Seattle Official Visitors Guide 2008 - (Page 110) A C C O M M O D AT I O N S STAYING GREEN Hotels go eco-friendly in Seattle Above, from left: Hotel Monaco lobby; Fairmont Olympic Hotel’s grand entrance; guest room at the Arctic Club Hotel. Credits: ©Hotel Monaco, ©The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, ©Arctic Club Hotel Seattle From water and energy conservation to organic cleaning products to sustainable building materials, Seattle’s hotels are increasingly going green. Many hotels are recycling waste, reducing water usage with low-flow faucets and toilets and using energy-efficient lighting. Each of the hotels below have found some other creative ways to conserve precious resources. • Kimpton Hotels’ Seattle locations (Alexis Hotel, Hotel Monaco and Hotel Vintage Park) participate in an EarthCare Program, which, among other things, provides “designer” recycling bins in each guest room. All printed materials use recycled paper and soybased inks, and guests with hybrid vehicles have the privilege of parking for free at the Alexis and Vintage Park locations. • Every room at The Best Western Executive Inn is an “EcoRoom” that features more than a dozen different eco-conscious products, including nontoxic cleaning chemicals and lotion and liquid soap products dispensed from refillable containers in the bathrooms. • The Heathman Hotel in Kirkland’s energy-saving measures have qualified it for Energy Star® certification. All of the hotel’s expended energy is recycled in a heat-recovery loop, and all guest rooms are included in a network of computercontrolled thermostats and energy conservation units that automatically adjust for unoccupied units. • At the 1 Hotel and Residences (opening in 2009), builders have used woods harvested from sustainably managed forests, waterefficient landscaping, occupancy sensors and lighting control systems. Guests with alternative energy vehicles enjoy priority parking and vehicle recharging options. • The Fairmont Olympic Hotel composts leftover food from its kitchen by separating it and sending it to a composting company. After 90 days, the food is made into usable products like mulch.The hotel also uses steam for heating and hot water, which is generated by a plant that burns recycled wood instead of fossil fuels. • The Arctic Club Hotel Seattle (opening in May 2008) will feature Kiehl’s body products that are made with environmentally friendly products, produce no landfill waste and use recycled packaging. The hotel will also compost food waste, utilize a hot-water reuse system for laundry and dishwashing, and conduct steam-condensate recycling to reduce use of fossil fuels for heating. 110 WWW.VISITSEATTLE.ORG http://WWW.VISITSEATTLE.ORG
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