Green Design
LEED Pays Off For Motel 6
When the Motel 6 in Northlake, TX earned its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification this July, it became the first economy hotel to earn the designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. It’s also Accor’s first hotel to be certified, and it wasn’t even part of the company’s original plan for the hotel....
An Introduction to LEED Certification for Hotels
LEED-certified hotels and buildings stand out in today’s marketplace. They not only provide benefits for the environment and reduce operating costs gained from energy efficiencies and utility cost savings, but also attract a growing population of eco-conscious customers. ...
Americas Best Value Inn Goes Green in the Bathroom
Americas Best Value Inns recently took a seemingly small but very important step in the ongoing greening of the hotel industry. The 50,000-plus-room limited-service...
Windows of Opportunity into Energy Efficiency
OPINION: Insulating Glass Can Save Energy and Add LEED Credits
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification process of the U.S. Green Building Council is a powerful tool to deliver desired energy-saving performance in both new construction and major renovation of lodging facilities. The application of LEED concepts can help determine...
CityCenter Raises the Stakes in Vegas
FEATURE: CityCenter Alters Vegas Landscape and Brings New Hope, Concern
MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren called CityCenter’s opening a “game changer.” So did Bill McBeath, the president and CEO of Aria and Vdara. Rick Fedrizzi, the founder and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council, called it “transformative.” CityCenter CEO Bobby Baldwin called it an “evolutionary destination” and McBeath added it was a “paradigm shift in resort destinations.”
The superlatives may prove...
Sustainable Design Still In Spotlight
Q&A: Brintons’ Design Director Looks Ahead to 2010
Despite the industry-wide downturn, John Bain, Brintons’ global design director, still believes sustainability will be a priority in the upcoming year. He also thinks interior designers will be even more creative and take more risks in an effort to break away from the doom and gloom of 2009.
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Hotel Indigo’s Big Bet
FEATURE: New San Diego Property Spotlights Brand’s Capabilities
Sometimes, a hotel company needs a bold move to catapult its brands into the next level of consciousness among guests and the development community. That's what IHG hopes it did with the development of the Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp District, ...
Eco Hotel Reaches New Heights
FEATURE: Sustainability a Priority for Quaintance’s Proximity
Dennis Quaintance, CEO of Quaintance-Weaver Restaurant & Hotels, landed his first job at age 15 as a houseman in a hotel in Missoula, MT and never left the business. Today he is the proud owner and developer of the Print Works Bistro and Proximity Hotel, a 147-room luxury hotel and restaurant in Greensboro, N.C., the first ...
Marriott LEEDs the Way in Green Design
NEWS: Chain Has 30 Green Hotels Under Development
The Inn and Conference Center by Marriott at the University of Maryland was the first, but it won’t be the company’s last property to be LEED-certified. Marriott says it has more than 30 hotels in design, development or under construction that will meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards ...
The Dean of Green
Cambean Hospitality's Brian Scheinblum raises South Beach's environmental stakes...
How to Buy Sustainable Flooring
Sustainable flooring is any product that offers long-term durability and lifespan while consuming the least total resources...
Luxury + Green = Nines
Q&A: Cliff Tuttle Discusses Latest Project, Sustainable Design
There’s no question Cliff Tuttle is one of the preeminent designers of luxury hotels today. The senior vice president of ForrestPerkins has also become one of the leading authorities on sustainable hospitality design. His latest project, the Nines in Portland, OR, proves...
Color the New York Hotel Show Green
The upcoming Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center will focus on the latest in sustainable products and resources...
Green Tint to K Hotels
K Hotels sees three beneficiaries of sustainable design: the planet, people and profits. The luxury collection of boutique hotels believes all three can...
Marriott Makes Meetings Green
Marriott has launched a comprehensive effort to green the meetings held at its Marriott, JW Marriott and Renaissance properties. The rationale for the...
Second Nature
Changing the culture from disposable to sustainable is critical for Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, a Toronto-based pioneer in all things green. It might...
HOT Confab Tinting Greener
Climate change will be one of the key talking points during the 8th annual Strategic Conference on Hospitality Operations & Technology next month. The...
Building Green Momentum
Hotels are finding sustainable design can be affordable and effective Thomas Miller believes that in 20 years all new construction will be built to Leadership...
WELCOME TO THE GREEN WAVE
Green hotel development is here to stay, say the respondents to a recent Lodging Hospitality survey of hotel owners, developers and managers. The study...
IH/M&RS Joins Green Bandwagon
The 92nd annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show will be colored green, political and technological when it convenes Nov. 10-13 in New York...
Topping It Off, Green Style
Going green is becoming a marketing win for hotels. It also can save money: switching to compact fluorescents can greatly reduce electricity use and the...
seeing Green
Everybody's talking green. Talking, planning, designing, but not building much yet save for a few visionary leaders (California's Gaia Napa Valley hotel...
ARAMARK GOES GREEN
Aramark Parks & Resorts has offset 100 percent of its traditional energy consumption with alternative solutions at its national and state park-managed...
TAPPING THE ECO MARKET
An integrated ecosystem and an approach blending luxury, comfort and environmental concern are at the heart of the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel, a 133-unit,...
