Grecotel

Long-term sustainability program by Grecotel hotel chain to reduce packaging waste through elimination of individual condiment packs and replacement of plastic bottles with recyclable glass.

A wind turbine is used to generate electricity, which then powers the electrolysis process for hydrogen production.

A solar photovoltaic system installed at a 16-room boutique hotel that reduces energy bills by approximately $1,000 per month (60 percent decrease) after an $80,000 investment.

An underground heat pump system at Kameha Grand hotel in Germany that uses six geothermal wells at 28 meters depth to provide heating and cooling for 80,000 square feet of building space, supplying all cooling and 70 percent of heating needs while saving approximately 1,700,000 kWh annually.

Greece

Kansas

Nevada

Long-term sustainability program by Grecotel hotel chain to reduce packaging waste through elimination of individual condiment packs and replacement of plastic bottles with recyclable glass.

Reconstruction of a Kansas hotel destroyed by tornado in 2007 with installation of a 100-foot wind turbine to provide renewable energy.

Installation of solar photovoltaic array at a 16-room boutique hotel with $80,000 investment resulting in $1,000 monthly energy bill savings.