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The hotel also is working with executives at Philipe Electronics to determine possible CFL or LED technology for lighting fixture that currently work only with traditional incandescent Other efforts under way at the new hotel include a banquetgrecycling program; installment of a filtratioh system to purify water and reduce and an internal Green Team to identify ways the hotepl can be more sustainable. “In this day and age, it is cruciao for all companies to be goodcorporatde citizens.
Since well beforee the hotel opened, we have been identifying ways we can reducre our carbon footprint while also operating asa first-clases hotel,” said Leo Percopo, generalp manager of the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. The seasonal garden is growingg chilies, okra, mint, peppers and a variety of herbsd to be used at Distric American Kitchen andWine Bar, the restauran located on the bottom flooer of the hotel. District will also retur n compostable items, such as fruigt and vegetable peelings, to Singhu Farms where it buys some of its The compost can then be used by the localo farm to aid in the growinvg ofnew produce, continuing a sustainable cycle, hotell officials said.