Hotel Roanoke

Hotel Roanoke Phillip J. Davis, Director of Operations 110 Shenandoah Avenue Roanoke, VA 24016 540-985-5900 www.hotelroanoke.com Case Study

• Water Efficiency: low flow restrictors (high pressure), sensors on faucets/toilets, low flow toilets, dishwashers that re-circulate, maintenance of drips/leaks
  
• Energy Efficiency: efficient HVAC - natural gas, solar panels/skylights/natural lighting design, lighting sensors and high efficiency compact fluorescents, EnergyStar computers, refrigerators, etc., insulation, directional lighting (parking areas, outdoor, non-dome lights that do not cause energy wasting light pollution)
  
• Landscaping: integrated pest management, organic fertilizers and efficiently timed applications, buffer strips around all water bodies, native vegetation, abundance of indoor plants
  
• In Rooms: optional laundry service, glasses/mugs versus disposables, efficient HVAC - individual thermostats, low flow fixtures, optional free papers
  
• Laundry: water efficient washers (reuse or filter washwaters, energy efficient dryers, environmentally-friendly detergents (using proper amount of bleaches), linen segregation, gentle cycles for lightly soiled
  
• Sustainability: carpets with recycled content and no-VOC's, fabrics for furniture and wallpaper with no-VOC's with recycled content, reused building materials, vintage flooring/beams, stonework, fixtures
  
• Office: purchase of recycled content paper, purchase of durable/well-made products w/long life, purchase of energy-efficient equipment, policies for 2-sided copying/printing, EnergyStar computers, extensive use of electronic documents/records, purchasing from vendors/service providers w/commitment to the environment, utilizing purchasing power to prescribe minimized packaging wastes, shrink-wrapping, excessive packaging, or to require that vendors take back packaging
  
• Maintenance: preventative maintenance of all vehicles/equipment, last-in/first-out inventory, eliminating use of aerosols, recycling of vehicle fluids, less toxic materials, use of latex paints, minimizing use of HVAC/cooling tower chemicals through magnetic or ionic-flux mechanisms, reusing cooling tower waters as much as possible, effective systems of storage, labeling, handling