Marriott Plans Major Green Initiative

Marriott plans to add more than 450 green hotels during the next five years, a 1,000% expansion of the company's more efficient designs. Each green hotel saves the chain $100,000 in upfront costs, can be designed six months faster, and reduces water and energy consumption 25%. The company's first green hotel will open next summer in Pittsburgh.

According to Treehugger, It looks like Marriott's green hotel trial program has been a resounding success--so much so, that over the next five years, the company plans on expanding its green hotel initiative by 1,000 percent. A new green design will now be embraced on over 450 upcoming hotels--and the plan will save the company $100,000 dollars on each hotel, cut water and energy consumption by 25%, and shave 6 months off the required design time.

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