Robbinsville News (New Jersey, United States)

The food-themed clothing range, Pyknic, has announced plans of expansion into mobile retail through the use of an actual food truck.

On a very sunny New York City day, my team and I arrived at a historical building located on the corner of 103rd and Amsterdam Avenue on the upper west side of the incredible island of Manhattan.

Last week’s Unwelcomed Guests: Bed Bugs editorial focused how to identify bed bugs and prevention techniques. This week we detail how to fight back with an array of green solutions to eradicate those bed bugs giving you trouble.

It’s that time again – Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are already hitting the street. From coast to coast and around the world, hotel staff are sharpening their pencils and filling out select paperwork from a mountain of NBTA forms.

It’s that time again – Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are already hitting the street. From coast to coast and around the world, hotel staff are sharpening their pencils and filling out select paperwork from a mountain of NBTA forms.

Celebrate the day with local wineries, restaurants, farms and locally sourced products. You can offer a special Sustainable Wine & Food lunch or dinner to your guests and community or go all out and have a festival right at your green hotel.

With all the different models, options and features offered by countless energy management systems, an energy efficiency project installing 65,000 wireless nodes at the Wynn Hotel & Casino warrants a closer look.

For most Internet marketing gurus, the use of Internet marketing and social networking sites has been a secret weapon. As a hotel operator or owner, you will agree that it is always necessary to develop your and increase business.

The amount of paper, garbage and other waste your hotel generaes may be greater than you think. In addition to harming the environment, this waste is costing your hotel a lot of money.

If you are a hotelier that has struggled to survive the last two years, you are well aware of the importance of positive cash flow and how to maximize restricted budgets.

In the past few years, Philadelphia has been “green” to a level above reduce, reuse and recycle. The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability have set the ambitious goal to reduce its

A new business traveler study conducted by Deloitte’s Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure (THL) practice indicates corporate travel is anticipated to increase in 2011.

Over the past several years I have walked through a hundred hotels as part of our E2A Program (Energy Efficiency Analysis) always looking for opportunities that the EGH Team can present solutions for.

Hotels know they need to do more for guests than simply provide a good night’s rest. Some green hotels are leading the eco-way for old and new hotels of all sizes.Hotel initiatives might not be “groundbreaking,”

Small changes into daily hotel operations can lead to extraordinary results.Beginning in early 2010, the 118-room Hilton Garden Inn – Knoxville West made the commitment to reduce its daily operation costs through energy efficiency .

Time and time again we hear hotel project managers and developers embarking on “greening” projects comment,

It has been proven that energy efficiency measures and new sustainability technologies are being implemented into hotels and delivering positive impact to the bottom line.

What would you do if you could reduce your monthly fuel cost by 70% for the hotel shuttle van? In our August newsletter EcoGreenHotel detailed the progress toward creating a nationwide infrastructure for electric vehicles.

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. – EcoGreenHotel, a sustainability and energy services company, has been selected as an accredited sustainability partner to the National Purchasing Network (NPN),

As the saying goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. But it can be dfficult to figure out “how” for a hotel business. With standard hotel operations being wasteful

Robbinsville, NJ – November15th, 2010 - Energy-efficiency and sustainability services firm, EcoGreenHotel LLC, recently named Chris Lewis the Director of Energy Solutions. In this role,

The race continues as hotels strive to one-up their competition. In January we had published an investigative article on green hotel certifications exploring various anglesof

Robbinsville NJ area residents now have immediate access to medical information with the iTriage healthcare decision tool

Ten years ago a business traveler looking for green lodging options would have to search long and hard for accommodations that offered in-room recycling, linen re-use programs, energy efficient light blubs, and water saving fixtures.

Many hotels have taken the plunge into green standards and certification as thousands of buildings and manufacturing plants have earned the EPA’s Energy Star through the recent “green” trend years.

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. –According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American hotels spend an average of almost $2,200 per available room on energy each year, representing about six percent of all operating costs.

The advancement in lighting technologies now means that there are a spectrum of energy-efficient light bulbs including LED bulbs available to purchase.

Whatever the driving force, energy efficiency will be an integral part of staying successful in this competitive business environment. The phrase, "going 'green' to make 'green'" holds true.

JOIN US at the upcoming 2010 Trade Show by Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), Texas Hotel & Lodging Association (THLA) and the Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston (HLAGH) featuring valuable educational seminars.

Good daylighting design could save from 15 to 75 percent of the energy used forelectric lighting in a hotel building. Of course, energy savings depend on various factors such as occupancy patterns, control strategy, design, energy usage.

Today’s new generation of optimized, “high-efficiency” T8 lamps and electronic ballasts are available in a range of energy-saving models. Energy efficient lamp and ballast systems contribute significantly to reducing energy consumption.

A hybrid structure is evolving where a "corporate green team" is created to bring staff from all departments together to help implement and support strategic sustainability initiatives.

Last month EcoGreenHotel highlighted the hospitality industry’s role in helping to build the infrastructure to make electric vehicles a common site on streets and highways throughout the country.

The Residence Inn has become the first-ever Marriott branded hotel property and the first hotel in the state of Florida to be EcoRooms & EcoSuites Certified. Both AH&LA and AAA distinguish the certification as a go-to resource for both hoteliers.

It is no secret that guests today are well informed about recycling, eco-friendly materials, conservation, and disposal.

If there’s one document on the face of the earth that has frustrated and baffled people the most, it is probably the U.S. tax code. Trying to understand that mountain of legal-eseis enough to give even the most competent tax accountant.

If you stop to think about it, your hotel is sort of like a machine. It’s got a ton of moving parts – the building and all of its infrastructure.

Electric vehicles are no longer a dream on the drawing board. The Volt and the Leaf will be in showrooms later this year from automakers GM and Nissan.

Is that possible? Hotel Andaluz in Albuquerque, New Mexico, claims they've done just that. Reopening after a $30 million remodel, the Andaluz reduced their water use by 78% with their water savings program.

It used to be that the only thing a business really had to worry about was profit and loss – the economic bottom line.

It got me thinking: why isn’t there a law or regulation requiring manufacturers to list ingredients? Not knowing what chemicals are in products can be dangerous.

Deregulation of electricity and natural gas markets in Pennsylvania is giving residential and commercial consumers (including green hotels) the opportunity to choose their utility providers – and save big money on their energy costs as a result.

Green Hotels want to make sure their lawn and landscape stays healthy and beautiful for the enjoyment of guests and improved occupancy rates. They must also think about controlling utility rates and being environmentally friendly.

At EcoGreenHotel, clients are always asking for our advice about how to go green in the quickest and most affordable way possible. And our advice is always the same: operating a truly green hotel is not a piecemeal proposition.

Today’s environmentally-conscious, well-informed travelers expect green hotels to do more than just provide a comfortable place to stay.

If you read any hospitality industry news, you’ve undoubtedly seen stories of green hotels that are saving big money by becoming more energy efficient. You might wonder how they do it.

Each year, billions of dollars are spent to control or curtail the effects of odor. We mask it. We cover it up. We try almost anything to kill it. And we spend our money on solutions that don’t really work.

EcoGreenHotel President, Scott Parisi, announced the launch of his company’s new Energy Efficiency Analysis program, or E2A, designed to help green hotels assess their exact energy usage and develop cost-effective ways to reduce it.

EcoGreenHotel today announced a fundamental commitment to protect the environment by becoming an ENERGY STAR partner. Through its voluntary partnership with the U.S.

In the current economic climate, property managers and facility engineers are more pressed than ever to reduce operating costs and defer capital expenditures — all while taking on green initiatives and optimizing building quality and performance.