The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa is proud to take an active role in saving our environment and reducing our carbon footprint.
Initiatives at The Houstonian Hotel
- Provide eco-friendly water refill station in conference center
- Constructed roofs utilizing light-colored reflective materials minimize infrared heat transfer absorption
- Installed occupancy sensors in guestrooms communicate to an energy management system to reduce power consumption in unoccupied rooms
- Utilize Phillips 42-inch LCD Energy Star-rated TVs in guestrooms
- Installed window insulation in guestrooms for decreased heat transfer
- Replace bed sheets and towels only upon guest request
- Use Green Seal Certified cleaning chemicals in Housekeeping and Laundry Departments
- Recycle otherwise discarded unused soap and plastic bath amenities to Clean the World which provides essential supplies to underserved communities
- Donate unused packaged and perishable food to Second Servings for shelters, non-profits, and low-income housing
Initiatives at The Houstonian Club
- Provide eco-friendly water refill stations throughout the Club and locker rooms
- Replaced older boilers with energy-efficient boilers
- Recycle folding tissue and paper products that come from Sports Shop vendors
- Provide employees a polycarbonate water bottle to help reduce the number of cups made of other materials
- Provide recycle containers for recyclable items throughout the Club
- Use rechargeable batteries in the equipment
- Purchase compostable or recyclable consumer items
- Installed digital signage to replace printed newsletter
- Converted to LED lighting, which produces virtually no heat, nor contains any mercury or poisons, making it safer than halogen, CFL, and incandescent light bulbs
- Offer conveniently-located bicycle racks
- Use Green Seal Certified cleaning products, which contain no phosphates, caustics, silicates, butyls, nonylphenols, nonylphenol ethoxylates, or cleating VOCs, and are packaged in recyclable packaging
Initiatives at Trellis Spa
- Donate all used and damaged towels, robes, linens, massage cradle covers and mitts, among other items
- Removed unnecessary florescent and recessed lights to directly affect ambience and indirectly, cost
- Replaced small, single-use bottles in showers with large, multi-use bottles, which reduces waste through discards of small, single-use bottles
- Developed organic facial, body treatment, and day package to address awareness and demand
- Expanded available selection of green-friendly retail products and clothing
On our Grounds
- Provide perpetual care and replacement of trees, fauna, plants, and other natural assets to sustain environmental balance
- Treat pests only when their presence is deemed a nuisance or threat thereby reducing the introduction of toxins into the ground (IPM)
- Use a rain-sensing irrigation system that prohibits wasted water during periods of rain
- Filter run-off water from the loading dock and construction areas through hydrocarbon
- Supplement the ground-fertility program with eco-compatible products, such as discarded egg shells and coffee grounds from the kitchen
Throughout the Campus
- Use low VOC (volatile organic compound) paint for all paint projects
- Installed high-efficiency lighting
- Added film to all exterior windows, which offers greater energy efficiency
- Constructed a central laundry plant with water and heat reclamation and lower energy consumption systems
- Replaced Styrofoam cups with Biodegradable corn-product cups
- Donate equipment to other organizations, or to scrap metal locations to be melted down and reused
- Installation of a water and thermal reclaim system for a 3,200 square foot commercial production laundry with a capacity of 5.6 million pounds of laundry per year enabling The Houstonian to recycle heat energy, saving tens of thousands of gallons of water per year, heat energy and reducing the consumption of fossil fuels