Real estate investment and hotel management company, Highgate has announced an upgrade to 100 percent renewable electricity, beginning with a majority of its select service properties and 17 full-service hotels. The initiative will be certified by Green-e Energy, the nation’s independent certification and verification program for renewable energy.
For this renewable energy initiative, all of the participating properties, which initially includes all of the Highgate-owned properties in the Highgate Select portfolio, have committed to third-party verification through Green-e for 2022. The renewable energy purchase commitment will cover the entire building consumption for these Highgate hotels, allowing meetings and conferences that take place within them to be Green-e certified.
Full-service properties to be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity starting on January 1, 2022 include Alohilani Resort Waikiki; Hotel Figueroa, Los Angeles; Hyatt Regency Bethesda; NoMo SoHo, New York; Park Central New York; Park Central San Francisco (to be rebranded as Hyatt Regency San Francisco in 2022); Park Lane Hotel New York; Renaissance Las Vegas; The James New York – NoMad; The Knickerbocker Hotel, Times Square; The Newbury Boston; The Scottsdale Plaza Resort; The Westin Arlington Gateway; The Westin Las Vegas Hotel & Spa; The Westin Long Beach; The Westin New Orleans Canal Place and WestHouse Hotel New York.
Highgate is a member of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) and is the first hospitality company to become a signatory to REBA’s Commercial Real Estate principles, a foundational tool supporting the de-carbonization of commercial buildings through energy optimization and renewable energy procurement. Highgate has also entered into a partnership with ENGIE Impact to implement solutions for sustainability reporting, achieving de-carbonization, and overall environmental footprint reduction.
Highgate also announced the movement toward the elimination of single-use plastics. The initiative will include new partnerships with industry-innovating carbon-negative companies, phasing out single-use plastics in Highgate legacy hotel guestrooms, food and beverage outlets, public spaces and meeting spaces, along with sourcing renewable and compostable substitutes to common hotel supplies and amenities. Efforts will also include offering guests filtered water refill stations, refillable water bottles, bulk shower amenities and digital key entry.
Highgate will announce additional initiatives and partners in early 2022 that will complete the commitment of being truly a sustainable company.
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