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Green Star's Sector Focus
Green Star began its sector approach to business assistance in January 2006. The approach involves focusing on a particular business sector for one year. During this time, Green Star reaches out to businesses within that sector with specific technical assistance information, including tips sheets, workshops, and site assessments all targeting that business sector.
Hospitality and Tourism
Food Service
Health Care
HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM SECTOR (January - December 2008)
Hospitality, travel and tourism in Alaska are big business, representing the second largest industry sector in the State. There are more than 1,100 tourism-related businesses in Alaska and, in Anchorage alone, there are about 130 hotels, motels, and RV camps.
Green Star will be working with the hospitality industry during 2008 to provide technical assistance, outreach materials, and water- and energy-saving devices for use in hotels. These materials are made possible through a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, research will be conducted for the industry regarding green cleaning products and product lines.
Hospitality and Tourism Resources
FOOD SERVICE SECTOR (July 2006- June 2007)
Food service includes all food and beverage businesses ranging from restaurants, cafes, hotels, and school and university cafeterias, to street vendors and business break rooms.
Green Star Awardee Activities
- Snow City Cafe recently renegotiated its utility arrangements with the building owner. When the building owner was going to raise utility prices, Snow City asked if it could pay for the recycling bins in exchange for the utility costs remaining the same. The arrangement benefits all concerned and helped to increase recycling in the restaurant. View a PowerPoint presentation highlighting Snow City's accomplishments.
Food Service Resources
HEALTH CARE SECTOR (January - December 2006)
Health Care facilities in Anchorage include hospitals, doctor and dental offices, medical office buildings, nursing homes etc.
Green Star Awardee Activities
- Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center has been working with Green Star to track its energy savings. ANHC is at the tail-end of a lighting retrofit and managers participated in a Energy Star Portfolio Manager training to learn how to quantify the facility's energy-saving successes.
- Providence Alaska Medical Center earned its Green Star Award on March 15, 2006. Al Parrish, Vice President and CEO of Providence Health Systems Alaska, accepted the Green Star Award on behalf of Providence Alaska Medical Center. The Award was presented during a tour hosted by Providence showcasing its recent pollution prevention initiatives and resulting cost savings. During the tour at Providence, Darin Hargraves, the Environmental Services manager at Providence, shared that, in working closely with Alaska Waste and other vendors, the facility achieved savings in excess of $65,800 during 2005. These savings were obtained through a variety of programs including recycling mixed paper, shredding and recycling confidential materials instead of incinerating, and reducing waste hauls through repairs and upgrades to collection equipment. Providence Hospital has implemented numerous initiatives ranging from sending medical equipment and supplies for reuse to developing countries, to recovering waste heat from the laundry to pre-heat wash water. Providence also is a "mercury-safe" facility in which most mercury sources have been eliminated.
Health Care Resources
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