Clean Currents.

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