Eco Travel: How 1 Hotels Is Embracing The Natural World - 0 views
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with a range of green innovations across its properties (which are currently found in New York, Miami and Los Angeles, with new hotels yet to open in California, Mexico and China).
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The mission-driven 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge is 'real' green development, with the hotel financing the creation of the public park.
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The firm are also responsible for the masses of ‘greenscaping’ throughout the hotel – from the towering plants and trees in the lobby lounge to the rather eccentric ‘beds’ of moss in the bathrooms.
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Toiletries come in full-size refillable bottles, so you don’t feel short-changed, while doing away with the need for multiple mini bottles of shampoos and shower gels.
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A LEED Certified Project, other conservation initiatives include: the use of wind-power; filtered water in all taps, sinks, and showers; state-of-the-art, energy-efficient heating and cooling systems; a rainwater reclamation system and low-energy lightbulbs used throughout the hotel, as well as green cleaning solvents used to clean all rooms and linens.