Green Program

Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City is a member of greenhotels.com. Through eco-friendly initiatives and meetings, Millennium Broadway is committed to preserving the environment. These environmentally friendly initiatives are just the first step of this Times Square hotel's long-term focus on being "green."

Primary Short-Term Goals

• Raise awareness of sustainable development issues
• Promote environmental purchasing and supply
• Monitor progress of implementation measures
• Set up a "Green Committee" in Manhattan, headed by an Executive Committee member

Products and Practices

Water Conservation

• Guests can do their part to assist this NYC hotel's green efforts by opting to have their linens changed on the second night of their stay, in order to reduce the amount of New York City water used in the cleaning process
• Guests can participate in the terry re-use program, in which they can choose to hang their towels back on the rack and reuse or simply place the towels on the floor or in the bathtub to be replaced by clean, fresh ones
• Hotel rooms have been equipped with showerheads, toilets and faucets that conserve the Manhattan water supply

Electrical Energy Conservation

• New, low-energy lighting is being used within hotels
• All equipment being purchased is EnergyStar® compliant
• New programmable thermostats in guest rooms and meeting rooms eliminate unnecessary energy usage
• We installed energy efficient light bulbs throughout hotel
• We participate in New York State Energy Curtailment Program
• Copiers throughout property are all programmed to go into "sleep" mode when inactive
• Elevators are all programmed to go into "sleep" mode when inactive
• PCs are programmed to go into energy saving mode when inactive
• We purchase 10% of our electricity from green sources.

Recycling in Manhattan

• Introduced recycling programs for glass and bottles after meetings and wherever possible
• Instituted a program to recycle paper at all corporate and hotel offices and reception desks
• We recycle ink cartridges
• Utilize double side printing whenever possible
• We recycle electronics (old PC's, monitors, etc.)
• We recycle florescent lamps
• We recycle ballasts
• We recycle alkaline batteries
• Shipping and receiving Department saves packing material from deliveries to re-use for items being shipped out
• We participate in City Harvest food donation program where our left over food is donated as opposed to being disposed of
• We participate in Cell Phones for Soldiers and Cell Phones for Battered Woman where our old phones are donated as opposed to being disposed of

Eco-Friendly Suppliers and Products

• Cleaning processes revamped to eliminate the use of aerosols and introduce eco-friendly cleaning chemicals
• Eliminated the use of non-biodegradable Styrofoam cups
• All corporate and property-wide collateral to be printed on recycled plastics and paper
• Selected environmentally friendly suppliers from the Avendra procurement program
• Utilizing Eco-Shape water bottles in the conference center - bottles use 30% less plastic than original
• Utilize "Eco Spec" low VOC paint
• We converted from using bottle supplied water coolers to direct fed filtered units; Eliminates use of 5 gallon plastic bottles

Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York City, is dedicated to life-long environmental responsibility. We will continue to embrace the addition of new environmentally friendly policies and work toward becoming a "greener" hotel and conference center in the future.