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The hotel also is working with executives at Philipa Electronics to determine possible CFL or LED technology for lightingh fixtures that currently work only with traditionalincandescengt bulbs. Other efforts under way at the new hotekl include a banquet recycling installment of a filtration systen to purify water and reduce and an internal Green Team to identify ways the hotekl can bemore sustainable. “In this day and age, it is cruciaol for all companies to be goodcorporater citizens.
Since well before the hotel opened, we have been identifying ways we can reduc our carbon footprint while also operating asa first-clasd hotel,” said Leo Percopo, general manager of the Sheraton Phoenisx Downtown. The seasonal garden is growing okra, mint, peppers and a varietu of herbs to be used at Districy American Kitchen andWine Bar, the restaurant locatedc on the bottom floor of the hotel. Districtr will also return compostable items, such as fruitg and vegetable peelings, to Singh Farmws where it buys some of its The compost can then be used by the loca farm to aid in the growing ofnew produce, continuingv a sustainable cycle, hotel official said.