News Brief

Energy Star Rating for Hotels

The Courtyard Indianapolis at the Capital, shown in the foreground above, is one of the first two hotels to earn an Energy Star rating for its energy performance.

Photo: Cale
On June 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched an

Energy Star® performance rating for hotels, enabling hotel owners to benchmark their energy performance against similar hotels nationwide on a 1–100 scale. Hotels with energy performance of 75 or more points can carry the Energy Star label. The first two hotels to qualify were the Courtyard by Marriott–Indianapolis at the Capital, managed by White Lodging Services Corp. (see photo), and the Sheraton Boston Hotel, owned by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. For details, visit

www.energystar.

gov or call 202/564-2408.

Published July 1, 2002

(2002, July 1). Energy Star Rating for Hotels. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/energy-star-rating-hotels

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