Recent Posts Tagged With 'green hotels'

• Sustainable Travel in Chicago

  Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 02:17 in chicago, destinations, sustainable travel, green hotels, green travel, green roofs, bleeding heart bakery

  Does it surprise you to know that Chicago has the largest number of green roofs? More than more than all other US cities combined. Or that the Windy City boasts of the nation’s first USDA certified organic bakery? It is an indication that C...

• New York Starts Green Hotels Certification Program

  Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 22:56 in new york, ny, certification, audubon, green hotels, greenleaf, hotels & lodging, eco leaf

  The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a ‘Green Certification’ program for hotels and lodging establishments. Green credentials will be certified by the Audubon GreenLeaf program. Based on environmental ...

• Master-List of LEED Certified Hotels & Resorts

  Posted on Sunday September 20th, 2009 at 21:52 in hotels, resorts, lodging, u.s. green building council, leed, green hotels, usgbc, green hotel, leed certified, hotels & lodging, green lists, eco friendly hotels

  The U.S. Green Building Council says that as of now, there were 888 applications from hotels and resorts awaiting LEED certification. And 697 of these applicants are from the U.S. It’s soon going to be difficult for travelers to keep track or...

• Sustainable Travel in Las Vegas

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 03:13 in destinations, las vegas, sustainable travel, green hotels, caesars palace, palazzo, city center, harrahs entertainment, organic restaurants, codegreen, ronalds donuts

  Is it possible to enjoy the Vegas experience without gambling away the environment? We’ll find out soon enough. The thing about Vegas is that everything is bigger, with more style and excess than anywhere else. And so it is with sustainable t...

• The Nines Hotel, Portland gets Silver LEED Certification

  Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 01:37 in hotels, Hotel, oregon, portland, leed, green hotels, usgbc, leed certification, the nines, hotels & lodging, nines

  Good Karma or coincidence? Just in time to celebrate 09-09-09, the Nines Hotel, which occupies the top 9 floors of the historic Meier & Frank Building in downtown Portland, Ore., has been awarded Silver LEED Certification by the U.S. Green Build...

• T&L’s Got Travelers Paying Green for Green.

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 22:12 in hotels, lodging, green hotels, economic value, green lodging, t&l

  Last month, Travel + Leisure ran a story on its Top 15 green hotels in the world and the associated press release was picked up by a number of sources including USA Today. The list was assembled by the magazine in collaboration with Conservation Inte...