Marriott's New Green Baltimore Hotel to Appeal to Traveling Tree Huggers and Beer Drinkers Alike

Where: 104 Albemarle St. [map], Baltimore, MD, United States, 21202

11/28/2007 at 2:01 PM
Tags: Hotel News, Eco-Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Green Hotels, Green-Hotels-Map

We'll have to wait (at least) a year or so for it, but Bill Marriott and co. reckon they are bringing Baltimore its very first officially certified green hotel.

The hotel will be part of the Marriott chain's Fairfield Inn and Suites and will have 154-rooms when it opens in Spring 2009. Based on the energy-efficient equipment and processes used the hotel will be eligible for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, a first for Baltimore and just the second time a Marriott Hotel will gain the big green light. Their first LEED-certified building is the Inn & Conference Center at the University of Maryland.

We were saddened to hear that this green hotel would be part of the Fairfield Inns brand (boring) but the history of the property is kinda cool. The site of the hotel will be the old Baltimore Brewing Co. spot in downtown Baltimore. Aside from being green in construction and operation, the hotel will also incorporate aspects of the brewery building from the site.

For example, beer storage tanks from the brewery will be used to collect rainwater for the hotel's use, and they're even keeping the original Baltimore Brewery sign to incorporate into the design, as well as using some of the original bricks.

Perhaps that's handy for a bit of cost-saving as well as adding to the green tag. And we do hope this trend of building green hotels in big cities continues in the future. Afterall, we can't travel to the jungle every year for an eco-hotel experience.

[Photo: ensminger]

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· Marriott's Green Push Grows in Baltimore [Baltimore Business Journal]
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