The Best Western Executive Inn Bulls Gap Offers EcoRoom® Accommodations

The Best Western Executive Inn in Bulls Gap, TN, will be saving the environment, thanks to a host of environmentally enhanced products from Green Suites® International, the lodging industry’s leading supplier of environmental products and programs.

The Best Western Bulls Gap has worked with Green Suites® International for several years, but General Manager Pramod Patel is excited about the new EcoRoom® Accommodations, as well as what they’ll be saving him and the environment. EcoRoom® Accommodations feature more than a dozen different environmental products including compact fluorescent light bulbs; low-flow showerheads and sink faucets; nightlights; digital thermostats; non-toxic cleaning chemicals; Nature’s Mist all-natural odor neutralizer; a linen reuse program; and lotion and liquid soap products dispensed from refillable containers in the shower and at the sink.

Green Suites® International’s products and programs have saved 3,000 hotel customers more than $150 million in reduced energy, water, waste and labor, Green Suites®’ president, Dan Bornholdt said. The company’s hotel customers are in 50 states and 40 countries.

“EcoRoom® Accommodation products are good for the guest, good for the Earth and good for the hotel’s bottom line,” Bornholdt said. “The products are energy efficient, water efficient, waste reducing, non-toxic and biodegradable.” The environmental and economic impact is significant. EcoRoom® Accommodation products often save 20 percent to 70 percent on the cost of amenities while annually eliminating over a 1000 soap bars and plastic bottles per room. Water costs are reduced by 20 percent to 40 percent, reducing per guest consumption by up to 70 gallons per day. Energy is reduced through the use of compact fluorescent and L.E.D. guestroom lighting; preventing the release of nearly 250 lbs. a day of carbon dioxide from coal fired power plants. EcoRoom® Accommodations also reduce waste and labor by 10 percent.

In an era when environmental consciousness is increasing in response to greater demands on our environment, green initiatives are vital to maintaining social responsibility in all industries, and the hospitality sector is no exception. Because of the Best Western Bull Gap’s switch to EcoRoom® Accommodations they have also been rewarded with a 4 Leaf Rating as a Green Suites® Certified Green Hotel. With their EcoRoom® Accommodations and their Green Suites® Certification the Best Western Bull Gap is ahead of the curve in recognizing this and putting green values into practice.

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