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 Stories About: green building AND travel
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New certification in the works for green hotels |
Katharine Wroth |
11 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Saw a passing reference in a piece on travel trends about a new certification scheme for green hotels. Supposed to be developed in the next 90 days, says Joe McInerney, president of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. AHLA's site, meanwhile, has a list of hot green hotel progress, ranging from Motel 6 using sensors to turn off heat and AC in unoccupied rooms to the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas pursuing LEED certification in part by building a monorail to the Bel ... |
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| Topics: green building, green living, greenish companies, business, travel (all these topics) |
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What would you do?
Temptation |
biodiversivist |
18 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Just a few days ago I met with a potential client who very much wanted me to design a rural green home on the edge of a wetland. He would have to compensate for the damage the home would do by funding the planting of native flora to help restore another wetland. I declined even though it would have been interesting and lucrative. I am fully aware that he will just hire someone else and besmirch the wetland anyway. This happens to me on occasion. I refuse to desig ... |
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| Topics: green building, travel (all these topics) |
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