NYC
MANHATTAN
An eco-friendly Element in Times Square
From the bustling street, you might not suspect Element Times Square West as one of the city’s eco-pioneers. And yet here, hidden in plain sight, this deceptively inconspicuous hotel—in the heart of the Times Square neighborhood—offers a thoughtful, comprehensive approach to environmentalism.
Manhattan’s greenest hotel gets even greener
A new living green roof and a super-energy-efficient heat and power system are the latest eco-upgrades at Hilton New York, the city’s largest hotel. The 16,000-square-foot roof system is planted with vegetation from an upstate New York farm.
Starwood launches new luxury eco-brand in Manhattan
1 Hotel Central Park is conceived as “the first ground-up, luxury eco-design and living hotel concept [to] marry responsible travel with sophisticated taste.” With this new brand, Starwood “celebrates nature in its interior and exterior design and offers farm-to-table dining and other ecologically responsible amenities as well as distinctive green services.”
NYC hotel is first to partner with a farm
Harvesting crops in Manhattan is tough. So this mid-town hotel is doing the next best thing. Giving guests and neighbors easy access to fresh, seasonal produce and artisan farm products by forging a pioneering partnership with an eighth-generation Vermont farm.
BROOKLYN
Starwood launches new luxury eco-hotel in Brooklyn
1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge is conceived as “the first ground-up, luxury eco-design and living hotel concept [to] marry responsible travel with sophisticated taste.” With this new brand, Starwood “celebrates nature in its interior and exterior design and offers farm-to-table dining and other ecologically responsible amenities as well as distinctive green services.”
