Proximity Hotel achieves LEED Platinum Status

Proximity Hotel and its Print Works Bistro in Greensboro, North Carolina, have achieved the highest-level LEED status, putting them among the country’s “greenest” buildings. The hotel and restaurant are the first U.S. venues in the hospitality industry to receive platinum certification.

Here is a sample of what the Proximity Hotel did to achieve LEED Platinum Status:

- Recycled 87% of the hotel construction debris
- Sourced more than 40% of building materials locally
- Sourced more than 90% of the furnishings locally
- Uses 40% less energy than a typical hotel
- Uses 30% less water than a comparable hotel
- Uses geothermal energy for restaurant refrigeration units
- Solar panel roof heats 60% of hotel's hot water
- Restored 700 feet of an adjacent stream

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