OVERVIEW
Hotels, convention centers, and similar spaces have unique energy, water, and moisture-management challenges as well as significant impacts from purchasing and waste management. They also have the challenge of working with a transient and varied occupant population.
The most successful approach to these issues will be to address them in an integrative process throughout design, construction, and operations. We look at some of the sustainability issues associated with the hospitality industry and offer strategies for resolving them, while also addressing the potential financial benefits of doing so.
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Commercial Composters Put New, Odorless Spin on an Old-Fashioned Practice
Product Review
In-vessel composters can reduce trash bills, food waste, and greenhouse gas emissions in schools, hotels, and office buildings.
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Make Your Buildings WELL: A New Design Standard for Health
News Analysis
A new building standard applies wellness research to increase the focus on health in homes, hotels, and commercial buildings.
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The Greening of Meetings: Event Venues Get Sustainable
News Brief
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An Efficient Retrofit for Commercial Hot Water on Demand
Product Review
D'Mand Circ for commercial buildings recirculates hot water only when it's needed, saving fuel and electricity-and even the pipes.
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Benedictine Monastery Receives Highest LEED Score
Case Study
The Holy Wisdom Monastery in Madison, Wisconsin, home to the Benedictine Women of Madison, recently earned a LEED score of 63 points, becoming the nation's top-rated LEED building.
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Proximity Hotel in North Carolina is First to Earn LEED Platinum
News Brief
