Colorado’s biggest hotel gets 4 Green Key rating

26 May 11 · 0 comments

| Green Travel News |

Sheraton Denver Downtown has won a 4 Green Key Rating through the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, recognizing the hotel for protecting the environment through Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotelwide-ranging policies and practices.

Green initiatives at the hotel reflect corporate parent Starwood‘s mission of “30-20-20,” a goal of 30% energy and 20% water savings by 2020.

Highlights of this Sheraton’s efforts include energy-saving lighting in all rooms; occupancy sensors in all offices; recycling of all fluorescent light bulbs, batteries, wiring, telephones, electronic equipment and kitchen cooking oil; on-site water bottling program eliminating the use of plastic bottles and the use of only eco-friendly cleaning solutions and chemicals. The hotel also recently replaced its traditional washing machines with high efficiency machines that use 1/6 as much water while cutting wash time by more than half.

 

 

 

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