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Cooking, cooling, washing and drying all consume large amounts of energy and water. By simply using Energy Star-qualified equipment, a hotel operator can sharply reduce resource consumption. The kitchen and laundry can also be large waste generators. Got news or a story idea to share? Contact Glenn Hasek, editor, at (813) 510-3868, or by e-mail at: greenlodgingnews@gmail.com.

Kitchen & Laundry

Home Kitchen & Laundry
Cooking, cooling, washing and drying all consume large amounts of energy and water. By simply using Energy Star-qualified equipment, a hotel operator can sharply reduce resource consumption. The kitchen and laundry can also be large waste generators. Got news or a story idea to share? Contact Glenn Hasek, editor, at (813) 510-3868, or by e-mail at: greenlodgingnews@gmail.com.

New Product Installations Help Atlanta Marriott Marquis Save Big

ATLANTA—Atlanta Marriott Marquis has implemented several high-tech energy saving management systems. Beginning this month, all 1,569 guestrooms and 94 suites will feature a door switch and a motion detecting thermostat that are tied into the central energy management system server (EMS). Upon door switch activation, the motion detector looks for movement. Once movement is detected, the room goes into occupied mode and the guest has full control of the guestroom heating and cooling. When the door switch is activated upon the guest leaving the room, the motion detector automatically searches for movement and if none is detected, the temperature...

Green Lodging News Adds Totally Green as Directory Partner

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Totally Green as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Totally Green’s ORCA Green Machine turns food waste into a water effluent in 24 hours, using the company’s proprietary microorganism solution and Bio-Chips to thoroughly digest food waste. The result is nutrient-rich grey water that can be sent into the sewer system or repurposed. The ORCA Green Machine offers an environmentally-friendly method of on-site food waste disposal. The machine is available in three sizes, processing 600, 1,200 or 2,400 pounds of food per day. The ORCA Green...

Westin Hotels & Resorts Rolls Out Global Wellness Program for 25,000 Associates

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Westin Hotels & Resorts announced the launch of a global, brand-wide Associate Enrichment Program that will introduce the brand’s “Elements of Well Being Platform” to its associates around the world through key touch points. Borrowing from the brand’s signature guest experiences, Westin will now make available special programs for associates designed to inspire healthy choices and overall well-being both in and out of the workplace. The three main components of the enrichment program, SuperFoodsRx, WestinWORKOUT and Breathe Westin, will be extended into each property’s back-of-the-house and a designated “Well Ambassador” at the hotel will be charged with overseeing...

Water Wise Group’s Greywater System Selected as Top Product

TEMPLETON, CALIF.—The Aqua2use Greywater System from Water Wise Group has been selected as one of the Top-10 Green Products for 2012 by the editors of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec. This tenth annual award recognizes the most innovative and exciting green building products added to the GreenSpec Directory during the past year or covered in Environmental Building News. Water Wise Group’s Aqua2use Greywater System is a cost-effective solution to recycle water from showers, baths, and washing machines and reuse it for outdoor drip irrigation. The greywater is filtered through a progressive filtration technology without using any chemicals, and is immediately...

Peabody Orlando Adds New Composting Program

ORLANDO, FLA.—The Peabody Orlando announced the launch of its new Organics Recycling Program. The compost program is in partnership with Waste Management, Inc. of Florida and is the first of its kind in the Orlando area. The Peabody Orlando plans to roll out the new program in the hotel’s banquet kitchen and looks to expand the initiative to all of its other food and beverage outlets in the near future. “We are pleased to be one of the first hotel properties in Orlando to launch such a program,” stated Michael Jueds, director of engineering, The Peabody Orlando. “At The Peabody...

The Shortest Way to a Guest’s Heart is Through Food

Unless incredibly eco minded, the majority of guests don’t want to hear about a hotel’s greening efforts around reductions in water, waste, energy and chemicals. Happily, the same is not true when it comes to food—a good story around food that’s local creates a unique and memorable dining experience, and adds great value to a guest stay. Letting the guest in on a story about the fungi forager who brings locally foraged mushrooms or fiddleheads to your menu, or details on the Nubian goats at a neighboring farm that produce the chevre for your velvety cheese cake, just makes food...

Alliance Promotes Bill Brooks to National Sales Manager of UniMac

RIPON, WIS.—Alliance Laundry Systems announced that Bill Brooks has been promoted to national sales manager of UniMac. Brooks will be responsible for overseeing sales of the UniMac brand in the United States and Canada. UniMac is a market leader in providing heavy-duty commercial laundry equipment to a wide range of industries, including hotels, long-term care facilities and fire departments. Brooks joined Alliance in 1990 and has held several positions during his tenure. He most recently worked as the national accounts sales manager, where he coordinated national account sales activities for Alliance. He is an expert in the OPL industry and...

Buttermilk Falls Inn Opens Henry’s Farm to Table Restaurant

MILTON, N.Y.—The recent opening of Henry’s Farm to Table restaurant at , in the 300-year-old Hudson River-side hamlet of Milton, N.Y., completes the property’s evolution from charming bed and breakfast to country chic resort—one with a decidedly green sensibility. The new contemporary American 60-seat dining destination restaurant embraces the locavore movement by sourcing locally to showcase the bounty of the Hudson Valley. Indeed, Henry’s Farm to Table reflects its name literally since much of the produce and eggs used by executive chef Paul Kelly comes from Buttermilk’s on-site 40-acre working organic farm—Millstone. Daily, Chef Kelly’s team harvests organic greens, vegetables,...

IHMRS to Debut New Hotel F&B Zone at November Event

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—An edited exhibit division of statement-making products for hotel, resort and casino food and beverage operations will debut at the 2011 International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show (IHMRS), November 12 to 15, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The Hotel F&B Zone will feature manufacturers and distributors of bar equipment; beer, wine and spirits; software and technology; buffet ware and catering accessories; and specialty food and beverages. “The Hotel F&B Zone was created to accommodate the sourcing needs of food and beverage executives from across the country who attend the IHMRS annually, offering them a...

Green Path America Now Selling ORCA Composting Machines

ARLINGTON, VA.—Green Path America has partnered with Totally Green as a sales agent of Totally Green’s ORCA Composting Solutions for the Hospitality Industry. The ORCA Green Machine works by utilizing non-hazardous microorganisms in conjunction with biochips. It comes in three sizes, suited to meet the needs of most industrial kitchens, and is fully self-contained. Use of composting practices is widespread in Europe and Asia, but still rare in the American marketplace. The Dallas Cowboys organization is the first U.S. sports franchise to install one of the sophisticated reactors. Nick Sciurba, business development director of Green Path America, said he expects...