Luxury Goes Green At New York Palace Hotel

 The terms “luxury” and “eco-friendly ” don’t always go hand in hand. It’s unfortunate, because the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, the New York Palace Hotel is proving that, when the two come together, it can be a beautiful thing. The Palace has never been shy about its philosophies; from their high-efficiency lighting to free-range egg breakfasts, the hotel has consistently been at the forefront of the sustainability movement. To this day, it is one of the few New York hotels with a full-time green practices manager on staff. But why stop there? This year, hotel management plans to expand its green initiatives even further. As of January 1st, the New York Palace is the biggest hotel in the city to operate entirely on green energy. “We are committed to promoting sustainability in all areas of hotel management, and using green energy while reducing our property footprint is meaningful not just to our team but also to many of our guests,” said Palace general manager Edward A. Mady in the hotel’s press release . Through offsets and a new power model, the hotel expects to save 22 metric tons of carbon monoxide emissions—the equivalent of taking 4,142 cars off the road. The hotel has also partnered with Clean the World, a non-profit organization dedicated to distributing hygiene products to people in need, and plans to donate up to 500 lbs of “gently-used” soap and other amenities to the group every month. For eco-savvy executives, The Palace also has plans to expand into the green business world with a Green Meetings program. Specially developed by the hotel’s Green Team, the program will include all-electronic sales materials, non-plastic refreshment containers, and complimentary recycling of all non-confidential materials after meetings.

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