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Until this summer, the 16,000 gallons of groundwater that runs below the Mansion House Inn, Health Club & Spa was a nuisance. Because the inn’s subbasement sits in the middle of the groundwater, the water constantly had to be pumped away to protect the structure. Now, the water is an asset. How so? - More

The McAllen Chamber of Commerce is stepping up its efforts to green hotels in its southern Texas location by adding a second tier to its Green Hotel Program. - More

The July 4 holiday weekend turned out to be a good time to open for the new water-themed h2hotel in California’s Northern Sonoma Wine Country. The four-story, 36-room hotel sold out - a good sign for the owners of the $19 million property. - More

Spend some time chatting with Brian Gorski, director of engineering at the 498-room Hyatt Regency Boston and you will quickly understand how the all-electric hotel has been able to slice its annual power consumption by a whopping 42 percent - from 12.3 million kilowatt hours of usage per year to 7.1 million. - More

For more than 125 years after Foxwood Resort was founded in 1876 on the edge of Lake of Bays in the Muskoka area of Ontario, there was not a lot that was 'green' about the property - except for the surrounding scenery of course. - More

Fuel cell power systems, installed at properties such as the Hilton New York, Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, and Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino, have worked reliably for years now but have failed to catch on in a big way throughout the lodging industry. - More

Visitors to the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa in New Hampshire’s White Mountains can’t miss the 121-foot wind turbine that stands like a tall white tree behind the 144-room hotel and adjacent to the on-property nine-hole golf course. - More

Thanks to organizations such as Clean the World and the Global Soap Project, recycling partially used soap and shampoo has become much easier for lodging establishments. In a little more than a year, Orlando-based Clean the World, which was started by Shawn Seipler and Paul Till, has more than 200 properties in 25 states participating, almost 90... - More

The 'I Love New York' logo, one of the most famous icons ever created for a tourism campaign, has gone green. - More

What do 34 U.S. hospitality organizations - including Hilton Worldwide, Mauna Lani Resort, Xanterra Parks & Resorts, and Wyndham Worldwide - have in common? They a re all members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership program (GPP). - More