Eco-friendly Hotels are on the Rise

Recently, a chic hotel in downtown Philadelphia opened which is indicative of a positive, “greening” trend in the industry and the world today.  The former Architects Building in Rittenhouse Square was transformed into the luxurious Hotel Palomar.  It was constructed to the United States Green Building Council’s high performance LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental [...]

World’s First Green Airplane Hanger

Construction of Hangar 25 at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California was built to high performance, sustainable design standards.  Now complete, the new facility is the first of its kind in the world to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest award — LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification.

Hotels Can Save with Energy-Saving Retro-fits

Existing hotels can conserve energy, lessen their carbon footprints, and reduce utility bills through the use of the Hotel Room Retro-fit kit. The innovative device, invented by EnOcean, won honorable mention in the “Green Building” category of the recent 2009 AHR Expo Innovation Awards [...]

LEED Platinum Hotel a Testament to Green Building

About a year ago, a new hotel in Greensboro, NC opened its doors for business … but this was no ordinary hotel. Built to high-performance green building standards, the luxurious Proximity Hotel earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest award — LEED platinum certification. It is the first hotel in the U.S. to [...]

Eco-friendly Auto/Travel Club

If you’re worried about a loved one possibly needing roadside assistance or help with other aspects of travel, a thoughtful holiday gift might be a membership to an auto/travel club. But keep in mind, not all clubs are the same, especially when it comes to environmental issues.

Greening Your Travels

My previous post about Travel & Leisure magazine’s ‘Top 10 Must-See Green American Landmarks’ made me stop and think about green travel in general. If you’re like me, you feel compelled to reach outside of your own little world and experience what the rest of the planet has to offer. Leisure traveling not [...]

Must-See Green American Landmarks

As I sit here in southeastern Pennsylvania on an unusually cold and snowy day, I am day-dreaming about warm, sunny places. It’s the perfect time to take a look at Travel & Leisure’s Top 10 Must-See Green American Landmarks. I wouldn’t mind being in sunny 78-degree Santa Monica, California right now where the [...]

Save Gas with iPhone’s greenMeter

The greenMeter is a new iPhone application that computes a vehicle’s real-time fuel consumption, and displays the effects of acceleration, aerodynamic drag, and rolling resistance across the speed range, on easy-to-read graphs. The purpose is to increase a driver’s fuel economy and environmental awareness.
Before starting out, Just enter a few key points, like the [...]

Verifying A Hotel’s Green Claims

Wondering if the hotel you’re interested in staying at during your eco-tourism trip is really as green, or sustainable, as it claims? Check out this interesting blog post on TechCrunch which explains a new green rating system launched by Whole Travel. “The site assigns each hotel with a score based on its environmental, [...]

Will Climate Change Affect Fall Foliage and the Economy?

Even if changing temperatures does affect fall foliage, does it really matter? While it might seem insignificant at first glance, a decrease or delay in the brilliancy of autumn leaves may have serious negative effects on the New England economy.

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