Waikoloa Village Hotel & Tiffany Peterson Hector Pantoja

History 1960s and 1970s: Ron Boeddeker purchased 35,000 acres Summer of 1986: Construction begins Waikoloa Village Hotel covers 62 acres Originally the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa

1986

2014

Sustainability Efforts to be sustainable started in 2005 Hawaii Green Business Award 2005 Hilton Waikoloa’s Dolphin Quest is LEED-certified (silver level)

Recycling Since 2005, Hilton Waikoloa Village has recycled 727,157 beverage containers. 40,000 pounds of glass recycled per year 90,000 pounds of cardboard recycled per year Food waste is recycled by sending it to local pig farms – in just three months, nearly 200,000 pounds of waste was recycled

Energy CFLs (Compact Florescent Lights) Palace Tower chandeliers used to contain watt bulbs – replaced with 5-watt bulbs at a savings of 16% energy costs, $16,000 From , the hotel reduced its electricity use from 27 million KWH to 21 million KWH

Water Low-flow showerheads and ultra low-flow toilets Change sheets and linens every third day Washing machines upgraded from using 4.8 gallons per pound of linen to 1 gallon per pound

Environment Hotel serves as a home to hundreds of native Hawaiian plants and wildlife Tours are given to educate guests on importance of preserving native wildlife and plants Hilton Waikoloa Village employees annually clean up the 4-acre saltwater lagoon and surrounding beach

Questions There are plans to renovate Palace and Ocean Towers in the future – what plans are there to increase these towers’ sustainability? Does the hotel produce its own energy through solar panels, or has it considered doing so? How does the hotel recycle the used cooking oil from its restaurants?

Questions What percentage of the hotel’s total waste is recycled? The Waikoloa Village Hotel works hard to be sustainable and environmentally responsible, but chooses not to promote this – why not? The land this hotel was built on was originally a lava bed – what kind of process was involved in making it habitable for the plants?

Questions What was the original cost of buying the land, and the cost of building the hotel? Were the furniture and furnishings in the hotel locally made, or imported? Is Hilton receiving state or federal funding to help with increasing sustainability?

References Hilton Waikoloa Village Green Efforts History of Hilton Waikoloa Village

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