Is Your Hotel Green?

Best Green Hotels offerings in Maine

We've done a fair share of writing about specific hotels that are promoting environmentally-friendly practices, so the Chicago Tribune piqued our interest with their piece about a rise in government oversight committees working to help institute more widespread changes. States like Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, and California already have created tourism boards that offer lists of ranked "green hotels" and soon, Rhode Island and Illinois will join them. It seems like they're catching on just in time, given some of the stats the Tribune reporter offered up:

An average-sized hotel purchases more products in a week than 100 families will in a year, according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, generating as much as 30 pounds of waste per room per day. The lodging industry in California also generates 112,000 tons of food waste, 2 percent of the state's total. To wash one pound of room linen takes approximately two gallons of water, according to Hilton Hotels Corp., and a typical occupied room uses 11.5 pounds of linens per day. A single large, fully occupied hotel with a typical stay of two nights can use more than 34,000 gallons just for laundering room linens.

For those of you looking to stay in a hotel that's not in one of those states, there are some online tools to help you suss out the eco-details. Best Green Hotels ranks and maps green hotels state by state, and has a database of over 2,800 properties. The Green Hotels Association has a list of member hotels available on their site, but as the Tribune reported, membership is self-selective and not vetted. For more places to find green hotels, internationally and in the U.S., check out the Washington Post's list of web resources.

Comments

[Andrea]

What a great piece on green hotels. I didn't even know that they existed. Are these green hotels still up to par with the personality and style? That's usually the first thing I look for in a hotel. You should check out this site: http://www.roomforyourimagination.com. It's has some really funny videos, and I think it showcases the whole point of hotels--to fit your personality and your style. My favorite video is from room 223 called Labels. It's so hilarious! Gymnasts is good too! You need to go check it out! These videos are awesome...I work with them so I have the inside scoop! How much does it cost to stay in a green hotel?

[Mark]

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