California Hotel & Lodging Association Partners on $3.9 Million Energy Efficiency Program; LodgingSavers Energy Efficiency Program Proposed to California Public Utilities Commission by Pacific Gas & Electric.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Hotel & Lodging Lodging or holiday accommodation is a type of accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging mainly for sleeping. Other purposes are safety, shelter from cold and rain, having a place to store luggage and being able to take a Association (CH&LA) has agreed to partner with Ecology ecology, study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology. Action and Intergy in a new $3.9 million initiative to deliver energy efficiency savings to its members in the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) service area. Specifically, PG&E has proposed to the California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, that Ecology Action be funded to operate the LodgingSavers Energy Efficiency Program in an effort to improve energy efficiency and reduce hotel energy costs. The LodgingSavers Program is intended to fund a wide spectrum of projects, ranging from lighting retrofits to energy management system "tune-ups," for qualifying CH&LA lodging properties in a comprehensive approach designed to address guest rooms, common areas and external spaces. Working in collaboration with Ecology Action, Intergy would directly address those hotel properties with energy demand greater than 200 kW, while Ecology Action would be directly responsible for all other qualifying CH&LA member properties. The LodgingSavers Program has been designed to achieve energy savings in the range of 5% to 20% with no reduction, and possible increases, in comfort level for their guests. "We're pleased Pacific Gas & Electric has recommended this particular program, which is the third significant CH&LA energy-related initiative in recent years," stated James O. Abrams, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CH&LA. "The LodgingSavers program will bring to over $6.15 million in assistance CH&LA has provided to our members in the last four years to promote energy conservation and reduce consumption, and this is a great achievement that represents a huge step forward for the industry." The California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) is the largest state lodging industry trade association in the country. Its 1,600 members, which comprise approximately 175,000 guest rooms, include hotels, motels Motels may refer to any of the following:
In modern property law, individual ownership of one dwelling unit within a multidwelling building. Unit owners have undivided ownership interest in the land and those portions of the building shared in common. rentals, timeshares, and vacation home Vacation Home A home separate from an individual's primary residence that is used for recreational purposes and may also be rented out at unused times. Notes: For tax purposes, those who rent their vacation homes may result in a lower amount of allowable expense rentals located throughout California. CH&LA's mission is to be the indispensable resource for communicating and protecting the rights and interests of the California lodging industry, for providing educational training and value programs for all segments of the industry, and for supporting strategic alliances to promote the value of California tourism and travel. Sacramento-based CH&LA has been representing California's lodging industry for more than a century. CH&LA's web site is www.calodging.com. (For more information on CH&LA's previous energy-efficiency, -conservation initiatives, contact James O. Abrams (see above)). Ecology Action is 36 year-old nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. consultancy with a staff of 40 experts that designs and implements environmental and community benefit programs for its municipal, state, utility, and private clients. Ecology Action has implemented 26 business-oriented programs and more than 50 residential programs in 28 counties in Northern and Central California Central California can refer to one of several divisions or regions of the U.S state of California:
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. . For its success, Ecology Action was honored with the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for 2003. Ecology Action's web site is www.ecoact.org. Formed in 2003, Intergy is ideally suited to play a critical role in the state's energy efficiency efforts. The company brings together over two decades of experience in the energy and information technology fields, offering innovative solutions to challenging resource problems. Clients include public agencies and private companies from small businesses to large investor-owned utility companies, and include cities, counties, schools and colleges. Intergy's web site is www.Intergycorp.com. |
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