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Dear Boston Green Tourism Members,
Our next meeting will be Thursday September 18, from 2:30 to 4:00 at Cityscapes, floor 9. Cityscapes is located in Copley Square: 197 Clarendon Street, Boston.
Following the meeting, we're invited to join Cityscapes' Holiday Decor Open House, with wine and other refreshments. Hoteliers and other Cityscapes customers will mingle and get ideas for their holiday plant decorations.
Thank you to our host: Janice Goodman.
I hope to see you at the meeting and open house!
Dan Ruben
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SPEAKERS
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Mr. Cooke will discuss the benefits of reducing toxic or hazardous chemicals in hotels, and strategies for achieving them. The benefits range from reducing potential legal liabilities, protecting workers and customers from exposure, improving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and lowering insurance liability. By reducing hazardous chemicals on site, hotels can attract sensitive and conscientious customers and employees.
I have seen this presentation, and I highly recommend it.
Anamarija Frankic, Director, Green Harbors Project, University of Massachusetts
Boston
Dr. Frankic will discuss an initiative to restore Boston Harbor's oyster beds
( www.umb.edu/ghp), that is improving the harbor's water quality, increasing biodiversity and providing a buffer for the city from storm surges. She will describe how hotel restaurants can participate, while reducing their waste stream and garnering good publicity.
Hotels pay a considerable sum for the hot water they use in their dishwashers. Some also pay for additional water that's necessary to temper the hot dishwasher effluent before it goes down the drain. Novothermic's Dishwasher Heat Exchanger saves restaurants money by recovering the high-temperature drained water from their dishwashers, and using it to warm up the units' incoming water for their next load of dishes.
Janice Goodman, President, Cityscapes, Inc.
Ms. Goodman will show us how Boston hotels use distinctive "plantscapes" to make their facilities more attractive, comfortable, healthier, happier and quieter.
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Green Certifications Earned by Boston Area Hotels
The chart below lists the certifications for Boston area hotels, as of August 11.
My observations:
- Boston hotels have jumped on the green certification bandwagon! 51 Boston area hotels have at least one green certification, up from 35 a year ago. 21 hotels have two certifications and 5 facilities have three.
- The most popular certifications are TripAdvisor (33), Energy Star (20) and Green Key (18). Last summer, there were only 14 TripAdvisor GreenLeader hotels.
HOTEL
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Energy Star
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TripAdvisor
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Green Key
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LEED
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Green Seal
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Green Restaurant Association
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Boston - Logan Airport Embassy Suites
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√
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Boston - Marriott Burlington
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√
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Silver
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Boston - Marriott Cambridge
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Bronze
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Boston Norwood Courtyard
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√
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Boston - Marriott Peabody
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√
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Boston Quincy Marriott
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√
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Bronze
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Boston Woburn Courtyard
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√
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The Boxer
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Bronze
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Colonnade Hotel
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Gold
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2 stars
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Comfort Inn & Suites Boston Logan Airport
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√
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Silver
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4
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Comfort Inn, Boston
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Silver
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Courtyard by Marriott Boston Copley Square
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Gold
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DoubleTree Suites by Hilton, Boston Cambridge
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√
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Doubletree Hotel Boston Downtown
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√
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Element Lexington
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Gold
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The Eliot Hotel
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2
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Embassy Suites Waltham Boston
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Bronze
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Fairmont Copley Plaza
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Silver
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4
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Fairmont Battery Wharf
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Bronze
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4
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Hampton Inn Boston Norwood
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√
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Bronze
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4
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Hilton Garden Inn Burlington
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Silver
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Hilton Garden Inn Boston/Waltham
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Bronze
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Holiday Inn Select Boston
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√
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Hostelling International Boston
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Silver
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Hotel Marlowe
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Gold
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4
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Hyatt Boston Harbor
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√
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Bronze
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Hyatt Regency Boston
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√
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Gold
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Hyatt Regency Cambridge
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Silver
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Inn at Harvard
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√
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InterContinental Boston
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Silver
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4
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3 stars
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Irving House, Cambridge
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√
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Platinum
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Le Meridien
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Silver
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Lenox Hotel
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Platinum
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4
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Liberty Hotel
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Bronze
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Loew's Boston
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Silver
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Motel 6 Braintree
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4
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Nine Zero Hotel
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Silver
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4
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Omni Parker House
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3
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Onyx Hotel
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Silver
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5
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Ramada Boston
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Bronze
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Residence Inn Back Bay Boston
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Silver
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Residence Inn Boston Downtown Seaport
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Bronze
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Residence Inn Boston Logan Airport/Chelsea
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Bronze
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Gold
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Residence Inn Boston Needham
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Gold
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Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common
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4
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Royal Sonesta, Cambridge
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√
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Seaport Hotel
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4
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3 stars
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Sheraton Boston Hotel
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√
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Silver
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4
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W Boston
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Platinum
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4
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The Westin Boston Waterfront
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4
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Westin Copley Place
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√
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4
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√
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Westin Waltham
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√
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silver
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If you want free advice about achieving green certification, please contact me.
InterContinental Boston Switches to Reusable Water Bottles
IC Boston's new Vivreau North America bottler enables them to reduce the purchase of bottled water and the cost of disposing single-use plastic bottles. The hotel will use their new glass bottles for serving sparkling and still water to guests who come for meetings and events.
Hotels that bottle their own water will have an advantage if Ballot Question 2, the Massachusetts Expansion of Bottle Deposits Initiative, passes on November 4. They won't have to pay the deposit on bottled water, or take the empties back for redemption.
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OPPORTUNITIES
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Two Saunders Hotel Group Properties to Unveil EV Charging Stations
The Hampton Inn Boston / Norwood and the Comfort Inn & Suites Boston Logan Airport will unveil their new charging stations on September 23 and 24 respectively.
As mentioned in the June 11 newsletter, U-Go Stations, is installing these stations for free. The company wants to install new stations in high-traffic Boston-area locations, including hotels. They put the stations in, and then share the revenue from "fill-ups" with the property owners.
I encourage you to attend one of these events if you want to see the units, talk to SHG and U-Go Station managers and determine whether the new charging stations make sense for your facility.
Sustainable Technology Connection Forum
A Better City and the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC) are hosting the ABC Challenge for Sustainability Technology Connection Forum on Friday from 8:30 to 10:00 at Foley Hoag (155 Seaport Boulevard).
This event provides an opportunity for businesses that want to incorporate cutting-edge green strategies to learn about new technologies, and become acquainted with companies that deliver solutions.
EPA WaterSense Green H20tel Webinars Available
The six terrific webinars from this series are available here.
Building Operators Certification Courses and Webinars
National Grid is sponsoring the following courses for commercial building operators:
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The author discusses how energy storage and data analytics can reduce peak energy usage--and the "demand charges" that comprise a sizable portion of hotel energy bills. It's a good article, but I think that the author shortchanges other strategies. The next document describes other ways that businesses reduce peak energy use, and it's specific to Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance and Technology
Commercial buildings in Boston are required to report their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions to the City by September 15. This article provides, "three important details to remember about entering your data followed by a list of the best places to find help if you get stuck."
This document answers the following questions about this ordinance, which takes effect October 1: which businesses are covered, which materials are covered and how to comply with the ban.
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The following BGT meetings will be 2:30 to 4:00. Please mark them in your calendars!
September 18: Cityscapes
October 23: TBD
December 4: Langham Boston
See you September 18 at Cityscapes!
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