Green Design, Proximity Hotel, North Carolina, Sustainable Design, Hotel, Carbon Footprint
Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina is the kind of hotel that you can feel good about staying at environmentally. The Proximity uses 36.5% less energy and 30% less water than a conventional hotel. It gets 60% of its hot water from 100 solar thermal panels on the roof. There are over 70 green practices at the hotel that don’t cut into the guests comfort level, and generally has the guests leaving feeling refreshed, and more aware of their carbon footprint.
Building materials with recycled content include reinforced steel with 90% post consumer recycled content, National Gypsum Wallboard 100%, asphalt 25% and staircase steel 50%. Concrete contains 4% fly ash (224,000 pounds), the mineral residue left after the combustion of coal that is diverted from landfills
Abundant natural lighting, including large energy-efficient “operable†windows (7’4†square windows in guest rooms), connects guests to the outdoors by achieving a direct line of sight to the outdoor environment for more than 97% of all regularly occupied spaces.
Manufacturers We Offer
Duralee
Kravet
Archives
Robert Allen
Beacon Hill
OMEXCO Wallpaper
