CLEVELAND, OHIO—Green Lodging News has added a case study to its Vendor Case Studies section that focuses on Madison, Wis.-based Fountain Prairie Inn & Farms’ selection of a 50 kW wind turbine from Endurance Wind Power and the turbine’s benefits. The turbine was installed on a 140-foot lattice tower and commissioned on September 24, 2010. In the second month of operation it produced 11,398 kWh, peaking with a production of 1,396 kWh in one 24-hour period. It produces 50 percent more power than the farm uses, and all of the power is sold back to the local power company...

SAN FRANCISCO—Green Traveler Guides is now the only website focusing exclusively on green travel to have its content syndicated by Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider. All Green Traveler Guides content is now republished on “Reuters Business Traveler,” a new Web channel on Reuters’ websites. Green Traveler Guides, based in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, is an award-winning website launched in 2008 that seeks out and reviews the world’s best earth-friendly travel. “Naturally, we are delighted to have our content picked up by a media giant like Reuters,” said Gary Diedrichs, co-publisher and editorial director of Green Traveler...

SANTA CLARA, CALIF.—WattStopper announced it has received a 2011 Building Operating Management Top Product Award for its PW-103N multi-way wall switch occupancy sensor with LED nightlight. The sensor provides code-compliant lighting control in a wide variety of applications. The factory default setting is for manual-on operation, to ensure that optimal energy efficiency is available. Lighting remains on as long as any one of the connected sensors detects occupancy. When the space is no longer occupied, lighting will automatically turn off following a time delay that begins when the last sensor ceases to detect occupancy. Lighting can be turned off manually...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Tornado Industries as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Tornado is a leading manufacturer of commercial cleaning equipment. Tornado offers unique cleaning applications including the DE 4002 Steamer for chemical-free bed bug eradication, CRI certified upright vacuums, low-moisture cylindrical brush floor machines and automatic scrubbers, sweepers, wet dry vacuums, industrial vacuums, burnishers, and much more. Tornado currently has a white paper available entitled, “Effective Treatment of Bed Bug Infestations.” The paper is written by Michael Schaffer, the company’s president. For more information, e-mail jkennedy@tornadovac.com, call (800) 822-8867,...

EAST LONGMEADOW, MASS.—XLERATOR high-speed, energy-efficient hand dryers are now available with ADA compliant stainless steel paper towel dispenser retrofit kits. The new kits provide a simple, cost-effective solution for replacing built-in paper towel dispensers with XLERATOR hand dryers. A stainless steel panel allows the dryers to mount where dispensers existed. XLERATOR completely dries hands in 10 to 15 seconds—three times faster than conventional dryers. It uses 80 percent less energy and delivers a 95 percent cost savings versus paper towels, while creating a more hygienic restroom. “XLERATOR hand dryers and retrofit kits are being specified by facility managers who are...

HOUSTON—Choice Energy Services, a retail energy consultant and broker, announced it has completed a two-year contract to provide the new Trump SoHo Hotel with 100 percent green power. The contract offsets the hotel’s carbon footprint and delivers substantial cost savings for the newest property in the Trump Hotel Collection. Opened in February 2010, the luxury property did not have substantive historical usage data to inform the procurement process. Even without a detailed usage profile, Choice was able to tap its network of more than 20 suppliers in the New York City region and leverage its extensive knowledge of the wholesale...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Low Cost Janitorial Supplies has launched a new section on its website exclusively devoted to 700 green products and supplies. All products are identified with an Enviro-conscious logo, meaning they do not contain hazardous solvents, utilize recycled materials, incorporate recyclable components, or otherwise reduce the impact on the environment. As the company offers more than 4,000 products, finding the environmentally-conscious options could take extra time. According to company president Scott Hays, “We wanted to make it easy for customers to find green products without hunting through dozens of other items.” The company’s green products meet various third-party environmental standards, such...

SAN FRANCISCO–San Francisco’s Orchard Hotels have debuted Eco Pure, a new collection of eco-friendly guestroom toiletries by Concept Amenities. The Eco Pure collection includes liquids and soaps formulated with ingredients to maintain moisture for healthy skin and hair and include shampoo, conditioner; hand and body wash and hand and body lotion; along with an assortment of grooming accessories. The Eco Pure packaging is manufactured with an organic additive that renders polymers biodegradable when disposed of in landfill—minimizing harm to the environment. “The Eco Pure collection proves yet again that you can be green without sacrificing luxury,” says Stefan Mühle, regional director...

NIANTIC, CONN.—When the Bardessono Hotel in Yountville, Calif., deployed the Room Expeditor (REX) tool from MTech in March 2009, it became the first property in the world to equip its room attendants with an iPod Touch to instruct them on which is the next most important “vacant” room to clean, based on a collection of variables. Today, the 62-room luxury property, managed by MTM Luxury Lodging, is first once again to benefit from streamlined technology integration between MTech’s REX and INNCOM’s Integrated Room Automaton System (IRAS) that now alerts staff when stay-over rooms also are ready to be refreshed. “Being...

MINNETONKA, MINN.—Radisson will be the first hotel brand in the Americas to provide its guests with a new line of linens made from eucalyptus. The trees used to produce the new linen line are grown in Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) forests, an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. Using a new fabric called Tencel+Plus Lyocell from Valley Forge Fabrics, the new linens support the brand’s commitment to responsible business. With this decision, guests will enjoy the benefits of the new linens including: moisture management, natural thermo regulation, reduced bacteria growth, and smoothness...