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Starwood’s FuelCell Plant Installation in San Diego Will Be World’s Largest

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Three years after installing its first Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plants at its Sheraton hotels in Edison and Parsippany, N.J., Starwood Hotels...

Sloan’s Uppercut Dual-Flush Flushometer Wins Environmental Product Award

FRANKLIN PARK, ILL.—Sloan Valve Company’s Uppercut Dual-Flush Flushometer has been chosen as one of the top 10 green building products for 2006 by Sustainable...

Historic Willard InterContinental Hot in Pursuit of Sustainability

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Led by general manager Herve Houdre, the Willard InterContinental Washington, just two blocks from the White House, is on the road to becoming...

Air Cycle’s Bulb Eater Takes Bite Out of Fluorescent Elimination Costs

BROADVIEW, ILL.—Air Cycle Corp. introduces its Premium Bulb Eater. It not only crushes fluorescent lamps of any length into 100 percent recyclable material, but...

EPA’s Energy Star Program Offers Myriad Benefits for Hotel Operators

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program has come a long way since it was first introduced in 1992. Then, it was a...

Higher Gas Prices Causing Many Americans to Alter Vacations

NEW YORK—While two-thirds of American families say they haven’t yet scaled back their summer vacations because of higher gas prices, the other one-third are...

One Man’s Garbage is Another Man’s Vintage at San Francisco Marriott

SAN FRANCISCO—From the hotel’s subterranean compactor, to the sun-kissed vineyards of Napa and Sonoma, to the elegant tables of the hotel’s lounges, the San...

Krystal Aire Inn & Suites Installs Odor-Neutralizing Light Bulbs

SPRINGFIELD, MO.—Less than two years after opening as the first all nonsmoking hotel in Missouri’s third-largest city, Springfield’s Krystal Aire Inn & Suites recently...

Time to go Tankless? On Demand Water Heaters Keep Energy Costs...

NATIONAL REPORT—If you wanted just one hot cup of coffee, would you keep the kettle burning 24 hours a day? Does not make much...

Formaldehyde IAQ Exposure Back in the News: What You Need to...

MARIETTA, GA.—Formaldehyde is an important chemical used widely by industry to manufacture building materials and numerous household products. It is also a by-product of...