ODESSA, FLA.—Green Lodging News has added Hotel Sustainability Solutions, Inc. (HSSI) as a Founding Sponsor at the Bronze level. HSSI is led by Charles A. Smith, CEO.
HSSI focuses on the hospitality market with the analyzing, designing, implementing, and monitoring of individual and portfolio properties nationwide. HSSI has developed a client sustainability platform having 34 sustainability initiatives, which was a recipient of the prestigious California Governor’s GEELA Award (Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award).
Smith is also CEO of Integrated Sustainability Solutions, Inc. (ISSI). ISSI uses a unique integration approach to assist the underwriting of costs to achieve impacting results. Financing models, depreciation schedules, energy efficient incentives, tax incentives and rebates are all factored in, to maximize ownership benefits.
Smith also leads Stonebridge Sustainability Solutions, Inc. (SSSI) as CEO. SSSI, through a patented and proprietary advanced technology (Gold Seal Industries), focuses on waste conversion to valuable market demanded commodities. SSSI offers solutions that address catastrophic wildfires, water and soil contamination, water recapture, emergency disaster relief, renewable energy generation, biofuels, sanitation and more. The technology generates zero emissions, eliminates land fill deposits, requires no grid connection and is mobile to waste generation locations.
The Power of Window Film
Smith also represents Window Film Depot, a commercial window film and graphics installer. Window film is a first step in achieving reduced capex (solar, HVAC) and reduced operating expenditures inclusive of energy efficiency, emission reductions (GHG), lighting and control systems, and carbon reduction. PACE financing, available rebates, and tax incentives all assist in underwriting project costs. In addition to a wide range of 3M film products, Window Film Depot, through its patented and clear security films, offers DefenseLite and Bulletshield “Keeping out the bad guys” and “Body Armor for Windows”.
Services from Verdafero, Inc. are also available through Smith. Verdafero is one of the top recognized EnergyStar certified professional engineering consultancy firms in the United States. Verdafero Insights is a patented Software-as-a-Service platform designed to securely monitor, analyze, and report across utilities for any size property portfolio. Verdafero Insights can also be used to detect utility leaks, theft, and efficiencies as well as to forecast trends. Verdafero Insights can also identify upgrade projects to head off future issues, save money and increase operating profits and automatically calculate GHG emissions for ESG and sustainability reporting.
For more information, contact Newport Beach, Calif.-based Charles A. Smith at (412) 445-4237, e-mail chuck@hotelsustainabilityinc.com, or go to https://hotelsustainabilityinc.com.
Glenn Hasek can be reached at greenlodgingnews@gmail.com.
