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Luxury Meets Sustainability At Our Chicago Green Hotel
Swissôtel Chicago is committed to environmental responsibility through sustainable business practices. We embrace public awareness and foster commitment to our environmental mindset, while capturing our associates’ pride, passion, and involvement. We foster “good neighbor” partnerships, measurably reduce pollution, drive energy conservation, and reduce overall operational expenses.
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- Recycling Programs: The property embraces the fundamental waste mitigation concept of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” The property maintains an aggressive effort to capture all recyclable materials to include: cardboard, plastic, glass, steel, aluminum, office paper, newspaper, fluorescent light bulbs, cooking oil, toner cartridges, batteries, pallets and crates. As of July 2010, all unused amenity bottles are donated to Bin Donated, a 501(c)3 charity specializing in a free residential and commercial donation pick-up service that collects supplies for local homeless, temporarily displaced, the disadvantaged and those seeking shelter from abuse. In 2010, the hotel migrated to a single-stream recycling program that will systematically improve our overall waste management.
- Food Waste Program: In 2010, we implemented a food waste system that eliminates virtually all organic food wastes within 24 hours. The waste elimination process allows the effluent to return to the ecosystem as water. This system reduces our food waste by 137 tons per year.
- Cleaning Supplies: We take pride in using concentrated, environmentally friendly cleaning products dispensed through portion control equipment. These products are dispensed in reusable pump spray bottles. Property management works with environmentally aware providers to identify eco-friendly cleaning products that have minimal packaging.
- Water Efficiency Program: Our guest linen program allows guests to select their linen changing preference. With our guests’ participation, we are able to reduce the total number of loads per year, in turn, reducing our overall water consumption. Water conserving fixtures or retrofits are located throughout the hotel including 2.2 gpm faucets and 2.5 gpm shower heads. Our landscaping company’s environmental standards include the use of plants and trees tolerant of climate, soils and natural water availability. During the opening of the hotel’s new Event Center, we introduced a linen free meeting concept as part of our Sustainable Meetings program. In less than one year, this program saved over 27,000 gallons of water.
- Energy Conservation Program: Energy efficient lighting is used in guest areas, guest rooms, meeting rooms corridors, garage and heart-of-the-house. HVAC equipment has recently been updated for energy efficiency. All air handlers are additionally connected to our B.A.S. (Building Automated System). Programmable on/off timers and/or sensors are used for lighting and HVAC in low-traffic and low-occupancy areas. This includes the heart-of-the-house, corridors, meetings rooms, storage rooms, fitness center and equipment rooms. Moreover, the new Event Centre is equipped with motion sensor lighting in all lavatories and LED lighting throughout the new building reducing our energy consumption by 50%. Currently, we are investigating an Aeroturbine installation that would reduce our carbon footprint by 17.68 metric tons annually.
- Certifications:
ISO 14001 Environmental Management
OHSAS 18001 Job Safety and Health Protection
ISO 9001 Quality Management
ISO 22000 Food Safety Management
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Experience the rare combination of American energy and Swiss service that distinguishes Swissôtel Chicago as a landmark location - where the river meets the lake. Book your reservations online today at this four-diamond Chicago green hotel, and enjoy our Best Rate Guarantee.
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