SAINT CHARLES, MO.—Pineapple Hospitality, a leading distributor of green hotel products and marketing programs for the hospitality industry, has added four new product partners: AquaHealth, Evolve Guest Controls, The Green Garmento, and Zero Odor.
“We’re proud to have AquaHealth, Evolve, The Green Garmento, and Zero Odor join us as Pineapple Partners,” says Ray Burger, president of Pineapple Hospitality. “Whether it’s a sustainable water solution, energy controls, greener option for guestroom laundry service, or a unique way to actually eliminate odors instead of masking them, these companies demonstrate how everyone in the green hospitality market can work together to bring a synergistic approach to sustainability.”
AquaHealth Premium Water is a sustainable alternative to traditional bottled water. Using state-of-the-art filtration technology and user-friendly dispensing equipment, AquaHealth provides restaurants and hotels the ability to produce bottled water on site using attractive reusable bottles. AquaHealth allows operators to either use its proprietary brands, AquaHealth and Vivante, or create a custom logo bottle promoting their own brand. Healthy flavor choices give restaurants and hotels even more options to offer guests.
‘Earth Friendly Bottled Water’
This cost-effective solution to traditional bottle water enables operators to maximize their profits while promoting an “Earth Friendly Bottled Water.”
“Each year, there are 37 billion plastic bottles dumped into landfills,” says Barclay Hansen, president, AquaHealth. “There also is waste associated with packaging and shipping bottled water.”
Added to Pineapple’s suite of energy efficiency partners is Evolve Guest Controls. Evolve is an innovative wireless energy management system designed to save 30 to 50 percent on a property’s guestroom utility costs, as well as offering a return on investment of two years or less. The Evolve system includes a keycard reader, a thermostat, replacement switches for the existing light and outlet switches, and plug-in modules for the guestroom. This allows for complete control of HVAC, lighting and TV.
Upon entering their guestrooms, guests initiate control of the lighting, HVAC, television and motorized draperies (where existing) by simply inserting the key card the guest used to open the door into the wall-mounted Evolve key card readers.
While the guests are in their rooms, they have complete control over all devices; the lights, motorized shades/draperies, and TV all work normally and as expected. The thermostat can be adjusted as desired by the guest as well. When guests leave and remove the key card, all lighting devices and television are turned off and the thermostat reverts back to a management-determined setback temperature, thereby eliminating wasteful spending while creating a more sustainable stay.
Eighteen Month ROI in D.C.
“Companies are choosing our system because we help hotels save money, enhance environmental initiatives and improve guest satisfaction,” says Leonard Horowitz, president of Evolve. “A recent installation in Washington, D.C., that has been up and running for four months, has saved more than 193,000 kilowatt hours since the installation was completed, and the hotel is on track to achieve a complete payoff in less than 18 months.”
The Evolve system can easily be retrofitted and is adaptable to any size room or suite. Installation takes less than one hour and can be completed without interruption of normal hotel operations. The system uses a two-way wireless communication protocol to control all of the devices, assuring reliable communication for every command sent.
The Green Garmento reusable laundry bag was introduced to the dry cleaning industry in November 2008. It was created to lessen the estimated 300 million pounds of single-use dry plastic garment covers that annually clog U.S. landfills and waterways and endanger marine and wildlife. The Green Garmento is fast becoming a staple for dry cleaners and is available in a growing number of brick-and-mortar and online retailers.
The Green Garmento has clicked with many hotel operators in the U.S. and internationally. It is being used by hotels as guestroom amenities, for employee dry cleaning, and in gift stores and spas. As a guestroom amenity, it can be used as an in-room laundry bag and take-home gift. If a guest has dry cleaning, The Green Garmento acts as a hanging hamper, then morphs into a VIP delivery bag, and is returned as a hanging garment bag. For employee dry cleaning, each employee gets bags to rotate between home, office or locker room and the dry cleaner. The ID pocket makes it easy for employees to identify their bags and the bags’ full side zippers allow easy access. Some hotels are offering The Green Garmento as a branded gift in their gift stores and spas.
Excited About Partnership
“We are thrilled to be working with Ray and Pineapple Hospitality,” says Rick Siegel, CEO, The Green Garmento. “His commitment to bringing new, innovative and sustainable products to his clients is a great business model for The Green Garmento. We look forward to being part of Pineapple’s impressive group of partners.”
Zero Odor permanently eliminates odor on a molecular level by seeking out and bonding with odor molecules, turning them into non-odor molecules. Essentially all foul and unpleasant odors have a common denominator: they all contain either a sulfur or nitrogen-family molecule in their make-up. The active ingredients in Zero Odor form an irreversible bond with sulfur or nitrogen in gaseous form, which means that any odor that Zero Odor touches is gone forever.
Zero Odor is formulated to leave no scent or fragrance behind—only clean, crisp smelling air. There is a slight “tracer scent” embedded in the product to help consumers know where they have sprayed, but very soon the tracer scent also disappears.
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