Tag: LEED

SMG launches green program

Colorado Convention Center sustainability director, Lindsay Arell, designed the program. [...] Read more

The Lodge and Spa at Callaway Gardens is part of the Marriott Autograph Collection. [...] Read more

Some hotel companies are setting their own internal sustainable guidelines, opting to forgo pricey designations from external certifying agencies. [...] Read more

Opening is first new hotel in Arlington in 20 years. [...] Read more

30 building projects in Denver become LEED certified; charging station for electric vehicles at Ritz-Carlton Charlotte [...] Read more

The center is now one of three U.S. convention centers to earn that level of certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. [...] Read more

Some cities have green leaders, pushing recycling efforts and water-saving programs. But Chicago has Mayor Richard Daley, who has pushed his city far beyond the sustainability and eco efforts put forward by most. Greening Chicago has been on his agenda for a long time, from his 1989 tree-planting program that added 500,000 trees to the city to his ambitious 2008 Climate Action Plan that aims to reduce greenhouse gases by 25 percent below 1990 levels [...] Read more

green-meetings

There seems to be no stopping the green movement in the meetings and events industry. Now more than ever, meetings destinations, hotel and convention properties, and industry organizations are gearing up for the future, and that future appears to be a bright shade of green. [...] Read more

The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte began accepting reservations July 24 for stays beginning October 1. [...] Read more