MANCHESTER, N.H.—Xeros, Inc., a subsidiary of Xeros Ltd., the U.K.-based innovator of an ultra-low water cleaning system, will formally showcase its system to the worldwide commercial laundry market at the June 2013 Clean Show in New Orleans.Xeros has installations underway in three distinct segments of the U.S. commercial laundry market—hotel on premise laundry, industrial laundry and retail dry cleaners.The 2013 Clean Show will be held June 20 to 22 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. In attendance will be Bill Westwater, CEO of Xeros Ltd., along with several of Xeros’ affirmation partners and industry supporters. Seventy Percent...

LONDON—More than 15,000 hotels around the world have so far adopted the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) methodology that allows them, for the first time, to calculate and communicate the carbon footprint of hotel stays and meetings in a consistent and transparent way.This huge achievement is the result of months of hard work by the working group of International Tourism Partnership (ITP), the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and 23 leading global hospitality companies to roll out the methodology to their properties and to communicate the initiative to a wide range of stakeholders—including industry associations, certification bodies and...

SANTA BARBARA—Mighty Bright, designer and manufacturer of LED lighting products, will unveil three new LED task and floor lights designed for corporate workplaces, hospitality environments, and residential interiors markets at NeoCon 2013, June 10 to 12, 2013, at The Merchandise Mart, Chicago.LUX high-performing LED task lights reduce energy usage while enhancing spaces with style. Streamlined and sophisticated, LUX LED Lights are functional, eco-friendly and embody a simple aesthetic elegance, compromising neither form nor function.At NeoCon 2013, Mighty Bright will showcase three new lights designed to enhance spaces and provide the best sustainable lighting available on the market today:•    LUX...

ATLANTA—Onity, a leading provider of electronic locks and energy management solutions, has been selected by Larson Companies to provide the Onity SensorStat DDC Energy Management System (EMS) to a new full-service Holiday Inn in Eau Claire, Wis. Onity is part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.“Through a collaborative effort with Custom Energy Solutions, the company that installed the system, Onity’s SensorStat DDC EMS provides efficient and affordable solutions to conserve energy, improve guest comfort and save money,” said Steve Lyons, product manager, energy management systems, Onity.The SensorStat DDC EMS manages the heating, ventilation...

CAMBRIDGE, OHIO—On a day very soon Ohio State Park Lodges will be buying most of the food served in its restaurants from sustainable sources, generating zero hazardous waste and significantly decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. At least that is the goal for five Ohio State Park Lodges operated by concessioner Xanterra Parks & Resorts. “Our sustainability practices permeate every aspect of our operations—rooms, restaurants, gift shops, swimming pools, marinas—you name it, and as new technologies and products become available, we take a fresh look at what we are doing to see if we can improve upon it,” said Greg Woodland, regional...

NAPLES, FLA.—Industrial Nanotech introduces Nansulate Energy Protect, a clear thermal insulation and mold resistance coating that insulates and reduces energy use in an easy to apply, environmentally friendly liquid coating. The product is designed to increase thermal resistance of windows, walls, ceilings, and skylights of commercial buildings and facilities. It can be used over surfaces without changing their look and can also be painted over with another water-based paint.On windows, the coating allows through approximately 92 percent of visible light and frosts windows for security. It is used over many types of building surfaces such as brick, drywall, finished...

BOURNE, MASS.—Onset, a leader in data loggers and weather stations, announced a new, enhanced version of the company’s HOBOlink web-enabled software platform that provides 24/7 data access and remote management for Onset’s web-based HOBO U30 data logging systems.HOBOlink now makes accessing building performance and weather data faster and more convenient than ever. It enables users to schedule automatic delivery of exported data files, in CSV or XLSX format, via e-mail or FTP. And, users now have the flexibility to configure the data export in a highly customized way. For example, a user who has four HOBO U30 systems measuring...

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA—Ellerman House has launched an initiative to become Cape Town’s most eco-friendly boutique hotel. Through newly implemented green projects such as solar panels, LED light bulbs, heat pumps, earthworm farms and recycling systems, the property aims to be Cape Town’s leader in eco-friendly luxury hospitality by September 2013.In order to measure the carbon footprint for the entire property, including the main house, villas, spa, art gallery and all administrative housing and offices, Ellerman House hired an energy efficiency company, BrightBlack, as a consultant and to administer extensive energy testing. The staff at Ellerman House began taking...

LEESBURG, VA.—REHAU announces the launch of a new online tool for comparing estimated energy savings across numerous window design options. The energy savings estimator, available from a toolbox feature, specifically enables users to compare REHAU’s System 700, 1400 and 4500 and GENEO window designs against wood, aluminum, steel, PVC and other window options.The tool facilitates a tailored energy savings assessment by allowing the user to input a project’s size, geographic location, heating method and price per unit of energy (either Therm or kWh), as well as the heating method’s percentages of efficiency and increased annual costs. By then selecting...

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA—Mario and Annemarie Delicio of Dematech are the owners behind Hotel Verde. Dedicated and passionate about sustainability, they have transformed what was initially just a sensible business proposition into a showcase for some of the most advanced environmentally conscious technological installations as well as construction and operation practices in the world.“We have a responsibility as a company, as an employer and as a visitor on this planet to live as sustainably as possible,” says Mario Delicio. “This is the only way we can survive long-term and hand over to our children in a responsible manner.”Construction on...