SAN RAMON, CALIF.—The EnOcean Alliance, a consortium of companies working to standardize and internationalize energy harvesting wireless technology for green intelligent buildings, recently announced that its wireless, battery-less energy harvesting sensors and associated control systems are now fully interoperable with TCP/IP. With escalating customer demand to manage and monitor building automation controls over IP networks, the EnOcean Alliance has responded, enabling building owners to fully leverage the flexibility of IP technologies that offer interoperability and convergence advantages to more effectively manage their facilities’ energy consumption. By establishing TCP/IP interoperability with its wireless, battery-less enabled end-devices and their associated IP-based control...

NIANTIC, CONN.—By adding INNCOM’s Integrated Room Automation Systems (IRAS) to Intelity ICE (Interactive Customer Experience) Touch on iPads, guests can now control room temperature, lighting, drapes and alarm clock directly from their iPad tablet computers—even when they are not in their rooms. INNCOM is an industry leader in advanced guestroom automation systems for hotels and resorts. IRAS is INNCOM’s customizable multi-purpose platform for in-room guest controls. Intelity is the hospitality software developer of ICE, the award-winning integrated, customizable, branded interface that enables hotel guests to request all services instantly via in-room tablet, TV, laptop or mobile device. “By placing the INNCOM...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—The International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show (IHMRS) has announced its designation as the exclusive publisher of the Ultimate Hotel & Restaurant Buyer’s Guide, an online tool for hotel and restaurant professionals. IHMRS has partnered with Irving, Texas-based MultiView, Inc., a leading provider of digital media solutions to the association world, to release the seventh edition of the Ultimate Hotel & Restaurant Buyer’s Guide. “This comprehensive, 365-day digital platform offers access to a vast network of industry suppliers, complementing the tactile products found at the IHMRS in November,” said Lynn White, show manager. “We’re pleased to offer such a...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Neo-Metro as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Neo-Metro specializes in contemporary bath decor that has the classic and industrial look of stainless steel. The miniLOO is a toilet that’s made from 80 percent recycled stainless steel. It is designed with an in-wall dual-flush mechanism, which minimizes water waste by allowing users to select either a 1.6- or 0.8-gallon flush, for an average of 1.2 gpf. Neo-Metro’s waterless urinal has furthered Neo-Metro’s commitment to the environment by utilizing a proprietary technology that does not require messy and...

SPOKANE, WASH.—Prestyl USA is launching a line of far-infrared Radiant Artwork heating panels—panels of customizable thin-film artworks that provide heat to any room in a residential or commercial setting. Prestyl’s heating panel products are based on a highly efficient and reliable French thin-film technology that has been used in aircraft, ships, trains, homes and public buildings overseas for nearly 16 years. But now Prestyl has successfully incorporated this film into ultra-thin panels, printed artworks and decorative ceiling modules. The Prestyl far-infrared technology does not heat the air; the energy is reflected by some surfaces and absorbed by others, thus creating...

LOUISVILLE, KY.—SCHOTT HomeTech announced that SCHOTT CERAN, its glass-ceramic for cooktop applications, has been validated arsenic- and antimony-free through UL Environment’s Environmental Claims Validation program.  SCHOTT CERAN glass-ceramic is the first cooktop glass-ceramic on the market made without the use of arsenic or antimony. These two harmful substances are commonly used to smooth and reduce bubbles during the conventional manufacturing process of glass-ceramic panels. By refining its manufacturing process, SCHOTT is now the only glass manufacturer to eliminate the need for either metal in glass-ceramic manufacturing. The innovations in SCHOTT’s manufacturing process have eliminated more than 180 tons of...

ORLANDO, FLA.—BedBug Chasers and Avtron LoadBank have commenced their nationwide rental program of bed bug heaters starting with the North Carolina to Boston corridor. The program utilizes equipment rental companies who, in turn, assemble complete trailer packages, which contain all of the equipment needed to remediate an infested area. While the packages are available to rent exclusively through Bedbug Chasers, the complete trailers will be stored at strategic rental company depots throughout the United States. Avtron LoadBank will be supplying its patent pending, 100 percent green and chemical-free, high-temperature electric thermal remediation heaters known as the BedBug Chaser. The participating...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Kimberly-Clark and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced the expansion of Kimberly-Clark’s membership in the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN), a WWF initiative to eliminate illegal logging and conserve the world’s most valuable and threatened forests. Kimberly-Clark will now include its worldwide operations in the initiative, building on its existing GFTN membership in select countries. The participation scope now includes all wood fibers sourced for all of the company’s products sold globally in the Personal Care, Consumer Tissue and Kimberly-Clark Professional businesses. The announcement was made at the GFTN’s 20th Anniversary Reception at the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) General...

ORLANDO, FLA.—Marietta Corp., a leading hotel amenities provider to the hospitality industry worldwide, has partnered with Clean the World Global LLC to help recycle hotel soaps and bottled amenities and stop the spread of preventable diseases worldwide. The partnership broadens Marietta’s corporate social responsibility initiatives among its extensive list of hotel partners in North America and extends its eco-friendly portfolio of amenity services, which already include “green” product offerings, such as Aveda, Naturals, PAYA Organics, ProTerra, Sonoma Soap Co., Earth’s Accents, Dispensers and Eco Gallons. Orlando, Fla.-based Clean the World is the largest global recycler of hotel amenities and offers sustainable,...

BOSTON—The Westin Copley Place general manager Michael Jorgensen announced that The Westin Copley Place is the first Starwood Hotel in the United States and the first hotel in Boston to join Green Hotels Global, an environmental program that requires hotels to disclose their carbon footprint, energy consumption, water usage and waste generation associated with room-night usage and event bookings. “We are proud to carry the torch for the Green Hotels Global program for Starwood in the United States,” said Jorgensen. “We have made great strides in reducing the hotel’s overall carbon footprint over the past four years. We are committed,...