SANDSTON, VA.—Organic waste recycling has become a major topic in recent months with many states implementing organic waste mandates for businesses. Reducing a hotel’s food waste can promote a brand’s environmentally-friendly status as well as generate purchasing savings and reduce hauling costs.Glasdon, a leading supplier of recycling bins and trash cans, presents their best-selling food waste recycling bin, the Nexus Shuttle. Ideal for kitchens and food preparation areas, the Nexus Shuttle has proved popular amongst restaurants and hotels and is ideal for collecting organic waste scraps and unwanted food.The unit offers a small footprint to ensure that it takes...

WHEELING, ILL.—Drawing inspiration from Brentano’s successful pattern Equinox, Solstice—redesigned for indoor/outdoor applications—joins the new Cityscape collection. Representing Brentano’s collaboration with Sunbrella Contract, the pattern joins the collection with notable recognition. Solstice achieved an IIDA/HD Product Design Award at the HD Expo show this past May; and, at NeoCon, the textile was awarded with a HiP Award (Honoring Industry People and Innovative Products) from Interior Design magazine and the #MetropolisLikes Award for excellence in aesthetics and functionality from Metropolis magazine. Inspired by the constellations themselves, Solstice is designed for indoor and outdoor usage. The 54” upholstery offers stain resistance and bleach...

ODESSA, FLA.—Hasek Communications, the Odessa, Fla.-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes PragmaTech Ltd. as a Founding Sponsor. Thanks to the power of the “Internet of Things”, PragmaTech has developed tools to combine its expertise in solid waste equipment with an advanced ERP/CRM platform called Pandora Intelligent Networks. Customers experience significantly improved waste management, recycling, and sustainability achievements; and improved asset management results from PragmaTech’s ability to collect and analyze data generated from waste equipment.  PragmaTech’s fullness monitoring capabilities typically result in 30 percent to 50 percent savings off one’s total waste haulage bill. The data collected allows PragmaTech...

SMYRNA, TENN.—Franke Foodservice Systems announce that their variable speed kitchen ventilation control system, called VariVent, has been awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2016 Energy Star Emerging Technology Award. As a recipient of the 2016 Energy Star Award, VariVent is recognized as a promising technology that has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to high standards set by the EPA. Franke’s VariVent is an exhaust management system that offers savings on energy consumption for exhaust fan motors and HVAC systems. Without an exhaust management system, exhaust fans typically run at 100 percent regardless of the cooking load....

BEACON FALLS, CONN.—Lavatec Laundry Technology announced that industry veteran Jim Slatcher has joined the company as Western Regional Sales Manager. A second generation laundry industry manager with over 30 years of operations experience, he will be responsible for developing and expanding Lavatec’s presence in 10 states, including Alaska and Hawaii.For the last 11 years, Slatcher has managed his own consulting company where he assisted clients in the design, management and build out phases of new facilities, in addition to financial and operational optimization. He also managed an OPL in Mesquite, Nev. for the last four years. Slatcher’s career has...

ODESSA, FLA.—Hasek Communications, the Odessa, Fla.-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Glasdon, Inc. as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Glasdon has significant experience providing tailored and effective waste management solutions to a number of organizations both large and small. From reception spaces to guestrooms to dining areas, Glasdon’s range of capacities, styles and colors can accommodate any lodging environment. Glasdon can personalize bins. The company also supplies coordinating trash containers and ash receptacles. Call (855) 874-5273, e-mail info@glasdon.com, or live chat at www.glasdon.com.

ODESSA, FLA.—Hasek Communications, the Odessa, Fla.-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes RieNu by Riegel as a Founding Sponsor. RieNu by Riegel is the first to market recycled table linen product. Made from recycled water bottles—the process includes collection, sanitizing, melting and extruding that molten material into yarn which is then woven and dyed to make RieNu.Riegel is one of six divisions under the Mount Vernon Mills, Inc. umbrella. Riegel is the division and brand name that services the hospitality industry. Riegel has earned the brand standard for every major North American hotel chain in the table linen category...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ATLANTA—Epsten Group, a global leader in sustainable design and consulting services, has announced that its President and CEO, Dagmar Epsten, FAIA, LEED Fellow, has transferred ownership of the firm to the existing senior management staff. The new principals, consisting of William D’Onofrio, AIA; Pete Choquette, AIA; Darren Draper, PE; and Lauren Wallace, assumed ownership of the firm on July 1, 2016.D’Onofrio, who will become the Director of Operations for the firm, says its clients and 55 employees will experience a seamless transition. “The new ownership group has managed the day-to-day technical services of the firm for the past...

ATLANTA—UPS’s 14th annual Sustainability Report provides a comprehensive update on the company’s sustainability efforts, including an announcement that the company has achieved its goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned.“We had a big sustainability goal as we set out to make the most of our rolling laboratory by driving 1 billion clean miles in alternative fuel vehicles—that’s the equivalent of well over 4,000 trips to the moon,” said David Abney, Chairman and CEO, UPS. “While attaining this goal is new, our commitment to seeking out alternative fuels...

EVERETT, WASH.—Electric Mirror, a global leader in mirror technology, unveiled the next generation of its patented and energy-savings Keen Technology, which offers improved functionality and is now available at a lower cost.Keen allows hotel end users to individualize their lighted mirror experience by choosing from eight different lighting levels, as well as a night glow mode, which serves as a night light. Keen includes a function that automatically reduces the light level by 50 percent after being on for an hour, offering significant energy savings.One of the biggest benefits of the new Keen technology is that it is significantly...