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Hoteliers building green properties.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 02-APR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Independent hotels and major chains have planted a crop of green hotels, with a few beginning to open, that stem from national guidelines constituting environmentally friendly construction.

Starwood Capital, Starwood Hotels, InterContinental and Fairmont have green hotel properties under construction or are seeking ways to retrofit existing properties.

To achieve true green classification, buildings must adhere to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council. Those standards apply to sustainable site development, water and energy conservation, selection of materials and the quality of the indoor environment. Although there are specific LEED standards for several construction project types--schools, homes, neighborhoods and campuses--there are no such standards specific to hotels, which blurs the green distinction to an extent.

A longtime stumbling block to completing green builds is the added cost of construction. As PKF Consulting noted in...

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