Week posting for friday 19th january 07

Article selected : Hilton Earns Certification for Pioneering Green, 10.01.07

This article sheds light on The Hilton Vancouver Washington Hotel which is actually one of the Canadian’s first green and environmentally sustainable establishments. In fact, it has been certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system which is nationally recognized and pay attention on a panel of ecology area such as water savings, reduced energy use or indoor air quality.

Personally I think that the planet fate will be one of the main people preoccupations of the 21st century and this conscious will touch each market, business or area. The ecology action is no just a “trend” but is becoming a “habit” for everybody especially on developed, powered countries. The best example to illustrate is the oil (petroleum): until 2004 it was impossible to image a car in the future using an other motor system financial reason; now each manufacturer proposes or would like to find an ecologic system, so the minds & the persons have change.

To finish with, ideas for sustainable actions in hotels could be:
. infrared move detector for light
. solar energy
. electronically invoice (send by email)
. digital door

Link :

http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/

154000320/4029878.html