Glenn Hasek
EPA Announces New Energy Star Requirements for Televisions
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the completion of updates to the Energy Star requirements for televisions and cable and satellite...
Pan Pacific Seattle Steps Up CSR Commitment
SEATTLE—One of the Pacific Northwest’s most experienced sustainability leaders is helping to transform the Pan Pacific Seattle hotel into a model of corporate social...
Home Page Green Marketing Requirement Gets Me Thinking
This past week I spoke with Kit Cassingham, owner of the Environmentally Friendly Hotels website (see article), about her decision to strengthen the criteria...
Motel 6 Contest Yields Energy Savings of More Than $200,000
DALLAS—Motel 6, known for providing guests with a clean, comfortable room at a low price, announces the winners of the brand’s 2010 “Phoenix My...
Environmentally Friendly Hotels Site Owner Raises Bar for Inclusion, Thousands of...
RIDGWAY, COLO.—The number of green lodging properties represented on the Environmentally Friendly Hotels website is being reduced dramatically as the owner raises the bar...
Seyfarth Shaw Launches Green Marketing Compliance Team
CHICAGO—In response to the increasing need for manufacturers and retailers to market the “green” attributes of their products and services effectively and legally, Seyfarth...
Shaw Plant Receives Facility of the Year Award
DALTON, GA.—The California Water Environment Association (CWEA) has named Shaw Industries Group Inc.’s Santa Fe Springs, Calif. plant “Facility of the Year.” The award...
Cornell Studies Guest Reactions to Energy Saving Initiatives
ITHACA, N.Y.—In one of the first empirical studies of the effects of energy saving treatments on hotel guests’ satisfaction, Cornell University researchers have found...
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Commit to Go Dark for Earth Hour
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Starwood is switching off on March 26—but just for one hour, and for a great cause. The global hospitality leader will once...
Green Lodging News Adds Essentia as Directory Partner
CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Essentia as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Essentia’s mattresses include...
