Lodging - Envionmental Aspects
"Green"
Hotels Association
A professional association that promotes hotel programs that save water,
save energy and reduce solid waste--while saving money for the hotel members.
Green
Seal
"Strives to achieve a healthier and cleaner environment by identifying
and promoting products and services that cause less toxic pollution and
waste." Green Seal has implemented a long-term project with hotels
and motels to green their operations and purchasing, now including certification
of specific properties.
Green
Hotelier [magazine]
"Greenhotelier is a magazine
for people who care about a more environmentally and socially responsible
hotel industry and its contribution to sustainable travel and tourism.
From small, independent establishments to major international companies,
greenhotelier aims to inspire, educate and challenge everyone connected
with the hospitality industry to acheive more sustainable operation."
Less
Garbage Overnight - A Waste Prevention Guide for the Lodging Industry
John P. Winter and Sharene L. Azimi, Inform Inc. 1996
Pollution
Solutions - Waste Reduction Assistance for Business: Hotels/Motels
Outreach and Extension, University of Missouri, Lincoln University, Office
of Waste Management. 1999
Project
Planet - Conserving for Tomorrow Program
Promotional Materials. 2001
Energy
Star for Hospitality
The hospitality industry spends $5 billion dollars every year on energy.
Find tools and resources to help companies improve energy performance.
"Managing
the Energy Crunch: With an energy crisis in full bloom hotels find
new ways to cut costs."
by Barbara A. Worcester, contributing
editor, Hospitality Technology, November/December 2000
Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing (EPA)
A federal-wide program that encourages and assists Executive agencies
in the purchasing of environmentally preferable products and services.
The
Green Plan for Hotels
An initiative from the North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention
and Environmental Assistance to hospitality and lodging properties throughout
North Carolina. The initiative targets waste reduction, recycling, energy
and water conservation.
EcoPurchasing
Guide for Hotels and Motels - A Guide for Hotel and Motel Purchasing Managers
University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service - Florida Energy Extension
Service, 1993.
Greening
Your Property
Green Seal, written by My Ton, Min Lin, and Deborah
Radin, 1996.
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