Sustainability - saving money by doing good?

How luxury hotel chain Hilton is the fighting the sustainability battle - The Economic Times: "Rebel American singer-songwriter Pete Seeger can rest easy now with his evergreen 'Where have all the flowers gone' . Guests at Delhi's Hilton Janakpuri are now greeted by miniature plants in their rooms instead of flowers. Executive housekeeper Shiv claims that only the lobby areas have flowers while real plants adorn guest rooms: "The flowers wither away in a day or two but the plants are here to stay. So our housekeeping staff waters the plants every day and we've so far saved about 50% of what we've had to pay for flowers, by switching over."

Down south, Hilton Chennai is on power drive with wind energy fuelling its electricity needs. "With wind alone, we save about 10% of our electricity costs," says Roger Brantsma, General Manager, Hilton Chennai, who has recently started using water from the hotel's sewage treatment plant for landscaping and gardening. "That offsets cost by 25% if we had to buy water from the open market." "

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