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Checklist: Conducting a Hotel Site Inspection Mar 29, 2023: What to look for and smart questions to ask

Saving Big Dollars in a "small-dollar" Budget Line Item of Your Hotel or Restaurant Chain Apr 2, 2021

Saving Big Dollars in a "small-dollar" Budget Line Item of Your Restaurant Chain

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By Steve Pierce

As a savvy chain hotel or restaurant operator, you are constantly looking for cost reductions that can be made to increase your profit margins. Because food costs typically represent 38-42 percent of your costs, that is where you will often expend most of your energy when evaluating cost reductions. But are you missing some of the operational cost reductions that can help improve your bottom line?

A Glossary of Sustainability and Green Hotel Terms and Phrases Apr 1, 2021

A Glossary of Sustainability and Green Hotel Terms and Phrases

11 Minimum Guidelines for Going Green Mar 22, 2019: Below is a list of actions properties of any size should take to stake their claim as an eco-friendly establishment. Each step contains further tactics, including case studies, statistics, and additional resources. AH&LA members who have further questions may get one-on-one advice from our Green Guru.

Cashing In on a Good Thing - Understanding how GREEN benefits everyone Feb 10, 2019: Get some perspective. Find out what hotels nationwide are implementing and what makes sense specifically for your hotel property. If you do not have a dedicated individual to focus on the strategy consider hiring a sustainability consultant.

Case Study: Technology Lowers Temperature Expense by almost 50% Feb 28, 2017: Case Study: Technology Lowers Temperature Expense by almost 50%

Green Meetings Report Aug 1, 2016: The Green Meetings Task Force is an initiative of the Convention Industry Council.

Sir Richard Branson: What It Takes to Support What You Love Jul 28, 2016

A Practical guide to set up your recycling programme Jul 3, 2016

Did you know?
• Every employee generates 75 kg of paper waste in a year
• Possible examples:
- paper – plastic cups
- cardboard – cans
- plastic bottles – general waste
• Identification of contractors who pick up recycling waste

Adapting Ozone Laundry - Look at the Savings @Hampton Inn and Hilton Properties Mar 28, 2016: Over the past several years my team and I have worked with hoteliers and ozone technology providers successfully lowering natural gas spend, saving thousands of gallons of water while reducing chemical costs and diverting waste from local landfills. Ozone systems are one of the most proven technologies offering a sustainable alternative to traditional sanitation and cleaning in green hotels.

Tax Deductions for Your Green Hotel Jan 30, 2016: Here’s some tax incentive news that isbound to make green hotel owners and designerssmile: owners of existing commercial buildings that improve their energy efficiency by at least 50% can earn a tax deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot! And so can designers of newly constructed high efficiencycommercial buildings.
And a partial deduction of $0.60 per square foot is available for those investing in lighting, HVAC, or building envelope upgrades that reduce consumption by less than 50%.

That means energy efficient green hotels that have reducedtheir energy consumptioncan earn a big break on their taxes – money that can definitely be used tohelp offset the cost of the upgrades.

Looking at GREEN in Different Ways equals Knowledge Sep 3, 2015

Knowledge is POWER

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