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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.

WattStopper Adds Network Capability to DLM Line

SANTA CLARA, CALIF.—WattStopper has added network capability to its self-configuring Digital Lighting Management (DLM) lighting control product line, enabling remote management of lighting controls throughout a floor, a building or an entire campus. This product line expansion also includes two new DLM digital photosensors for automatically switching or dimming up to three zones of lighting in daylit areas, new DLM lighting control panels, and new dimming features for DLM wall switches. Digital Lighting Management is a distributed control system that automatically maximizes lighting energy efficiency within each controlled space. A DLM local network can include room controllers, occupancy sensors, personal...

Busch Systems Introduces Wave Recycling Container Series

BARRIE, ONT.—Busch Systems has launched its newest line of recycling bins. The Wave Series features two new recycling containers designed for high traffic areas. The Wave Solo & Duo are targeted for outdoor areas but are easy to clean and ideal for indoor applications as well. Each container manufactured by the company is 100 percent recyclable, made in North America and contains a minimum of 35 percent recycled content. The Wave Solo & Duo are the next generation of Busch recycling containers. The Wave Solo is designed for single-stream collection and the Wave Duo is designed for multi-stream collection. The Wave...

INNCOM Adds MODular DEVice for Guestroom Controls

NIANTIC, CONN.—INNCOM International has unveiled its next generation of guestroom controls that builds on its “Glass Series.” With a MODular design, the guest-facing DEVice boasts heightened functionality and customization to accommodate new construction and retrofit hotel projects with equal ease, and the solution’s artistic look and feel can meet nearly any design requirements conceived for the hotel guestroom. MODEVA was just introduced at the 2010 Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas. “Our customers have pushed us to deliver products and systems that give guests memorable, positive experiences without confusing technology,”...

Lutron Launches LED Control Center of Excellence

COOPERSBURG, PA.— Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacturing of light and shade control solutions, has launched the LED Control Center of Excellence. This new resource is devoted to providing answers to all questions about LED lighting solutions. As the use of energy-saving LEDs becomes more widespread in both commercial and residential applications, it is clear that there are many questions about which LED products are compatible with which lighting controls. For instance, “dimmable” has not been clearly defined for LEDs. Despite manufacturers’ claims for dimmable LEDs, many do not perform well with a variety...

GLN Welcomes Grant & Sons as Product Directory Partner

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Grant & Sons Co., the Personal Care Division of Erwyn Products, as a Green Product & Service Directory sponsor. The division of Erwyn Products recently introduced My Earth, an amenity line featuring 100 percent compostable bottles that contain no petrochemicals. The soaps and accessories are packaged in recycled cardboard and printed with vegetable-based inks. Specific items that are part of the My Earth line include: shower cap, dental kit, convenience kit, nourishing shampoo, hydrating conditioner, cleansing body wash, moisturizing lotion, facial soap, moisturizing bar, and bath soap. For...

Hilton Americas-Houston Saves with AquaRecycle Laundry System

HOUSTON—In an effort to even further reduce their carbon footprint, Hilton Americas-Houston, the city’s largest hotel and first Green Seal certified hotel in Texas, is now even greener with the installation of the AquaRecycle water recycling system in the hotel’s laundry. The laundry facility, covering 27,000 square feet and rivaling most commercial laundry plants in both size and capacity, is by far the largest hotel laundry in the city, washing and finishing more than 675,000 pounds of linens per month. The two Lavatec tunnel washers wash 100 pounds of linens every two and half minutes, with a maximum working capacity...

Simmons Now Using CertiPUR-US Certified Polyurethane Foams

ATLANTA—Simmons Bedding Company announced that all of the polyurethane foams in the company’s mattress lines have earned the CertiPUR-US certification seal, verifying that the foams are low-VOC and free from ozone-depleting CFCs. The certified foam products are made without PBDE fire retardants, lead, mercury, formaldehyde, prohibited phthalates and other potentially harmful materials. Simmons played an instrumental role in facilitating the CertiPUR-US certification process for each of its foam suppliers, encouraging them to achieve the certification as a way to address growing consumer concerns about the safety of polyurethane foams. “Consumers today are paying very close attention to what’s inside...

Columbia Forest Products Receives Rainforest Alliance Award

GREENSBORO, N.C.—Columbia Forest Products was named a 2010 Corporate Sustainable Standard-Setter by the Rainforest Alliance at the organization’s gala dinner and awards ceremony on May 12 in New York City. The honor recognizes companies that have worked with the Rainforest Alliance and exhibited outstanding leadership in efforts to promote sustainability. “Columbia Forest Products is one of those companies that truly understands the principles of sustainability, integrating them into the core of its business practices,” said Tensie Whelan, president of the Rainforest Alliance. “We consider the company to be a leader in its field.” Columbia is one of North America’s...

TCP Inc. Introduces TruDim CFL Technology

AURORA, OHIO—TCP, Inc., a leader in compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) manufacturing and technology, introduces a new fully dimmable CFL product line incorporating a patent-pending high performance CFL ballast design that features proprietary NXP GreenChip power management IC chip technology. This new design approach, dubbed TruDim Technology, results in a CFL with smoother full range dimming performance from 100 percent down to one percent. The dimming curve is designed to more accurately match the human eye’s reactions, which is more pleasing to the end-user. “In the past, customers have had to put up with dimming CFLs that don’t dim...

Telkonet SmartEnergy Selected for Premium Efficiency Program

MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Telkonet, Inc. announced that the SmartEnergy system has been chosen as a component of a utility rebate and incentive program administered by Conservation Services Group, Inc. The Premium Efficiency Cooling Program will provide incentives to participating contractors and lodging properties to install Telkonet SmartEnergy on heating and cooling equipment in the greater San Diego County area and in limited areas in southern Orange County. With typical HVAC run time savings of 30 percent, hotel and motel operators can reduce energy costs, advance green initiatives, and improve guest comfort with Telkonet’s energy management controllers and occupancy sensors. The Premium Efficiency...