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  1. Westin celebrates sixth anniversary of Breathe Westin, the brand's commitment to smoke-free hotels. Westin Paris-Vendôme is newest addition.
  2. The $350 million Fairmont Austin, to open in 2015, will pursue LEED certification. The city center hotel will have about 1,000 guestrooms.
  3. The 1.65 megawatt solar system atop the Calvin L. Rampton-Salt Palace Convention Center was turned on last week. Size: 600,000 square feet.
  4. Omni Dallas Hotel receives LEED Gold New Construction certification. Is now largest LEED Gold hotel in United States outside of Las Vegas.
  5. SPI Solar says the Mountain Creek Resort and Grand Cascades Golf Resort in Vernon, N.J. will see 6.4 megawatts of solar energy facilities.
  6. Accor unveiled carbon optimizer at IMEX Frankfurt trade show yesterday. Will allow meeting planners to measure carbon impact of meetings.
  7. Bob Bhakta, owner of 50-room Americas Best Value Inn in Prescott Valley, Arizona, just completed a solar installation on his seventh hotel.
  8. Accor officially launches PLANET 21. With program, Accor is making 21 commitments and setting same number of environmental goals for 2015.
  9. Massachusetts DEP preparing regulations that would bar hotels from discarding food waste into the trash. Could be implemented by mid-2014.
  10. Choice Hotels launches new F&B program for Cambria Suites. To emphasize local F&B options. Choice says it is reacting to consumer trends.
  11. BSR, Hilton Worldwide launch Center for Sustainable Procurement to help procurement managers integrate sustainability into their purchasing.
  12. Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts has earned double Silver LEED certification at Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite. See GLN for more details.
  13. First hotel certified through USGBC's LEED Volume Certification Program--the Courtyard Scottsdale Salt River--to have grand opening June 5.
  14. The 14-acre CityWay project, downtown Indianapolis, to include LEED-pursuing Alexander Hotel. Hotel cistern to collect 2,500 gallons of H2O.
  15. California Coastal Commission approves forest preservation, development plan for Pebble Beach (Calif.), making way for new 100 room hotel.
  16. Jekyll Island Convention Center (Ga.), set to open May 20, to feature solar panels, reflective roof, 80,000-gallon cistern for rain water.
  17. GE will unveil a 27-watt LED equivalent to the 100-watt incandescent bulb at LIGHTFAIR in Las Vegas this week. Bulb developed in Cleveland.
  18. Green Lodging News is in attendance at Chicago's National Restaurant Assn. Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. Watch for coverage later this week.
  19. Clean the World's CEO, Shawn Seipler, says his organization will make an announcement regarding a Western Europe location in next 60 days.
  20. Wyndham Vacation Ownership launches Million Trees Project, a commitment to plant 1 million trees in partnership with Arbor Day Foundation.