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Green Chicago > Green Hotels
Green Hotels
As one of Chicago's most important industries and one that operates 24 hours a day, the environmental impact of the city's hotel industry is significant. The Chicago Green Hotels Initiative provides resources, best practices and training to hotels seeking to decrease their carbon footprint through energy efficiency and third-party certification. Visitors may now choose from a wide array of LEED certified and Green Seal certified when booking their accommodations in Chicago.
The Chicago Green Hotels Initiative recognizes its Green Seal certified hotels
Thirteen Chicago hotels are certified by Green Seal, a Washington, D.C.- based non-profit agency whose environmental standards are recognized nationwide as credible, transparent and increasingly relevant in fostering positive business practices and improving overall quality of life. Chicago currently has more Green Seal certified hotels than any other city in the U.S.
Green Seal certified hotels adhere to stringent standards of energy efficiency, water conservation, recycling and waste reduction, and environmentally-conscious practices, like using bio-degradable and Earth-friendly cleaning products and providing optional linen/towel reuse programs for guests.
The Chicago Green Hotels Initiative recognizes Chicago's LEED certified hotels
In September 2009, the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza was awarded LEED Gold Certification (Existing Buildings, Operations & Maintenance) by the US Green Building Council, making this hotel the first LEED certified hotel in Chicago. In August 2010, they were joined by the Hotel Felix Chicago, which became the first hotel in the city to receive LEED Silver Certification for commercial interiors.
Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza
350 West Mart Center Drive
312.836.5000
Hotel Felix Chicago
111 W. Huron St.
312.267.0754
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a nationally accepted benchmark for design, construction, and operation for green buildings.
There are many ways visitors can help Chicago become even more of a Green city. We offer five simple tips that anyone can use to reduce their impact on the environment, and five Green things to do while having fun in Chicago.
Did you know?
Chicago has its first LEED gold- and silver-certified green hotels’, and 14 Green Seal-certified hotels to date, more than any other U.S. city.
Information on this Green Chicago page has been compiled by the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, in collaboration with the City of Chicago Department of the Environment and other partner agencies.
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