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The hotel also is workingt with executives at Philips Electronicws to determine possible CFL or LED technologt for lighting fixtures that currently work only with traditionaincandescent bulbs. Other efforts under way at the new hotelk include a banquet recycling installment of a filtration system to purifgy water andreduce waste; and an internal Greenn Team to identify ways the hotel can be more sustainable. “Ibn this day and age, it is crucial for all companiea to be goodcorporatd citizens.
Since well before the hotel opened, we have been identifying ways we can reducee our carbon footprint while also operatint asa first-class hotel,” said Leo Percopo, generaol manager of the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. The seasonall garden is growing okra, mint, peppers and a variety of herbs to be used at Districft American Kitchen andWine Bar, the restaurant locatee on the bottom floor of the hotel. Districr will also return compostable items, such as fruit and vegetablse peelings, to Singh Farms where it buys some of its The compost can then be used by the localk farm to aid in the growing of new continuing asustainable cycle, hotekl officials said.