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On October 15th, thirteen properties
of Santa Fe received notification from HospitalityGreen (HG) that they had passed
the requirements of Phase 1 of the Green Concierge Certification® program. In early October a site audit was conducted at each of the properties.
Each property met the initial
requirements of the Phase 1. For completing Phase One, the property was issued by HG a report card on the status of their certification,
a Green Page stating their commitments and validation of their green
initiatives and permission to use the HG icon. The Green Page along
with the HG icon can be placed on their websites and available for customers and
employees to read.
In order to meet the first tier, the bronze level, of
the Green Concierge Certification® each property must undergo the site audit,
meet multiple standards and provide resource usage for a minimum of six months.
Each property will need to meet the bronze requirements on or before January
31, 2014 in order to be certified by HG this year.
Evadne Giannini, founder of HospitalityGreen
spoke at the Green Lodging Initiatives Working Group local partners meeting.
She said, “Each of these properties is totally unique. Many are privately owned
and have been established for generations in Santa Fe. Their understanding and
appreciation for both the culture and the environment is revealed throughout.
It is most rewarding to be working
with some of the oldest hotels in the country and to see that, yes, from Route 66 original motels to historic luxury properties green
practices can be implemented and achieve extraordinary results.
It is much easier to implement
sustainable initiatives on newer properties. It takes creativity, resourcefulness
and a dedication to achieve this level of results on older properties. These properties should be recognized as leaders
in the industry. Over the next few months, we look forward to publishing more information
on each of them.”
Felicity Broennan, Executive Director
of the Santa Fe Watershed Association said, “It is our intention that the guests
of Santa Fe will recognize our individual lodger’s commitments to
sustainability and participate in the conservation of the precious resources available
to us here in Santa Fe.”
The
Santa Fe Green Lodging Initiative is a
public-private sector collaboration spearheaded by the SFWA and funded by a
$49,700 grant awarded to the Watershed Association by the federal Environmental
Protection Agency. The SFWA contracted HospitalityGreenLLC to provide training,
one-on-one technical assistance, and to implement the Green Concierge
Certification® to the lodging providers of Santa Fe. It is the intention of the program to work with the Santa Fe partners to help
brand Santa Fe as an eco-tourist destination.
For more information on the Santa Fe Green Lodging Initiative:
Contact
Adrianne Picciano, Project Coordinator
HospitalityGreen
Tel: (845)-436-6173
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