Florida Department of Environmental Protection Florida Department of Environmental Protection
More Protection, Less Process
* DEP Home * About DEP * Programs * Contact * Site Map * Search
MyFlorida.com  
Topics:
Information

Unless indicated, documents on this Web site are Adobe Acrobat files, and require the free reader software.

Get Adobe Reader Icon

Green Lodging Quick Links

Links of Reference

The following links adhere to the Exit Disclaimer.

Green Lodging flagGovernment

EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) provides a wealth of information about buying recycled-content products. Ranging from construction to landscaping products, CPG offers recommended recycled-content levels as well as contact information for manufacturers and suppliers of recycled-content products and materials.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies “Energy Star for Hospitality” Contains information for greening hotels as well as a few success stories.

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design green Building Rating System™ is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.

ISO 9000 - 14000  families are among ISO's most widely known and successful standards ever. ISO 9000 has become an international reference for quality requirements in business to business dealings, and ISO 14000 looks set to achieve at least as much, if not more, in helping organizations to meet their environmental challenges.

Organizations

Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association A statewide organization of Florida Restaurants and Hotels, this page contains information on the Florida Lodging industry.

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) EPEAT is a procurement tool to help institutional purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes.

The “green” Hotels Association web site contains green ideas, listing of of green Hotels, tips for green travelers and a catalog of green products..

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies Contains  information on sound environmental practices and procedures.

International Hotels Environment Initiative Contains information on greening hotels, benchmarking, and practical guides.

Greener Accommodations Contains  information on How and Why to green you hotel.

Green Seal A certification program that has information for greening all organizations and industries.

Green Globe Contains information and tips for greening the lodging industry as well as tips for the green traveler.

Planeta.com Includes information for the Ecotourist.

Project Planet Contains information on conserving resources, protecting the environment, as well as ideas for greening hotels.

Green Suites International The lodging Industries leading supplier of environmental products and programs.

top

 

Last updated: March 11, 2008

  Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Green Lodging Program, 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, M.S. 30, Tallahassee, Florida 32399
850-245-2100 (phone) / 850-245-2159 (fax)  
DEP Home | About DEP  | Contact Us | Search |  Site Map