Green Certifications & Awards
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
The Sheraton Seattle Hotel earned an eco-rating of four from Green Leafs by Autobon International in August 2010, making it the first eco-rated facility in Washington State. The Sheraton Seattle saves more than 4,800 kilowatts of electricity a year and recycles about 12 tons of materials a month. Those stats were also enough to land it on the list of Top-10 Green Hotels in the U.S. by the Mother Nature Network.
Hyatt at Olive 8
LEED is the standard in environmental building, and when the
Hyatt at Olive 8 opened in 2009, it became the first such certified hotel in Seattle. It features a living roof, automatic electricity shutoffs when guests aren’t in the room, exhaust recycling to create power that would have been wasted otherwise and recycling throughout the hotel.
David Phelps
Recycling isn’t uncommon in Seattle — some just take it a little more seriously
. Kimpton Hotels’ Seattle locations (Alexis Hotel, Hotel Monaco and Hotel Vintage Park) participate in the group’s EarthCare Program, which, among other things, provides designer recycling bins in each guest room. All printed materials use recycled paper and soy-based inks, and guests with hybrid vehicles have the privilege of parking for free at the Alexis and Vintage Park locations. All of this has led to Energy Star certification.
The Heathman Hotel
in Kirkland’s energy-saving measures have qualified it for Energy Star certification as well. All of the hotel’s expended energy is recovered and recycled in a heat-recovery loop, and all guest rooms are included in a network of computer-controlled thermostats and energy conservation units that automatically adjust to save energy in unoccupied units.
Sustainable Practices
The Fairmont Olympic Hotel
composts leftover food from its kitchen by separating it and sending it to a composting company. After about 90 days, the food is broken down and made into usable products like mulch. The hotel also uses steam for heating and hot water, which is generated by a plant that burns recycled wood instead of fossil fuels.
Eco Products
Every room at
The Best Western Executive Inn is an “EcoRoom” that features more than a dozen different eco-conscious products, including nontoxic cleaning chemicals and lotion and liquid-soap products dispensed from refillable containers in the bathrooms.
The Doubletree Arctic Club Hotel feature Kiehl’s body products, which are environmentally friendly, produce no landfill waste and use recycled packaging. The hotel also composts food waste, utilizes a hot-water reuse system for laundry and dishwashing, and conducts steam-condensate recycling to reduce use of fossil fuels for heating.