Celebrate Earth Day in Naples Florida

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 Come Celebrate Earth Day in Naples Florida this weekend by participating in several activities going on around town.

• Party for the Planet - Get wild at the Naples Zoo with their Party for the Planet happening 9am-5pm on Saturday. This kid friendly thing to do features the party's Zoo Town, the Conservation Center and for you die-hard shoppers, peruse Nature's Mall. 
• Earth Day 2012 Festival at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a free festival going on from 9am-3pm on Saturday.  Featuring a kids' carnival, family programs, environmental exhibits, food & crafts.  TIP: Bring 20 clean plastic shopping bags for recycling & get a free pass to a Florida State Park -while supplies last.  
• Enjoy the Free Earth Day Open House at the Naples Philharmonic Center from 10am to 4pm.  Enjoy a solar energy demonstration, a treasure hunt through the museum where kids can learn about good environmental practices and a pledge tree where families can pledge what they're doing to help protect the environment. 

Celebrate Earth Day in Naples Florida

The Hilton Naples became the first hotel in Naples to become a Green Hotel as certified by  Florida Green Lodging  in November of 2007. After successfully implementing their initial green initiatives and sustaining them for more than one year, they became “Two Palm” certified in May 2009. In order to remain a green lodging certified property, new and innovative plans must be put into place each year to further conservation efforts. In November 2011, the Hilton Naples once again qualified to be a Certified Green Lodging Hotel.  The Hilton Naples Hotel also encourages their guests and fellow travelers to "Go Green" with some Green Tips while traveling.

One of the biggest advances in our hotel's dedication to "Go Green" is the implementation of a Sky Vine garden on the section of the hotel's roof over the ballroom area. Sky Vine is indigenous to the Naples area, and the hotel has covered this area in order to eliminate direct exposure to the sun, thereby decreasing the amount of energy necessary to cool the ballroom. The garden will be watered with reclaimed condensation from the powerful chiller units that cool the property's interior, and the vines will be coaxed to grow along a wire grid. Once there is adequate coverage on the roof, the vines will be extended to cover the chiller units in order to decrease the amount of energy the units use to run efficiently.

A small sampling of the current initiatives that the Hilton Naples Hotel currently participates in.

• Sheets and towel reuse option for multiple night stays to conserve water 
• Energy efficient lighting has been installed in guestrooms, lobby, hallways, public restrooms, meeting rooms and parking areas.
• Recycling containers are located in all guest rooms, staff areas, offices, lobby area, conference rooms, pool, near vending machines, and the kitchen.
• Recycled paper products such as bath tissue, facial tissue, paper towels and napkins are utilized.
• The Hilton recycles aluminum, plastic, glass, cardboard, newspaper, office paper, toner cartridges, electronics, fluorescent lamps and carpet.
• Environmentally friendly chemicals and detergents are used in cleaning & laundry
• Low VOC materials (paint, adhesives, air freshener, and carpet) are used on the property.
• Chiller settings have been adjusted to reduce relative humidity to prevent mold and mildew.
• Windows have properly installed weather stripping.

Furthering our commitment to minimizing our effect on our environment, he Hilton Naples Hotel participates in Hilton Worldwide’s LightStay, a proprietary system developed to calculate and analyze environmental impact, to the public today, following two years of rigorous internal testing. LightStay takes into account energy and water use and waste and carbon outputs associated with building operations and services provided at Hilton Worldwide properties. As part of this, the system measures indicators across 200 operational practices including housekeeping, paper product use, food waste, chemical storage, air quality and transportation.
 How will you Celebrate Earth Day 2012?