• Low consumption plumbing fixtures
• Recycled construction materials
• Regionally manufactured materials
• Low Volatile Organic Compound materials
• Lighting occupancy sensors
• High efficiency light fixtures
• Energy efficient facade
• Energy efficient heating and cooling systems
• Natural refrigerant
• Master switch to reduce power consumption in guest rooms
• Retention of existing landscaping and trees on the site
• Diversion runoff to on-site detention pond
• Close proximity to public transportation and bicycle routes
• Energy efficient appliances
• Shared overflow parking with existing facility

But going "green" doesn't stop there. Operating to AAA four diamond quality standards and having a conscious mind-set on being "green", the "I" management is committed to controlling energy and reducing waste in our day-to-day operations. 

  I Hotel staff training will include promoting the 3 
  R's - reduction, re-use, and recycle.  The sales
  team  is already reducing the amount of paper
  used  with contracts by electronically processing
  90%  of communication and documents needed
  for  group bookings at the hotel.  Products for 
  day-to-day  office operations will be made with recycled content (i.e. paper, ink, etc.) and a recycling program will be in place for paper, bottles, cans, plastic, and cardboard.

 

Angie Klaus joined the I Hotel and Conference Center staff as Staff Accountant.  She has over 20 years of accounting and bookkeeping experience.  Angie's work history includes restaurant, retail, manufacturing, non-profit and public accounting.  Prior to joining the I Hotel and Conference Center, Angie was self-employed providing accounting services to a number of local businesses.  She and her husband, Mark, live in Champaign and have two daughters, Megan and Lindsey.

  Joel Gieseke joined our Houlihan's 
 Restaurant team as Assistant Kitchen
 Manager.  Joel has been in the
 restaurant industry for 11 years.  He
 has been a kitchen supervisor and line
 cook for Lake Carroll Supper Club, E.L.
 Krackers, and Charleston Country
 Club.  Most recently, Joel was the 
 manager of Ryan's Grill, in Champaign. Joel graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business from Eastern Illinois University and lives in Tuscola with his wife, Carla, and son, Brendon.

Whitney Wheatman joined the I Hotel and Conference Center staff as Project Manager. A 2007 graduate of the University of Illinois, she earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science accompanied by minors in Chemistry and Spanish.  Prior to joining the "I", Whitney performed a variety of roles within the corporate world including development, training, and the opening of new Schnuck stores across the midwest.  Whitney resides in Mahomet.