Greener By Design 2008 - Strategies, Tools, and Markets for Product Innovation

Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, VA

Eco Friendly!

Building Green practices into the event planning for the Greener by Design conference is important to us.  We have taken careful steps to implement these practices where we can with what our vendors offer. 

Our marketing efforts were completely web-based and done by choosing association partners who share our vision.  There was no printed invitation mailed for this event.

All printing for this event was done with green standards in place, from using 100% post-consumer recycled paper, supplied by our sponsor, Mohawk to choosing a local printer with green practice standards intact.

Our show bags, made from recyclable materials are supplied by Item Group.

BeGreen has been chose as the official “carbon-offset partner” of the Greener by Design event.  You can choose to participate at one of three levels during the registration process. 

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BeGreen, a division of Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation’s leading provider of cleaner electricity and carbon offset solutions, offering consumers and businesses a way to reduce their impact on global warming through an innovative carbon offset program. BeGreen encourages individuals to take a stand against global warming by striving to become carbon neutral and doing their part in counteracting CO2 emissions. BeGreen also offers a carbon footprint calculator so that individuals can measure their carbon emissions from air and car travel, electricity and natural gas use. All BeGreen purchases and sales are audited by an independent third party auditor. Visit www.begreennow.com for more details.

The Hilton Alexandria Mark Center is making great strides in implementing green practice standards.  Among them are:

  • Regularly purchase recycled products
  • Regularly purchase products that can be recycled
  • In-house recycling program for glass, paper, plastic
  • Offers recycling program for guests to participate
  • Recycles other materials that include:  batteries, linens/old towels for reuse as cleaning supplies
  • Provides recycling bins for meetings for:  aluminum, glass, newspaper, white paper, plastic
  • Property commits to seeing items collected are recycled
  • Has contract with recycling haulers/business
  • Donates, sells and recycles old durables (i.e., furnishings)
  • Food and Beverage use reusable items such as:  cloth, glass, ceramic
  • Food and Beverage use pourers and washable spoons when applicable (for sanitary purposes individual sugar and jelly packets are supplied)
  • Food and beverage mainly use fresh foods but some packaged
  • Vegetarian and Vegan menus available
  • Will remove amenity bottles from guest rooms if requested
  • Gives guests choice of bath linen exchange
  • Offers guests choice on bed sheet changes
  • Pitchers of water placed on meeting tables for self-pouring
  • Uses insulated water containers to keep water cold longer
  • Uses leftover water and ice to water plants and replenish fountains

GES is our official exhibition contractor.  There green standard policy is:
GES® integrates sustainable business practices both internally and with preferred vendors in  the exhibition industry.

With the future in mind, we are dedicated to providing green product options and services to all our show organizers and exhibitors. As the need to conserve resources grows, we will continue to explore ways to deliver sustainable solutions.

You can learn more about there practices by visiting here:  www.ges.com/greenexhibition