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St. Louis Businesses Rent Boilers to Power Through Major Flooding

June 3, 2019November 15, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

Near historic flooding from an intense rainstorm and high Mississippi River prompted several St. Louis businesses to rent temporary boilers. Flooding shut down Ashley Energy’s nearby steam plant, which normally provides heat and electricity.

Hospitality Food Waste Reduction Pilot Project Results Released

December 5, 2017December 4, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) has released the results from a 12-week series of food waste reduction pilot projects. At the same time, the association published a toolkit aimed at helping properties and brands meet their goals to combat food waste. Hotel properties that included a mix of ... Read more »

Rethinking Food Waste: Q&A with Hilton’s Max Verstraete

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

Max Verstraete, VP of corporate responsibility for Hilton, talks about the company’s sustainability strategy for food, including sourcing and menu design.

How Major Hotel Brands Plan to Cut Food Waste

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A series of projects that aim to help hotels reduce food waste are underway at major hotel brands including Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental Hotels Group and Marriott International.

The Hospitality Industry is Upping its Efficiency Game…Mostly

January 11, 2017September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

Energy efficient and green operations have caught on in the hospitality sector, at least in San Francisco. The San Francisco Business Times reports that of the 230 hotels in the Bay area listed at TripAdvisor site, 66 hotels — 27 percent – are in the GreenLeaders program. That percentage easily ... Read more »

InterContinental Hotels Group Talks Water Risk, Business Case for Tackling It

November 3, 2016April 4, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

In its ongoing efforts to improve water management across its global portfolio of more than 5,000 hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group recently completed what it says is the industry’s most comprehensive water risk assessment to date.

Hotel Water Use: Are You Flushing Money Down the Drain?

July 21, 2016December 6, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Hotels use a lot of water — for guest rooms, pools, landscaping, laundry and other uses. In total, this accounts for about 15 percent of total water use in US commercial and institutional facilities, according to the EPA. As the price of water and wastewater services continue to increase — ... Read more »

It’s Check-In Time for Hotel Energy and Water Management

May 19, 2016 by Carl Weinschenk

From an energy efficiency standpoint, hotels seem to have much in common with office buildings. And they indeed do: Hotels and office buildings generally are large structures that often are managed in portfolios. Increasing energy efficiency at a hotel involves many of the same technical steps as doing so in an office. But ... Read more »

The Hospitality Industry Pays Attention to Energy Efficiency

December 21, 2015September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

The varied ways in which hotels use energy offer great opportunities for relatively easy efficiency gains. Some of the big players in the sector clearly are paying attention. There has been news on the hospitality power front lately. Today, Hilton Worldwide said that it has become the first hospitality company to gain ... Read more »

Wyndham Worldwide Beats Carbon Emissions Goal Six Years Early

October 13, 2015October 12, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Wyndham Worldwide says it reached its carbon emissions goal six years ahead of schedule. The global hospitality company achieved a 20 percent reduction in carbon emissions (measured on a per square foot basis), compared to a 2010 baseline. Since setting its goal in 2010, Wyndham Worldwide has reduced its carbon ... Read more »

Free Tool Compares Hotels’ Water, Carbon Footprints

September 3, 2015September 2, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The hotel industry will be able to compare energy and water use, as well as carbon footprint, using a new tool from the Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research (CHR). Developed by researchers Howard Chong and Eric Ricaurte, the Hotel Sustainability Tool 2015 is available from the CHR at no ... Read more »

IHG Taps Water Footprint Network for Global Water Management Program

August 25, 2015September 1, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

InterContinental Hotels Group has selected the Water Footprint Network to develop a worldwide water management program for IHG aimed at reducing the global hotel group’s water footprint. IHG says the partnership will build on progress IHG is already making to reduce water consumption per occupied room in water-stressed areas, one ... Read more »

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