Issue # 041310      April 13, 2010   Sign Up Now For Our Newsletter
 
After some rocky months, we are finally breathing a sigh of relief as we get a glimpse of warmer weather and a thaw in the grim financial situation that had many hotels sitting on the fence with their sustainability budgets.

In this month’s newsletter, we’re bringing you:

  • Earth Day Giveaway. Be sure to check our Earth Day Giveaway – enter your hotel name and get a chance to win a prize worth $300!
  • Engage Your Guests & Community. Are you ready for Earth Day on April 22nd? Top 10 ideas for Earth Day 2010 Events at your hotel!
  • Food Waste Management Cost Calculator. Estimate the cost competitiveness of alternatives to food waste disposal.
  • GREEN TEAMS: Part 1. A series of articles that will help you engage your employees in sustainability whether you are just starting out or want to take your existing program to the next level. Don’t miss out!
  • CFL Light Bulbs or Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: Energy Savings, Mercury, Recycling and More.
Until next time!
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GREEN TEAMS Part 1
The focus on greening operations is evolving and some green teams are beginning to focus their efforts on integrating sustainability into employees’ personal lives, while others are aligning their efforts to support broader corporate sustainability objectives.

The business value of these three levels includs: cost savings by integrating energy efficiency into the workplace...

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Earth Day: Engage Your
Guests & Community
A new report by, the non-profit research organization, Center for Responsible Travel (formerly Travel Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development) found that responsible tourism has withstood the global recession better than the tourism industry as a whole. Perhaps that’s one reason many hotels are eagerly embracing Earth Day (though we’d like to think that a growing commitment to sustainable practices plays a role).

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The EPA has an online Food Waste Management Cost Calculator which estimates the cost competitiveness of alternatives to food waste disposal, including source reduction, donation, composting and recycling of yellow grease.

The calculator was created to demonstrate that environmentally and socially responsible food waste management is cost-effective for many hotels and waste streams.


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CFL Light Bulbs or Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs:
Energy Savings, Mercury, Recycling & More
Commonly referred to as CFLs, compact fluorescent lamps or compact fluorescent light bulbs have become the basic necessity for a green hotel taking action in the modern green movement. These bulbs, which can replace incandescent, halogen and other electric lights, use 60 to 80 percent less energy than their incandescent counterparts. This makes CFLs an increasingly popular way to cut energy costs without making any radical changes like replacing lighting fixtures or rewiring which can get pretty expense in many cases.

Aside from saving your “green” by using a fraction of the energy, compact fluorescent light bulbs have a much longer usable life than incandescent.

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