Hilton Concord to be Test Site for Sustainability Initiatives

The in Concord will be a test site for a handful of new sustainability initiatives executed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the company that manages the 329-key hotel.

One of the reasons this hotel was selected out of the company's stable of hotels was that California has a slew of incentives when it comes to green initiatives, GreenLodgingNews.com reported.

The initiatives include organize waste decomposing machine, LED lights throughout the hotel, low-flow toilets, and an ozone laundry systems.

GreeLodingNews.com, Aug. 9:

Together, (Charles Smith, CEO, Hotel Sustainability Solutions, Inc. and lead consultant on the project) says, the investments are positioning the hotel as a sustainability leader, offering a fast return (in most cases less than 1.2 years), reducing costs, and increasing the hotel’s value.

“I am trying to compile as much savings as I can,” Smith says, adding that rebates helped pay for the guestroom energy management and ozone laundry systems. The low-flow toilets were 100 percent paid for through a rebate and are expected to save 900,000 gallons annually. Old toilets were recycled, keeping nine tons of waste out of landfills.

You can read a full list of all the initiatives here.

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