RENO—Being part of the unique high desert canvas of Reno-Tahoe has inspired the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino to adopt sweeping green initiatives to dramatically reduce the resort’s carbon footprint. For several years the resort has been mindful to minimize the impact of operations on the environment while maintaining a premiere level of service and experience for guests. The resort has used geothermal energy to heat the domestic hot water for the Tuscany Tower, including the 43,000 square foot Spa Toscana and Fitness Center as well as the two outdoor swimming pools and spas, since the 2007 expansion project. With...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Verve Living Systems as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Verve Living Systems is the one of the innovative brands of Masco Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of brand-name products for the home improvement and new home construction markets. Verve products include wireless, battery-less sensors and controls that can be easily installed in minutes using existing resources. When combined with its HVAC setback module or thermostat and its in-line switch module, Verve Living Systems’ wireless occupancy sensors can be used...

OSHKOSH, WIS.—Continental Girbau Inc. recently introduced the Continental Pro-Series natural gas Heated-Chest Ironer. The new natural gas model—delivering 90 percent efficiency—complements the Pro-Series Heated-Chest Ironer line, which also includes steam and thermal fluid models. Offering single-roll configuration and finishing widths of 130 and 138 inches, the Pro-Series natural gas ironers are designed to fit the needs of a variety of high-volume laundry applications. Continental’s new Pro-Series ironer works by using natural gas to heat thermal fluid. The ironer features a rear-mounted natural gas boiler. “Because of the on-board, natural gas boiler, and its patented coil design, the chance of oil...

SATELLITE BEACH, FLA.—At a press conference held recently in India, Lighting Science Group, a maker of LED lighting solutions, and Dixon Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., an electronics products manufacturer in India, unveiled one of their first joint products: a high-performance, sub-$15 omnidirectional 60-watt equivalent A19 LED bulb that will be available in India by the end of the year and will be sold worldwide by Lighting Science Group early next year. Utilizing Lighting Science Group’s technical design, the bulb is the first in a series of products being jointly manufactured and distributed by the two companies. The full line of...

MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Telkonet, Inc., developer of the EcoSmart energy management platform incorporating patented Recovery Time technology, announced that it will install its EcoSmart Suite energy management platform at the Westin Alexandria Hotel, owned by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, LLC and located in the exclusive Carlyle section of Old Town Alexandria, Va. Telkonet’s EcoSmart platform will control existing water source heat pumps in each of the 341 luxury rooms and 7 luxury suites of the hotel—an upgrade that complements many green initiatives already in place. The EcoSmart products will be networked using a wireless communications infrastructure consisting of EcoWave wireless thermostats and...

RIPON, WIS.—UniMac, a leading provider of on-premises laundry equipment, announced that its networked control—UniLinc—is now available on tumblers. UniMac is the first manufacturer to offer the same control for washer-extractors and tumblers. It’s a total laundry control system for laundry managers who seek to simplify the operation of their equipment and improve the efficiency of their laundry facilities. UniMac expanded UniLinc’s use to the company’s line of tumblers in response to customer demands. The control was initially launched in 2006 and was designed to operate washer-extractors. “UniLinc allows laundry managers to accurately measure their facility’s performance so they can implement policies...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Eco Smart Energy as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Eco Smart Energy LLC is a distributor of the highly efficient Sun Equinox solar hot water system. The Sun Equinox System can be engineered to produce hot water for any hotel application. Sun Equinox can be used as a pre-heat system for pools, spas, and motel and hotel laundry rooms. Typical savings range from 25 percent up to 60 percent in gas or electricity bills. Thousands of systems have been installed around the world—all producing more than...

CHICAGO—With four years to go until 2015—the target year for reaching its energy, water, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste reduction goals—Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is making significant progress. According to Brigitta Witt, vice president corporate responsibility for the company, energy, water and waste have been reduced by 10 percent since 2006 at approximately 200 full-service, Hyatt-managed hotels around the world. There have also been substantial cuts in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions since 2009, the year Hyatt began tracking emissions. “We have been tracking energy and water since 1994,” Witt says. “We saw there was a...

SAN FRANCISCO—BuildingIQ, a leading energy management software company, has relocated its global headquarters to the United States. With new offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northeastern United States, BuildingIQ expands its global presence and continues to redefine the way energy is managed in commercial buildings. BuildingIQ’s expansion to the United States comes at a time when power grids struggle to cope with increasing energy demand. BuildingIQ’s unique software solutions lower energy consumption and connect commercial buildings to the Smart Grid, reducing peak power loads in commercial buildings without costly upgrades or capital expenditures. In a variety of installations...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Aquatherm Industries as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Aquatherm provides hybrid solar pool heating systems for hotels and resorts. A hybrid solar pool heating system can reduce 40 percent to 60 percent of the annual gas used to heat a year-round pool (the solar contribution is even higher for pools that are not heated year-round and can range up to 100 percent.) A typical gas pool heater uses around 8 therms per square foot of pool surface per year to maintain a constant temperature of approximately...