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Burbank Marriott: 1st Green U.S. Hotel & Conference Center
Marriott Hotels Green Meetings: Tour with Ed Begley Jr.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Marriott International the "2008 Sustained Excellence Award in Energy Management." Marriott has been named an EPA Partner of the Year since 2004.
In 2007, Marriott International received the "World Savers Award" from Condé Nast Traveler magazine in recognition of its global community engagement programs.
For the fifth consecutive year, the state of California recognized Marriott International with its "Flex Your Power" Energy Efficiency award for its energy conservation practices, 2007.
In 2005, Marriott International became the first hospitality management company to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders Program.
Water, Waste & Energy Reduction
To reduce its environmental footprint, Marriott is committed to:
- Reducing its fuel and water consumption by an additional 25 percent per available room over the next 10 years.
- Installing solar power at up to 40 hotels by 2017.
- Expanding existing "reduce, reuse, recycle" programs already in place in 90 percent of hotels to consistently include guest and meeting rooms, beginning with pilot hotels across all brands in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C.
For more than 20 years, Marriott has been actively involved in energy conservation. Over the last decade, its hotels worldwide have replaced 450,000 light bulbs with fluorescent lighting, introduced linen reuse programs, and installed 400,000 low-flow showerheads and toilets. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Marriott with its 2008 Sustained Excellence award and placed the ENERGY STAR label on more than 250 of its hotels (the most of any hotel company).
Protecting the Rainforest
The Centerpiece of Marriott's Five-Point Environmental Strategy
Clearing forests causes more carbon emissions than all the world's cars, trains, trucks and SUVs combined. That's why the centerpiece of Marriott International's long-term environmental strategy is helping protect 1.4 million acres (589,000 hectares) of endangered rainforest in the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve in partnership with the state of Amazonas in Brazil.
Through this pioneering effort, Marriott and its customers will fund an environmental management plan administered by the newly created Amazonas Sustainable Foundation, which will monitor and enforce protection of the Juma reserve. The project will support employment, education and healthcare for the approximately 400 people who live there. The Foundation is seeking certification for the forest from TUV Sud, an independent accredited environmental auditing firm, under the internationally recognized Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standards.
Marriott's five-point environmental strategy was developed in collaboration with Conservation International, a global conservation organization. In addition to rainforest preservation, Marriott's strategy calls for reduction of water, waste and energy consumption; greening its supply chain; building greener hotels; and engaging employees and guests to take action.
Calculating Marriott's Carbon Footprint
To calculate its carbon footprint of 3 million metric tons of CO2 emissions annually—or .031 metric tons (69.5 pounds) per available room—the company assessed the electricity and gas consumption in its guest rooms and public spaces at its nearly 1,000 managed hotels worldwide, as well as at its headquarters building and regional offices. Employee travel was also included. The calculation has been certified by ICF International, a leader in climate change consulting services.
Green Buildings
Marriott is working to empower its hotel development partners to site, design and construct "greener" hotels. By the end of 2009, the company will develop green hotel guidelines, in line with the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards.
Marriott is striving to expand its portfolio of "green" and LEED-certified hotels, which already includes The Inn & Conference Center by Marriott <http://www.marriott.com/marriott.mi?page=green_LEED> at the University of Maryland, across all Marriott brands.
In addition, the company is pursuing LEED-Existing Building status for its headquarters office in Bethesda, Md., by the end of 2009. In early 2008, the building became waste-neutral through an aggressive recycling and composting program which included replacing 2.5 million pieces of Styrofoam and plastic utensils with those made of potato ("SpudWare™"), sugar cane and cornstarch—all fully biodegradable within an average of 100 days.
Another quarter-million pieces of styrofoam and plastic were replaced with Spudware at the Orlando, Florida headquarters of the company's vacation ownership division, Marriott Vacation Club International (MVCI).
Greening Our Supply Chain
Each year, Marriott International and its owners spend about $10 billion buying products and services for its 3,000 hotels around the world. Recognizing this purchasing power, we've teamed up with 40 of our vendors to find more environmentally friendly solutions at no additional cost.
For example, we buy 47 million pens each year for our guest and meeting rooms. We worked with BIC™ to develop pens made of about 75% recycled material that will be distributed in our U.S. and Canadian hotels for our guests and associates.
At our hotels in Central Europe, we have begun using a new laundry detergent that cuts the amount of phosphates released into waste water by approximately 100,000 kg (220,000 lbs.).
We have worked with Standard Textile on a program that will save six million gallons of water annually. The one million towels we purchase for our North American hotels annually will now be "room ready" thanks to a unique manufacturing process that eliminates the need for an additional wash cycle before guests can use the towels. They'll still be clean, fresh and fluffy, just more environmentally friendly.
Marriott is committed to buying nearly one million gallons of paint that are low in Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). Lower concentrations of VOCs in paints are safer to use, less polluting and help minimize health risks.
These are just a few of the ways we are greening our supply chain to help save the environment. We're also looking into introducing guest room key cards that can be composted, installing carpet that can be recycled and stocking our bathrooms with soaps and shampoos that come in greener packaging.
Employee & Guest Engagement
By educating and engaging its employees and guests to support the environment through their everyday actions at home, while at work and on travel, Marriott can have a lasting impact. Just think about the opportunities to get the message out: 300,000 employees at 3,000 managed and franchised hotels worldwide, not to mention the millions of guests who visit our hotels each year.
In May, Marriott held its first green meeting at a gathering for its top association customers. Later this year, Marriott will introduce a menu of eco-friendly products and services that will enable groups of all sizes to save water and energy, reduce waste and recycle during their stays. Options include recycle bins in meeting rooms, pens and notepads made from recycled material, organic flowers, linen-less tables, reusable name tags and leftover food donations. It's an exciting way to engage the company's customers in championing environmental stewardship with their clients.
Marriott is also encouraging its employees on business travel to book the Hertz Green Collection, including hybrid rental vehicles with SmartWay certification by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
