VANCOUVER, B.C.—The hospitality industry has a new resource at its disposal. Eden Textile, one of the country’s leading hospitality suppliers, has launched a unique textile-recycling program aimed at reducing vast amounts of the industry’s post-consumer waste. Now Eden Textile’s clients can take advantage of this recycling program while also alleviating the suffering of families in Africa. Through a nonprofit partnership with the organization Africa We Care, textiles will be diverted from the landfill and donated to a worthy cause each year. The donation of products like bedding, towels, pillows, drapes and duvets to Africa We Care will not only...

NIANTIC, CONN.—INNCOM International, a global leader in energy management systems and products for the lodging industry, has joined with one of the nation’s leading HVAC manufacturers to develop technology that will deliver greater levels of precision HVAC control to guests and better energy efficiency—and, thus, lower operating costs—to hotels. Niantic, Conn.-based INNCOM is teaming with Oklahoma City-based Williams Applied Products Group whereby INNCOM is developing a controller that Williams Applied Group will use in fan-coil units. The state-of-the-art controller will maximize guest comfort—thus increasing guest satisfaction—and will drastically reduce hotel operating costs, thanks to dramatically improved energy efficiency while simultaneously...

CHICAGO—Everpure, LLC launched its award-winning filtration system, the Exubera Pro Premium Carafe Water System, during this year’s National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show. The event was held last month at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The new system offers restaurant operators a way to serve their own premium carafe water, and reduce their dependency on serving prepackaged water, which potentially impacts the environment. “Increasing consumer demand for green business operations has prompted many restaurateurs to rethink how they store and serve water, making NRA Show 2008 the best possible time to launch the Exubera Pro Premium Carafe Water System,” says Mark Selander, marketing...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes down etc as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. The San Francisco-based company offers myriad products including pillows, mattress pads, down comforters, duvets, feather beds, spa accessories and other items. The company is currently offering a new organic and natural product line: d.o.e. down on earth, Conscious Luxury: Custom Hotel Collections. The collection is manufactured with authentic, certified organic, green processes. For more information, call (415) 348-0084, e-mail downetc@downetc.com, or go to www.downetc.com.

FAIRFIELD, N.J.—Amerlux Lighting Solutions integrates the latest LED technology into its newest innovation—the Cylindrix II LED track luminaire. The Cylindrix II LED track luminaire is a thermally efficient, long lasting, and high-output luminaire. It features the latest high power, warm white LED technology that delivers high performance lighting with color temperatures similar to that of incandescent. Amerlux, a leader of task-specific, energy-efficient metal halide lighting solutions, is raising the bar as a pioneer of low-wattage LED solutions in its EcoTectural product line for retail, supermarket, commercial and hospitality markets. Designed with a clean, architectural look, Cylindrix II LED luminaires...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Tropical Lights Inc. as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Davie, Fla.-based Tropical Lights recently introduced its online Energy Efficient Lighting Conversion & Certification Program for the Hospitality Industry. EcoGreen Award is a national program providing bulb technology information, sources, and conversion/maintenance tools for a facility lighting conversion. A Certification plaque and marketing is included with the program and can be used in conjunction with other types of green certifications. For more information, call (954) 670-1600, e-mail jay@ecogreenaward.com or go to www.ecogreenaward.com.

SAINT CHARLES, MO.—Pineapple Hospitality now offers fully customizable linen and towel reuse cards. Cards are 4 inches by 6 inches, and are printed on 80 percent recycled paper with minimum 40 percent post-consumer content coated stock with vegetable and soy-based inks. Pineapple Hospitality offers multiple categories of stock designs for its custom linen and towel reuse cards. Most colors and fonts can be changed. Layout of images and text also can be changed. The card size can be customized as well. If that’s not enough, Pineapple’s graphic design team can create something new just for a property—be it posters,...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Lynden Door as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Lynden, Wash.-based Lynden Door is a wood interior door manufacturer. Since 1978, the company has earned a reputation for design leadership, quality and superior service. Its comprehensive product portfolio includes both residential and commercial products. Lynden Door features in-house machining, a UV finish line (no VOCs) and an extensive “GreenDor” line of environmental attributes including no added urea formaldehyde, agfiber cores, and FSC/SFI certification. Call (877) 852-3667, e-mail mitch.toews@lyndendoor.com, or go to www.lyndendoor.com.

RENO, NEV.—ConservCo Water Conservation Products, LLC announced the launch of its new Water Audit Service and website. ConservCo’s proprietary Water Audit Service provides facilities with a comprehensive review of their current water use, and helps a hotel operator or building engineer evaluate how much water a property can save. The service includes rigorous inspections, tests and measurements, and culminates with a detailed report that includes cost analysis and ROI modeling. “We provide the client with a complete audit report and water conservation plan, which includes recommended corrective measures to save water,” said Lauren Sellyei, president of ConservCo. “When appropriate, our...

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp., has introduced its new WeatherMaker rooftop product line with Puron refrigerant. This product line meets the increasing demand for more energy-efficient air conditioners with environmentally sound, non-ozone depleting refrigerant and factory-installed features. “I am pleased to introduce the new Carrier WeatherMaker rooftop product line with the initial release of the three to 10 ton units,” said Chris Nelson, vice president and general manager, Carrier Commercial Unitary Systems. “The new line provides our customers with a reliable and efficient packaged solution that is easy to install, maintain and use.” WeatherMaker rooftop products are...