Lenox Hotel

Energy Start Certified

Phone: 617-536-5300

Toll-free: 800-225-7676

For reservations or more information visit www.lenoxhotel.com

Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston

Energy Star Certified

Phone: 617-536-5300

Toll-free: 800-SONESTA

For reservations and more information visitwww.Sonesta.com/Boston

Sheraton Boston Hotel

Energy Star Certified

Phone: 617-236-2000

Toll-free: 800-325-3535

For reservations or more information visit www.sheraton.com/boston

Other noteworthy Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau and Boston Green Tourism member hotels that are imrpoving their environmental program and moving towards green certification:

A Bed & Breakfast in Cambridge, Cambridge
A Friendly Inn at Harvard Square, Cambridge
Colonnade Hotel, Boston
Concord's Colonial Inn, Concord
Copley Square Hotel, Boston
Eliot Hotel, Boston
Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston, Boston
Four Points by Sheraton Boston Logan Airport, Revere
Four Seasons Hotel, Boston
Holiday Inn Logan Airport, Boston
Home Suites Inn, Waltham
Hosteling International-Boston, Boston
Hotel Indigo, Newton
Hotel Marlowe, Cambridge
Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Cambridge
Langham Boston Hotel, Boston
Le Meridien, Cambridge
The Midtown Hotel, Boston
Omni Parker House, Boston
Onyx Hotel Boston, Boston
Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Cambridge Center, Cambridge
Seaport Hotel, Boston
Sheraton Commander Hotel Cambridge, Cambridge
The Westin Copley Place, Boston
The Westin Waltham-Boston, Waltham

New and notable:

With the addition of energy-efficient windows and improved insulation Boston's oldest continuously operating hotel, the Boston Omni Parker House, has taken on new environmental responsibilities. The hotel has also added individual guestroom heating and cooling units to further minimize energy usage.

The new Hotel Indigo in Newton is environmentally friendly with initiatives such as a cogeneration power system that recaptures used energy, as well as a voluntary conservation program that encourages guests to re-use linens and towels. The hotel is committed to using recyclable glass and reducing plastic use wherever possible and takeout meals will be packaged in biodegradable containers made of sugar cane. Hotel Indigo is adjacent to the Riverside MBTA Green Line station and a short drive to the Massachusetts Turnpike

Linked to the Hynes Convention Center via skybridge, the Westin Copley Place has recently been making its way to becoming more environmentally-friendly with its new energy conservation and waste reduction initiatives. For example, 5% of all electricity consumed at the hotel comes from reneewable wind and hydroelectric sources. The Westin Copley Place has also implemented electricity-saving projects such as upgrading lighting from T-12 to T-8 inaddition to using LED lighting in many areas. Recycling has become a priority - cardboard, office papers, fluorescent light bulbs, bottles and cans are no longer thrown away - and all food wastes are now composted. Housekeeping cleaning chemicals have been swapped for Eco-Logic Green Seal products as well. An organic herb garden - to be used in both hotel restaurants, Turner Fisheries and Bar 10 - has even been planted in the rotunda of the hotel.

Green-Certified Restaurants

Café Fleuri
For reservations or more information call 617-451-1900 or visit www.thelanghamboston.com

The Fireplace
For reservations or more information call 617-975-1900 or visit www.fireplacerest.com.

Julien Bar & Lounge

For reservations or more information call 617-451-1900 or visit boston.langhamhotels.com

Lumiere
For reservations or more information call 617-244-9199 or visit www.lumiererestaurant.com.

New England Aquarium - Celebrate Seafood Dinner Series
For reservations or for more information call 617 973-5206 or visit Celebrate Seafood at the New England Aquarium.

Taranta
For reservations or more information call 617-720-0052 or visit www.tarantarist.com.

Upstairs on the Square
For reservations or for more information call 617-864-1933 or visit www.upstairsonthesquare.com.

New and notable:

Located in Brookline, The Fireplace is "where a real 'foodie' can experience a truly 'Green Restaurant' as well as a 'true taste of Boston,' according to chef and owner Jim Solomon. In addition to winning numerous local awards, The Fireplace is known for being the first restaurant in Boston to be certified by the Green Restaurant Association. Since its "green certification," Solomon and his restaurant have come up with several new environmental initiatives, including tinted windows, energy efficient lighting, pre-wash spray valves, glass, metal, cardboard and paper recycling, primarily locally grown and often organic options, no polystyrene foam, and the use of recycled paper towels and to go containers. The Fireplace was also featured for its environmental awareness in many magazines, most recently in the current issue of Green Business Quarterly, and Solomon is on the Board of Directors for Boston Green Tourism.

As part of its ongoing commitment to using local and sustainable ingredients, the Oak Room at the Fairmont Copley Plaza is partnering with Chestnut Farms - known for its hormone and antibiotic-free meat products - in Central Massachusetts, to offer guests a 100-mile feature where everything on the plate has come from less than 100 miles away. In addition to ingredients from under 100 miles away, the Oak Room will also include ingredients grown less than 100-yards away in the hotel's rooftop garden. Back for its second season, the garden is expanding and will include primarily herbs such as parsley, chives, rosemary, thyme, lavender, mint and a variety of sage and basils. Strawberries, watermelons, cantaloupes, blueberries, sea berries and dwarf apple trees will also be grown.

Sebastian Porto and Jacqueline Kelly, the chefs at Bravo, the restaurant at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston are committed to the environment. Their menus emphasize sustainable items and reflect their work with local farmers to pick the freshest foods off of the harvest calendar. Porto and Kelly also work with vendors such as Brandt Beef, a company that prides itself on natural feeding practices and humane treatment of animals, and sustainable seafood vendors that are approved by Monterey Bay's Seafood Watch.

Sunday Jazz Brunch at the Langham Boston's Café Fleuri is just one example as to how the restaurant supports sustainable farming and the use of local ingredients. The brunch's theme, "Sea, Garden, Forest and Farm" celebrates Café Fleuri's Green Restaurant Association certification by sourcing 30 percent of his ingredients from local and sustainable producers. Additionally, in order to maintain our green certification, the restaurant is beginning several new initiatives each year. Recent changes include removing all Styrofoam from the hotel as well as installing an ozone generator, which reduced hot water usage by 50 percent.

Vox Populi has gone green and switched over its entire beef menu by partnering with Brandt Beef, a family owned, premium natural beef producer that is dedicated to sustainable green practices and serves the upscale restaurant and retail markets. Without using the antibiotics, hormones, or wasteful chemicals, Brandt Beef has virtually eliminated their use of synthetic fertilizer and pesticides that harms the environment utilizing an on-site sustainable composting operation. The Brandt brand, supported by Vox Populi through their new partnership. uses the most humane techniques of animal husbandry known today, exerting a high level of control over cattle selection and harvesting practices. Committed to preserving the environment for the next generation, Brandt also uses responsible irrigation, crop rotation practices, and a vast compost procedure. Adding to this aspect of its new "green" image, Vox Populi has also started recycling all its used beer bottles, as well as installed fluorescent coiled 1 watt LED environmentally-friendly light bulbs in its bathrooms.

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