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Hilton: Green Operations Saved More Than $74 Million in 2010
By Matt Alderton
October 31, 2011
Reducing its energy usage, water consumption and waste output saved it more than $74 million in utility costs last year across its portfolio of 10 hotel brands, according to Hilton Worldwide, which this month released the 2010 results of LightStay, its sustainability measurement system.
According to the hotelier — which recently earned ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management Systems — the savings were the result of a 6.6 percent reduction in energy use, a 7.8 percent reduction in carbon output, a 19 percent reduction in waste output and a 3.8 percent reduction in water use.
"Sustainability is a priority to Hilton Worldwide and a central part of how the company does business," said Hilton Worldwide President and CEO Christopher J. Nassetta. "LightStay has provided us with a platform to measure hotel performance and economic improvement, proving to be invaluable given today's increased operational demands and resource constraints."
Hilton says it is the first major multi-brand hospitality company to make sustainability measurement a brand standard. It has more than 3,750 properties worldwide, and all will be required to use LightStay by December 2011 in pursuit of the company's long-term sustainability goal: By 2014, it aims to reduce energy consumption, carbon emissions and waste output by 20 percent, and to reduce water consumption by 10 percent. To that end, future projects over the next three years will include the installation of energy-efficient chillers, boilers, motors, building automation systems, water reclamation systems, high-efficient windows and white roofs.
To date, Hilton Worldwide's sustainability efforts are equivalent to the removal of more than 50,000 cars from the road, water savings that could fill more than 1,000 swimming pools and energy conservation that could provide power to nearly 20,000 homes a year.
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