Travel

DIA Execs Discuss Sustainability

DIA Execs Discuss SustainabilityDenver Green Streets interview with Woods Allee, director of project controls and energy management, and Norm Higley, director of environmental programs, ...

September 9, 2011

Marriott Opens 23 EV Charging Stations

Marriott Opens 23 EV Charging StationsMarriott has so far made 23 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations available at its hotels, the company has announced. Guests can now use Level ...

September 2, 2011

EL Pro GRI Cuts Electricity, Heating; Conference Emissions Rise

GRI Cuts Electricity, Heating; Conference Emissions RiseThe Global Reporting Initiative’s electricity and heating consumption both fell in 2009/10 while conference-related emissions rose, the organization reported in its latest sustainability ...

August 22, 2011

New Lighting Saves Chicago Union Station Big Bucks

New Lighting Saves Chicago Union Station Big Bucks Jones Lang LaSalle's Bob Best and Rosie Leal, Amtrak's Chicago Union Station General Manager, tour the station showcasing Jones Lang LaSalle's ...

July 11, 2011

Travelocity’s Barbara Anderson on the ‘Better Travel, Better World’ Program

Travelocity’s Barbara Anderson on the ‘Better Travel, Better World’ Program Barbra Anderson of Travelocity Discusses the Company's "Better Travel, Better World" Program at a DallasSVP event.

July 6, 2011

Paris Air Show Briefing: Zero-Emission Jet, Biofuel Deals, Green Engine Cleaning

Paris Air Show Briefing: Zero-Emission Jet, Biofuel Deals, Green Engine CleaningNine major airlines have signed letters of intent to use bioefuels from Solena Fuels for flights out of the San Francisco ...

June 24, 2011

UPS, Live Nation to Offset Travel and Shipping Emissions

UPS, Live Nation to Offset Travel and Shipping EmissionsUPS and Live Nation Entertainment has struck a partnership to offset the carbon emissions from ticket shipping and musician travel. The multi-year sponsorship alliance is ...

May 24, 2011

Verizon Teleworking Saves 18,000 Gallons in Six Months

Verizon Teleworking Saves 18,000 Gallons in Six MonthsFewer than 200 Verizon employees saved more than 18,000 gallons of fuel through teleworking in just six months, the company says. The telecoms firm ...

May 18, 2011

Updated Air Traffic System Could Save 12.9M Gallons of Jet Fuel per Year

Updated Air Traffic System Could Save 12.9M Gallons of Jet Fuel per YearAirlines could save at least $65.6 million annually while cutting carbon emissions and flight times by implementing new flight paths at 46 mid-size airports across ...

May 13, 2011

MasterCard, Brighter Planet Carbon Calculator Tracks Business Travel

MasterCard, Brighter Planet Carbon Calculator Tracks Business TravelThe task of tracking travel-related carbon emissions has a new tool -- MasterCard and Brighter Planet announced a program, MasterCard Carbon Emissions Reporting, designed ...

May 13, 2011

San Francisco Airport Aims to Match Delhi LEED Gold

San Francisco Airport Aims to Match Delhi LEED GoldNew Delhi now boasts the first LEED Gold airport terminal in India, as San Francisco aims for the same achievement in the ...

April 7, 2011

EL Pro ING Air Travel Up 25%; Firm Stays Carbon Neutral

ING Air Travel Up 25%; Firm Stays Carbon NeutralING Group's share of electricity from renewables held steady from 2009 to 2010 at 62 percent, but the company last year saw a ...

April 5, 2011

EL Pro Caesars Releases First Carbon Inventory; CO2 Drops 2%

Caesars Releases First Carbon Inventory; CO2 Drops 2%Caesars Entertainment has released its first carbon inventory for its U.S. resorts, revealing a two percent drop in metric tons of CO2 ...

April 4, 2011

Cox Enterprises and Urjanet to Track Energy Use Across 30,000 Accounts

Cox Enterprises and Urjanet to Track Energy Use Across 30,000 AccountsCox Enterprises, the communications and auto services firm, has announced it will track energy usage and costs for 30,000 utility accounts using services ...

March 22, 2011

Disney, Princess, Norwegian Plug in at Port of Los Angeles

Disney, Princess, Norwegian Plug in at Port of Los AngelesThe Port of Los Angeles has installed electric accessory power to supply three separate cruise lines. The port says it is the first ...

February 25, 2011

Hertz to Install 16 Solar Power Systems

Hertz to Install 16 Solar Power SystemsHertz intends to install solar power systems at 16 car rental facilities by this fall, with plans to expand the program later on. The ...

February 10, 2011

Facebook Seeks to Mitigate HQ Move

Facebook Seeks to Mitigate HQ MoveOnly a year and a half after opening its Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters, Facebook has announced plans to move to nearby Menlo Park – while ...

February 9, 2011

Does Your Green Company Buy Green?

Does Your Green Company Buy Green?It may seem like a silly question but after working with some of the oldest and greenest companies in the country, as ...

January 26, 2011

Holiday Inn Group Gets LEED Pre-Certification

Holiday Inn Group Gets LEED Pre-CertificationOne of the world’s largest hotel chains has won LEED pre-certification status for sustainability initiatives on its existing hotels. InterContinental Hotels Group’s ...

January 25, 2011

Hotel LEED Ratings Barely Get a Mention

Hotel LEED Ratings Barely Get a MentionOnly two percent of corporate travel executives would include LEED certification in their definition of hotel sustainability, a survey has found. The poll ...

January 19, 2011