WASHINGTON, D.C.—Green Seal invites the public to participate in the development of proposed revisions to the Green Seal Standard for Hotels and Lodging Properties (GS-33). The goals of the revision are to: ensure that the requirements are clear and equitable to all applicants, while upholding leadership and protection levels; ensure that the criteria are defined precisely in order to minimize the need for interpretation; modify requirements where necessary, so that they are practical to review and enforce; update the standard to reflect innovations and current practices in the hospitality industry; and streamline the certification review process, where possible.
The proposed revision includes the following changes:
• Reorganize the standard so that each criterion includes the requirements for all three certification levels (Bronze, Silver, and Gold) in a single section;
• Consolidate all of the purchasing requirements into one section;
• Add third-party certified products as an option for meeting the purchasing requirements;
• Modify criteria that were vague or impractical to certify; and
• Add a Gold-level optional criterion for Management of Resource Use.
The Proposed Revision is open for comment until Thursday, January 30, 2014.
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