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With thousands of announcements each year regarding new green products and services, it is important to have one “go to” news source. Green Lodging News includes product news and much more. Got news to share? Contact Glenn Hasek, Green Lodging News, editor, at (813) 510-3868, or contact him by e-mail at: greenlodgingnews@gmail.com. Articles posted in the Vendor News section are press releases submitted by vendors and/or their public relations representatives. They are occasionally written by the editor.

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With thousands of announcements each year regarding new green products and services, it is important to have one “go to” news source. Green Lodging News includes product news and much more. Got news to share? Contact Glenn Hasek, Green Lodging News, editor, at (813) 510-3868, or contact him by e-mail at: greenlodgingnews@gmail.com. Articles posted in the Vendor News section are press releases submitted by vendors and/or their public relations representatives. They are occasionally written by the editor.

BioHiTech Global Sets Quarterly Sales Record

CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y.—BioHiTech Global, Inc., a green technology company that provides data-driven solutions for food waste disposal, recorded a new quarterly record with 20 new Eco-Safe Digester orders from commercial customers across the United States and abroad in the first quarter of 2016. Camelback Resort, an interactive mountain resort in the Pocono Mountains, has placed an initial order for two Eco-Safe Digesters adding to BioHiTech’s family entertainment customer roster.Camelback Resort includes Camelback Lodge and Aquatopia—the biggest indoor waterpark in the Northeast. The 453-room lodge offers mountain activities from skiing and snowboarding to Pennsylvania’s largest outdoor water park and zip...

MeetGreen Joins Forces with Give2Get

PORTLAND, ORE.—MeetGreen has joined forces with Give2Get (formerly CorpsGiving) to help meeting and event professionals organize and produce service projects in conjunction with their events. These projects will help to engage attendees, benefit the organization, and strengthen the local community while providing a fun and meaningful event experience. MeetGreen has 20+ years of sustainable event planning experience and Give2Get has 15+ years of volunteer organization experience.It can be difficult to plan a community service project as part of a conference or event, especially when a group is unfamiliar with the event location. How does the activity and organization align...

Verdafero Adds Predictive Analytics to Utility Analytics Platform

SAN FRANCISCO—Verdafero Inc. announces a new predictive analytics service module for its Utility Analytics Software Platform. This new capability allows Verdafero’s commercial and hospitality property customers to forecast future usage and costs of their utilities for individual buildings or their entire property portfolio based on real-world influencing factors such as weather, events and utility price increases.By helping commercial property owners and operators better understand their utility usage now and in the future, this new predictive capability can help them control utility consumption and costs, budget for future expenses and predict asset value increases all at the touch of a...

CBC Flooring Rolls Out Mature Select Sheet Flooring by TOLI

CARY, N.C.—CBC Flooring, a sustainability-focused flooring company whose brands are synonymous with quality and environmental responsibility, announces the rollout of the new Mature Select premium resilient sheet flooring from TOLI International. Combining an expanded collection of woodgrain and natural fleck patterns with a unique two-tier, no-wax wear layer that delivers long-lasting, maintenance-free performance especially designed for high-traffic commercial flooring applications, Mature Select premium resilient sheet flooring, available exclusively from CBC Flooring, delivers an ideal balance of strength, affordability, and durability.Developed as the next generation of TOLI’s industry-standard Mature commercial sheet flooring, the new Mature Select product line provides interior...

American Window Film Now Installing 3M Thinsulate Film

FOXBORO, MASS.—If you own property in New England, you understand the value of insulation. Yellow fiberglass batting, foam boards and spray insulation inside walls and roofs have become the immediate solution for reducing heat gain and heat loss, but what about windows? Windows can be up to 30 times less insulated than walls and roofs. Although windows generally account for a small portion of a building’s shell, more than 30 percent of all the heating and cooling energy used in U.S. buildings and homes is due to heat lost or gained through windows.American Window Film, Inc. is now installing...

reCollect2 Adds Jason Riphenburg to Management Team

NORTH LAKE, WIS.—reCollect2 Company, the Wisconsin based creator and supplier of the reCollect2 recycling receptacle, announces the addition of Jason Riphenburg to the organization’s management team. Jason, who has an extensive background in financial services and customer care, will be taking on the role of co-owner alongside the organization’s owner/founder Ann Riphenburg. Ann was the mastermind behind the design and development of the simple yet unique recycling container which can be found in green hotels and businesses across the United States and internationally.For his part, Jason, brings a wealth of hands-on business acumen and expertise as well as first-rate...

Earthtronics Introduces HID Replacement LEDs

MUSKEGON, MICH.—EarthTronics introduces high lumen, high efficiency LEDs as an energy-efficient solution for replacing High Intensity Discharge lamps (HID) for interior and exterior applications in parking garages, site and security lighting, high bay warehouse fixtures and post lights. These commercial quality lamps feature high-power LED, durable construction and advanced electronic drivers that provide extended performance life and full omni-directional light output. EarthTronics high lumen, HID replacement LEDs offer 50,000-hour rated life, five-year warranty and energy savings that exceed 80 percent to provide a solid return on investment.The EarthTronics high lumen, HID replacement LEDs are available in 36-, 54- and...

Emerald Brand Shifts to Penske Natural Gas Fueled Trucks

SYOSSET, N.Y.—Emerald announced its conversion to Penske Truck Leasing compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled trucks. Emerald’s New York based fleet will move to CNG this month, furthering Emerald’s mission of global conservation and mainstreaming sustainability.Each year, Emerald drivers deliver thousands of tons of its alternatively sourced, sustainable products to clients around the country. This conversion will greatly reduce the company’s environmental footprint by lessening the amount of gas emissions released into the air as compared to traditional diesel fueled vehicles.“We are always striving to discover new ways to help the environment and reduce our footprint, and the conversion to...

Green Lodging News Adds Reneotech as Directory Partner

ODESSA, FLA.—Hasek Communications, the Odessa, Fla.-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Reneotech Inc. as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. EcoRaider Insect Killer, manufactured by Reneotech Inc., is a highly effective natural bio-insecticide that is ideal for use in hotel and hospitality environments as it kills bed bugs, ants and other crawling insects on contact. It is the most effective natural product that kills bed bugs with 100 percent efficacy according to a study published by the Entomological Society of America. Non-staining for furnishings, safe for children and pets, EcoRaider can be applied anywhere inside and outside...

Avmor Receives ICI ON RECYCLE Certification

LAVAL, QUEBEC—Avmor announced that it has received level 2 certification for the implementation of environmentally preferable practices. Certification from ICI ON RECYCLE recognizes Avmor’s success in ensuring the right steps and procedures have been followed to reduce, reuse, recycle, and repurpose materials to reduce waste.Furthermore, level 2 certification recognizes the positive effect and benefits of sustainable training practices and Avmor’s continual efforts to educate and inform based on already effective environmentally preferable manufacturing processes.The requirements Avmor has met and continues to develop include: implementing recycling or repurposing measures; completing sustainable cleaning training sessions; and taking proactive measures to reduce...