24 Jun 09 Getting With the Green Program
There’s no doubt about it–the word “green” has taken on new meaning over the last 20 years, and everyone is concerned about it. There is even a lot of talk about green meetings, and at some point you as meeting planner are going to come face to face with some very specific client concerns about them. Here are some things to think about when planning a green meeting.
Green Hotels
Hotels are becoming more energy conscious, and many of the new hotel buildings are LEEDS certified. From solar panels and recycled/recyclable materials to geothermal and wind power, hotels are looking for ways to become more energy–and cost–conscious. In fact, many of them will help you find ways to make your meeting more environmentally responsible, and even have cost-effective organic food offerings as well as a no-phone book policy. (more…)
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22 May 09 Green is Busting Out All Over
Today everything is green. It is easy for a company to be lost in the morass of other businesses green projects, and it is also easy for them to be followers in the movement. However, some are leaders, and recent trends in making the most of a building show that we can use a facility from bottom to top–including the roof.
Although a bank of solar panels may have just popped into your mind, that is not the only thing roofs are being used for these days. Everything from vegetable gardens and bee colonies to event space and restaurants are finding homes on the tops of buildings.
One of the most remarkable of these is San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences. One of greenroofs.org’s 2008 Awards of Excellence winner (Extensive Institutional design), this roof partly restores some of the lost habitat for indigenous plant species, and the rolling-hills surface acts as natural cooling and heating for the building. How many gallons of water do they take from the city water system to irrigate it? None. What little rain water that runs off is collected in cisterns and returned to the roof. (more…)
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