Way back in October, I wrote about Starwood Capital Group’s plans to create a green luxury hotel brand called “1″ (named for the one percent of revenue that each property will donate to local environmental groups, chosen by a steering committee constituted, in part, by members of the Natural Resources Defense Council. NRDC also serves [...]
June 5th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | ContinuedGreen Hotels
Monday LEEDoff: Arpad Baksa’s Greenhouse 26 in Chelsea
In its 2006 Green Building White Paper, “Green Buildings and the Bottom Line,” Building Design + Construction magazine noted that, with respect to green hotel construction, “it appears that the industry is missing an opportunity.” At least one New York City developer is attempting to step into that void with a 20,000 square foot hotel [...]
April 30th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued
Napa Valley Hotel Demonstrates Dangers to Developers Posed by LEED Creep
In the wake of the D.C. Council passing significant LEED legislation last week, there’s been substantial commentary about how positive the bill is for green building at large. While I agree that the legislation is certainly a step in the right direction, a recent post I wrote about the D.C. mandate describes what the BD+C [...]
December 19th, 2006 | Stephen Del Percio | 5 comments | Continued