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1. Recycle
cardboard
2. Recycle
office papers
3. Recycle food
and organic waste
4. Recycle
glass
5. Recycle
plastic
6. Water
Conservation:
a) Installed
low flow shower heads.
b) Eliminate
once through cooling on telephone room A/C unit.
c) Preventative
maintenance program to eliminate drippy faucets in public
areas
and kitchens in effect.
7. Electricity Conservation:
a) Installed
chiller control package to maximize efficiency of chillers in
summer
months.
b) Installed
controls to minimize use of air handler circulating pumps.
c) Design free
cooling program in building management software to minimize
chiller
use in shoulder cooling season.
d) Eliminate
electric steam boilers and electric dishwasher booster heaters
by
installation of gas fired steam boiler.
e) Install
Direct Digital Control of LGR meeting and banquet rooms to shut
down
areas during non use.
f) Replace 90
watt incandescent bulbs in guest rooms with 38 watt compact
fluorescent bulbs.
g)
Replace
T12 fluorescent light in SPH bathrooms with T8 fluorescent lighting.
h) Replace
garage T12 fluorescent lighting with T8 fluorescent lighting
with
electronic ballasts.
i) Replace T12
fluorescent lighting in LGR kitchens with T8 fluorescent
lighting
with electronic ballasts.
j) Replace
shell lamp 50 watt incandescent lighting with 9 watt compact
fluorescent.
k) Install
Direct Digital Control of heat pump loop circulating system.
l) Install
carbon monoxide monitoring system and garage fan control in SPH
garage.
m) Replacement
motors to all be energy efficient.
n) Replacement
fluorescent ballasts to be T8 electronic if possible,
T8
magnetic if not. All ballasts used are electronic.
o) All
replacement light fixtures to compact fluorescent if possible.
p) Exterior
incandescent flood lighting replaced with High Pressure Sodium
lighting
or compact fluorescent
8. Natural Gas
Conservation:
a) Design
program in building management software to maximize efficiency
of SPH
heating/domestic hot water boilers.
b) Implement
use of outside air temperature reset control of LGR apartment
heating
water temperature.
9. Implement
re-use of towel policy in LGR apartments and Hotel.
10. Implement blue box collection program for La Grande Residents
apartments'
recyclable materials.
11. Implement
behind the scenes collection of recyclable materials in Sutton
Place
Hotel guest rooms.
12. Recycle
waste cooking oils to rendering company.
13.
Guest room key cards are reused (after reprogramming).
14. Convert
discarded towels and linens into rags or donate to others.
15. Sell
discarded mattresses and furniture to staff or auction houses.
16. Recycle
used batteries from smoke alarms & door locks
(deliver to toxic materials dump).
17.
Proud recipient of the
Hotel Association of
Canada (HAC) 3 Green Key
ECOmmodation rating.
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