EPA’s Green Power Partnership
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The Green Power Partnership allows organizations to buy green power as a way to lessen the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. Conventional electricity use can be one of the most significant environmental impacts associated with an organization’s operations.
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The Plaza Suites is lessening its environmental impact through a green power purchase. Green power is electricity generated from environmentally preferable renewable resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact biomass, and low-impact hydro resources.
A green power purchase is one of the easiest ways for an organization to reduce its carbon footprint. Supporting domestic energy supply, a green power purchase helps to accelerate the development of new, domestic renewable energy sources, while playing an important role in the security of America’s energy supply.
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Santa Clara Green Power
Energy is obtained through Silicon Valley power, in the form of REC’s (Renewable Energy Credits). 12 % of energy obtained through renewable sources (2.5% of which is through solar and 97.5% through wind). 12 % translates to 188,956 kWh of green power per year.
Click Here for a list of Santa Clara businesses that are supporting renewable energy
The Plaza Suites Energy Saving Linen Program
The linen program is an effort to protect the environment through the conservation of water and decreased use of detergents. Guests can choose to reuse their linen (bedding and towels) for up to three days, thus helping the hotel conserve resources. As always linen are automatically changed after every guest checkout.
Landscaping Irrigation
The hotel’s landscaping is irrigated via recycled/reclaimed water which is obtained from the City of Santa Clara and the Santa Clara Valley Water District, reducing the need to deplete water from the delta, hetch-hetchy, and other watershed areas. Watering levels are monitored and adjusted as dictated by weather conditions.
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