Email: Virginia Green
Virginia Green Convention Centers
To become a Virginia Green Convention Center, click on one of the links below and fill out the application:
click here for a fillable MS Word version
click here for an Adobe PDF version
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Convention Centers are often the centerpiece of a region’s tourism efforts, and they have the opportunity to lead the way for Virginia Green activities in their region.
What does it take to be a Virginia Green Convention Center? At a minimum, facilities must commit to:
- Provide Recycling: All Convention centers must provide for recycling at their events. Aluminum can and plastic bottle recycling are the minimum. Recycling of steel cans, cardboard, office paper, and composting of waste foods are encouraged as well.
- Eliminate use of Styrofoam & Reduce Disposables: Convention centers are encouraged to minimize use of all disposables and eliminate the use of Styrofoam-based products as much as possible.
- Water Efficiency: Convention centers must have a plan for conserving and using water efficiently that considers water-saving faucets, showerheads, and toilets, leak detection, and an effective landscape watering plan.
- Energy Conservation: Convention centers must have a plan in place that encourages the replacement of lighting and equipment to energy-efficient alternatives such as compact-fluorescent lighting, LED Exit signs, lighting sensors, efficient heating and cooling, and ENERGY STAR computers and other equipment.
- Support Green Conferences & Events: The facility must offer a “green” or “environmentally-friendly” package for conventions, meetings, and other events. At a minimum, you must be able to provide recycling at such events and be willing to work with “environmentally-aware” customers on other techniques to reduce wastes. For lots of ideas on Green Events, please see the fact-sheet on Environmentally-Responsible Conventions, Meetings, and Events.
Participating convention centers:
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