MANCHESTER, N.H.—Xeros, the innovator of an ultra-low water laundry system, announced recently that it is helping five California-based businesses reduce water usage by up to 80 percent in their laundry operations. To put this in context, laundry operations in hotels represent 20 percent of their overall water usage. The California Althletic Club, Stanford Park Hotel, Quality Inn Petaluma, Fairfield Inn Sebastopol, and Hilton Universal are all using the Xeros polymer bead laundry systems. Xeros has also signed eight pioneering commercial laundry equipment distributors in California. These flagship partners are now selling, installing and servicing Xeros’ near-waterless laundry systems.In addition...

VICTORIA, B.C.—AP Plastics Inc. is rolling out its newest single-cup capsule displays for hotel rooms. The 4 and 6 hole (SCF4 & SCF6) K-Cup holders will be part of their proprietary Guest Room Single Cup Display System, and will be available to ship this month.The new “ship flat” displays are manufactured in North America with 100 percent reprocessed and recyclable plastic. Their unique “click open” design reduces both packaging and freight costs.“With the hotel industry commitment to green sourcing, finding appropriate sustainable single cup amenities has been problematic,” says Darren Warner, Marketing Director, AP Plastics Inc. “The new SCF...

VANCOUVER, B.C.—G-Kup, a Vancouver based start-up focused on sustainable packaging, announces the closing of its initial seed round comprised of several well-known U.S. and Canadian investors including The Charles Edison Fund (The Edison Fund invested as part of their new mandate of supporting innovation and entrepreneurship), Arlene Dickinson (CEO of Venture Communications and District Ventures, and formerly Dragons’ Den), and Lance Tracey (Co-Founder of Peer 1 and Sutton Group Realty).The initial funding will fuel G-Kup’s commercialization of its 100 percent compostable single serve coffee pod.The G-Kup, which has a rigid design similar to licensed Keurig brands, will work in...

LOS ANGELES—Acclaim Lighting, a leader in innovation and advanced lighting technology, introduces Dyna Drum SO, a high-output, compact outdoor LED flood fixture for large scale façade lighting, as well as area flood lighting.The compact Dyna Drum SO is only 12.5” wide, 10.1” high and 11” in diameter. It features a DMX-512 control system, with IP66-rated AC power cable and bare wire ends to perform in wet locations. The unit has a 100-277-volt AC power cable and only consumes 120 watts, which replaces traditional outdoor 400 watt discharge fixtures.The Dyna Drum SO offers 2700K, 3000K, 3500K, 4000K, RGB, RGBW, RGBA,...

MINNEAPOLIS—Dero announces the addition of UltraSite site furnishings to its catalog of products. UltraSite, Dero’s sister company, has over 25 years of experience providing park furnishings and site amenities. Customers will be able to add benches to bike rooms, bollards to streetscapes, or benches and trash receptacles to park and rec projects.“Dero will continue to focus on bike parking and transit solutions, but with this partnership, we are now the one stop-shop for bike racks and site furnishings,” says Andy Lageson, V.P. and General Manager of Dero. “UltraSite has amazing products that we’re proud to offer to our customers.”UltraSite...

SANTA CLARA, CALIF.—Green Charge Networks, the largest provider of commercial energy storage in the United States, named Mark Triplett as its Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Triplett will oversee sales, marketing, and operations. He brings more than 20 years of enterprise software, utility, smart grid and demand response experience to Green Charge most recently leading the “Demand Response Management Systems” product line worldwide for Alstom Grid, a global leader in utility infrastructure and control room hardware and software.“Mark Triplett brings extensive smart grid and utility experience to Green Charge at a time of explosive growth and customer acquisition,” said...

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.—Porous Pave, Inc. has introduced eight custom colors for Porous Pave. An eco-friendly green building product made in the United States, Porous Pave is a highly porous, flexible and durable pour-in-place surfacing material. Porous Pave XL consists of 50 percent recycled rubber chips and 50 percent stone aggregate with a urethane binder. Porous Pave XLS is 100 percent recycled rubber chips with a more elastic urethane binder. The custom colors are gray-black, tan-black, brown-black, cypress-black, red-black, brown-tan, green-brown, and blue-grey.“In the decade since we first introduced Porous Pave, landscape architects and contractors have experimented with mixing two...

NEW YORK—Leading textile manufacturer Carnegie announces the launch of the Xorel Refresh Your Palette, a vibrant high-fashion textile collection born from the brush of a painter’s palette.“Color can stimulate or relax; color can deliver nostalgic moods or help create playful, optimistic interiors” says Heather Bush, Creative Leader for the Xorel brand. Inspired by the colors intrinsic to everyday life, the four new Xorel patterns in the Refresh Your Palette collection make a vibrant statement with exotic bright accents, transparent watercolor effects, and earthy soft textures.Patterns Havana & Circuit both have a “dry”, crafted, hand-woven character. The patterns Fizzle Graphic...

SEATTLE—Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle has been awarded Green Globe Certification for the fourth consecutive year by Green Globe, an internationally awarded program to recognize organizations with exceptional sustainability practices. Since the founding of its PanEarth program in 2011, Pan Pacific has been an industry leader in environment sustainability and social responsibility.“Our commitment to the environment has always been at the forefront of our mission,” said Sam Johnson, General Manager of the Pan Pacific Seattle. “We believe that luxury doesn’t have to be wasteful, and that excellent service and sustainability should go hand-in-hand. Pan Pacific Hotel is honored to earn...

TAMPA, FLA.—Hasek Communications, the Tampa, Fla.-based publisher of Green Lodging News, has added Best Hotel Products to its Green Product & Service Directory in the “Guestroom/Energy Management” category. Best Hotel Products enables one to reduce in-room PTAC energy consumption by around 40 percent with a thermostat using a combination of motion and thermal sensing technologies. The system, according to Best Hotel Products, is easy to install and allows one to track the health of PTACs. Buyers of the system can get up to 50 percent of the costs covered by a local utility. Best Hotel Products will finance the...