MILWAUKEE—Newsweek named Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation to its list of America’s Greenest Companies 2026. This recognition highlights 450 U.S.-based companies that have made the most impressive efforts to minimize their negative impact on the environment, and Zurn Elkay was included for the second consecutive year. “We envision a more sustainable future for clean water, the most important natural resource in the world, as we deliver customer-focused solutions that make clean water more accessible and sustainable,” said Todd A. Adams, Chairman and CEO of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions. “This recognition validates our progress towards our sustainability goals within our own operations, including...

MALDIVES—Green Lodging News was recently approached to learn more about the environmental efforts at the InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort. The following are the results of questions presented by Green Lodging News to Shoaib Siddiqui, Assistant Chief Engineer at the resort. 1. In what year did the property open? 2019 2. How many employees? 290 3. What plastics have been eliminated to qualify the resort as being free of single-use plastic? For example, is water now available in glass bottles? Another form? Are bathroom amenities available in pump dispensers? What other single-use plastics have been eliminated and why is it so important to do that? From...

I attended The Hospitality Show in Denver this past week. The event is a production of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and Questex, the publisher of Hotel Management. It was a great chance to touch base with suppliers I have gotten to know in past years and to make many new contacts. It would be impossible for me to highlight all the companies I interacted with in this column but here is a list that caught my attention: Two companies—CMP Water and AquaFlow Technologies Inc.—both featured valves that compress the air before it reaches the meter, so you only pay...

Did you know that you are paying for air in your water each billing period? When water arrives at your hotel under pressure, tiny air bubbles are compressed within that water. At your water meter, pressure drops as the air expands into micro-bubbles that spin the meter. Yes, you are paying for that air. At The Hospitality Show in Denver, which just wrapped up yesterday, I came across two companies offering a Made in the USA solution for businesses interested in not paying for the air in their water. The companies—CMP Water and AquaFlow Technologies Inc.—both sell valves that compress...

It is quite astounding how many hotels are doing it and how much water and energy they are saving. What I am referring to is recycling laundry water using a system from AquaRecyle. I have been familiar with AquaRecycle for quite a few years and picked up some material about it at The Clean Show in Orlando in late August. In 2024, Marriott International properties recycled 2 billion gallons of laundry water using AquaRecycle. Hilton Worldwide: 897 million gallons. Parks Hotels: 515 million gallons. Hyatt Hotels and Resorts: 496 million gallons. The list goes on and is very long. You can...

CANCUN, MEXICO—In celebration of World Tourism Day 2025 late last month, The Palace Company has unveiled a powerful new video campaign capturing the ecosystems that thrive in and around its resorts in Cancun and the Riviera Maya: mangroves, dunes, jungles, crocodiles, sea turtles, and hundreds of species that coexist in harmony with tourism. The message is clear: awareness is not enough—travelers and tourism partners must take action. Guests and the general public are invited to support the conservation of these unique habitats through a direct donation to Palace Foundation. “Every night a guest sleeps at one of our properties is made possible by the ecosystems...

VISTA, CALIF.—The Bank of America Institute recently reported that the cost of water “has increased significantly across the U.S. in the past decade.” As of March 2025, median water utility payments have increased by 7.1 percent—twice the rate of inflation. Water utility bills cover the delivery, removal and treatment of water, according to Klaus Reichardt, CEO and Founder of Waterless Co., Inc. One way to keep water-related costs in check is to update water infrastructure that can work efficiently, like a well-oiled machine. Therein lies the problem, according to the Institute. While water infrastructure improvements are happening, it’s a slow process and...

ODESSA, FLA.—Green Lodging News has added Verdafero to the Software/Utility Analytics for ESG Reports category of its Green Product & Service Directory. Verdafero InSights is a cloud-based software service for both hotels and suppliers that offers dynamic data analytics across key indicators to provide an analysis of utility usage and operations by analyzing energy and water consumption, occupancy, weather, company operations and other resource utilization patterns to make better informed decisions on operating costs and environmental initiatives. Verdafero InSights provides in-depth reporting of your greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for internal and external environmental reporting, serving as a comprehensive view of a company’s...

DARIEN, CONN.—Nuveen Green Capital (NGC), a leader in sustainable commercial real estate financing solutions, announced that it has closed on the largest C-PACE transaction to date at $290 million for the Pendry Hotel & Residences in Tampa, Fla. The closing also marks the first C-PACE financed transaction in the city of Tampa. C-PACE, which stands for Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy, provides flexible financing solutions to fund sustainability measures in new, ongoing, or recently completed commercial real estate construction projects. The record-breaking transaction demonstrates the growing sophistication and scale of C-PACE as a financing mechanism, underscoring C-PACE’s evolution from a niche financing tool to...

BOSTON—Wint, the leading water management solution for the built environment, announced the launch of Water Insights, giving facility and sustainability managers, developers, and general contractors a clear, actionable view of their buildings’ water usage patterns. Facility and sustainability teams currently manage their buildings’ water using aggregate, low-granularity consumption data—often provided with significant delay by water utilities. While this information provides a high-level understanding of total consumption, it offers little to no visibility into long-term trends or the root causes of water inefficiencies. With Water Insights, Wint collects granular flow data and uses AI to analyze it in the cloud, uncovering usage...