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Accor North America has joined the EPA's National Partnership for Environmental Priorities, a program that aims to reduce the use of potentially hazardous chemicals resulting from products and processes. Through the partnership, Accor North America has taken on the challenge of reducing mercury in local landfills by ensuring that fluorescent light bulbs used in their hotels are properly recycled.
The venture is the latest among the company's eco-friendly initiatives, which include:
• Water-saving shower heads and faucet aerators (all brands)
• Faucet aerators replaced with higher water-efficiency 0.5 gallon per minute aerators (Motel 6 and Studio 6 locations)
• Commitment to reduce 10 percent of electric consumption by 2010 (Motel 6 and Studio 6 locations)
• Ozone machines were installed on laundry washers; these machines allow the hotel to wash linen and towels with cold water instead of hot and reduce the use of soap/detergent (all Sofitel hotels with laundry)
• Technologically advanced heating and cooling systems to reduce consumption of power (all brands)
• Use of compact fluorescent lighting, which consumes 75 percent less energy than conventional bulbs (all brands)
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Accor North America Joins EPA Program
July 29, 2009Accor North America has joined the EPA's National Partnership for Environmental Priorities, a program that aims to reduce the use of potentially hazardous chemicals resulting from products and processes. Through the partnership, Accor North America has taken on the challenge of reducing mercury in local landfills by ensuring that fluorescent light bulbs used in their hotels are properly recycled.
The venture is the latest among the company's eco-friendly initiatives, which include:
• Water-saving shower heads and faucet aerators (all brands)
• Faucet aerators replaced with higher water-efficiency 0.5 gallon per minute aerators (Motel 6 and Studio 6 locations)
• Commitment to reduce 10 percent of electric consumption by 2010 (Motel 6 and Studio 6 locations)
• Ozone machines were installed on laundry washers; these machines allow the hotel to wash linen and towels with cold water instead of hot and reduce the use of soap/detergent (all Sofitel hotels with laundry)
• Technologically advanced heating and cooling systems to reduce consumption of power (all brands)
• Use of compact fluorescent lighting, which consumes 75 percent less energy than conventional bulbs (all brands)
www.accor-na.com
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