Welcome to the Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center - Lloyd Center, Portland's First Sustainable Hotel.
We believe that sustainability means good business. That's why we are the first lodging property in Oregon to achieve a Green Seal certification. Sustainability is our mission, and each employee helps make the difference. From our kitchen staff to upper management, we are in the business of helping the planet.
The Doubletree Lloyd Center is proud to be a regional leader in greening the hospitality industry. We have been recognized by the City of Portland, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and in the local and national press for our efforts.
We understand that sustainability is a journey, and we are involved in the ongoing process of improving our operations and conserving our resources.
Here are a few of the accomplishments we have made to date:
- Reduced overall waste disposal by 65% since 1996
- Diverted kitchen waste into compost at an average rate of 17 tons per month
- Employee paper-saving program has reduced office paper purchasing by 20% annually
- Retrofits have reduced water usage by 15%
- Total energy consumption has been brought down by 32%
- Employee mass transit subsidies have saved 7,800 gallons of gasoline per year, since 1999
- Established property-wide recycling program including containers, office products, cooking oil, and fluorescent light bulbs
- Implemented a comprehensive Environmental Purchasing Policy
- Purchases 900,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually from renewable energy sources such as wind, geothermal and biomass
- Purchase 65% of our food products from within a 500-mile region
- Converted to a 100% non smoking hotel as of January 1, 2008
- Offsets 15% of its electricity use, or about 900 tons of carbon emissions, with Blue Sky purchases
We have just launched the first Carbon Calculator specifically created for a hotel. Our goal is to help our guests offset the amount of carbon dioxide produced through traveling and staying at our property.
We invite you to take a closer look at our programs, and we look forward to seeing you!
