http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/28/new-york-launches-green-hospitality-certification-program/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/28/new-york-launches-green-hospitality-certification-program/comment-page-1/#comment-152434 Nancy Schneider Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:02:57 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21672#comment-152434 I hope to see one of the green lodging certifications to include no-idling for the hotel vans. It seems the vans to the airport, etc. are constantly running. I hope to see one of the green lodging certifications to include no-idling for the hotel vans. It seems the vans to the airport, etc. are constantly running.

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/28/new-york-launches-green-hospitality-certification-program/comment-page-1/#comment-151097 Matt Courtland of A Sustainable Life Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:56:50 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21672#comment-151097 Although I applaud NY state for getting involved with certifying their hotels as "green", they are doing so in partnership the Audubon GreenLeaf program. Why is the state of NY getting themselves in the middle of certification? There are several national standards, such as Green Seal's Green Lodging (http://www.greenseal.org/programs/lodging.cfm ), that could be used to certify hotels in NY. The UN is even getting involved in developing an international Global Standard for Sustainable Tourism ( http://www.sustainabletourismcriteria.org/). This will be on-line soon and in meantime it seems to me that states should defer to the variety of national standards already in place rather than develop partnerships that take time and resources away from other matters. Although I applaud NY state for getting involved with certifying their hotels as “green”, they are doing so in partnership the Audubon GreenLeaf program. Why is the state of NY getting themselves in the middle of certification? There are several national standards, such as Green Seal’s Green Lodging (http://www.greenseal.org/programs/lodging.cfm ), that could be used to certify hotels in NY. The UN is even getting involved in developing an international Global Standard for Sustainable Tourism ( http://www.sustainabletourismcriteria.org/). This will be on-line soon and in meantime it seems to me that states should defer to the variety of national standards already in place rather than develop partnerships that take time and resources away from other matters.

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