Buffalo Green Initiative Survey - Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau

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*FACILITY NAME

*LOCATION

Suburban Downtown Airport

*FACILITY SIZE (number of sleeping rooms, total building square feet, food and beverage square feet, number of employees):

Contact information for person completing survey:

*NAME

TITLE

*COMPANY

*DATE

*PHONE

FAX

EMAIL

WEBSITE

Current Level of Involvement and Awareness

Does your facility have a comprehensive environmental policy and/or plan?

Yes No

What are the major points of your plan?

Is your facility an active participant in an environmental partnership or certification program (i.e. Energy Star, Green Seal, LEED Certified Building)?

Does your facility have a management system in place ensuring that employees are properly trained, monitored, and evaluated to improve environmental performance?

Yes No

Are your facility’s environmental efforts visibly communicated to guests, shareholders, vendors, and the public?

Yes No

Please check all that apply:

Orientation
Briefings
Memos

Incentive Programs
Targets
Performance review

Please elaborate on your efforts

Would you like to see your facility engage in more green practices?

Yes No

What are the major barriers preventing your facility from engaging in green practices?

What would be the key incentive(s) for your facility to adopt more green practices?

Solid Waste Minimization

1. Does your facility have an in-house recycling program?

Yes No

What materials do you recycle? (check all that apply)

Corrugated Paper
Metal
Plastic

Paper
Glass
Ink cartridges

In which part of the facility? (check all that apply)

Back Of House
Public Space
Office

Meeting Space
Guest Rooms
Kitchens

Have attempts been made to reduce packaging wastes?

Yes No

Please explain how:

Which waste hauler do you utilize?

How much waste do you produce a week/ month/ year?

Week Month Year

What types of containers do you currently use to collect and store food and other trash awaiting disposal?

How much would you estimate is food waste?

%

How are you billed for waste hauling services?

Weight Value Number of Pick-ups

Are the disposal containers always full when they are hauled away?

Yes No

Where are your pick-up points?

How many times per week is collection?

Which recycling hauler do you utilize?

Does your facility have a comprehensive program in place to train your employees of your recycling/waste prevention program?

Yes No

Please describe them:

Does your facility promote your recycling/waste prevention activities to your guests and let them now how they can participate?

Yes No

Please describe how:

Energy Efficiency

Is energy efficiency lighting in place in your property?

Yes No

Please check all that apply:

Lobby
Hallways
Guest Rooms
Public Restrooms

Offices
Meeting Rooms
Outdoor Areas

Are occupancy sensors/timers used to control lighting in intermittently used areas?

Yes No

Please check all that apply:

Meeting Rooms
Public Restrooms

Storage Areas
Staff Restrooms

Are any efforts taken to reduce wasted energy from overuse of HVAC in guestrooms when temporarily unoccupied?

Yes No

Guest Rooms and Services

Does your facility offer a linen reuse program to multiple night guests?

Yes No

Are there soap and shampoo dispensers in guest bathrooms?

Yes No

If no:

Do you use individual bottles?

Yes No

Do you have a program to donate leftover/partially used amenities?

Yes No

Does your facility use water conserving fixtures and low flush toilets?

Yes No

Do you deliver newspapers daily?

Yes No

Can guests decline daily papers?

Yes No

Do you have a program in place to recycle these?

Yes No

Can guests participate in recycling in their guest rooms?

Yes No

Are the recycling containers in their rooms or common hallway?

In Room Common Hallway

Does the facility encourage use of public transit or connect visitors with bicycle rental companies?

Yes No

Catering

Is your facility equipped to offer renewable service items for maximum capacity service at no additional charge?

Yes No

Please check all that apply:

China dishes
Cloth tablecloths

Cloth napkins
Reusable centerpieces

Is your facility equipped to offer coffee service items and other condiments in reusable bulk containers as opposed to individual disposable packages? (i.e. sugar dispensers, cream pitchers, butter dishes, ketchup dispensers)

Yes No

Does your facility purchase and serve beverages from a dispenser or in returnable refillable containers?

Dispenser Refillable

Does your facility offer vegetarian or vegan options?

Yes No

Is it organic?

Yes No

Is it in season?

Yes No

Does your facility donate left over food to a local feeding program?

Yes No

Does your facility have a food waste recycling, recovery or composting program in place?

Yes No

If yes, Please describe your program.

Landscaping

Does your facility contract for landscape maintenance?

Yes No

If yes, is the facility or the contractor responsible for disposal of yard waste materials

If no, how is the landscape debris/yard waste disposed of?

Does your facility compost yard waste on site or is it managed by a local contractor?

On site Contractor

Do you utilize compost from recovered yard waste on site in landscaping?

On site Landscaping

Does your facility minimize water usage in planning landscape projects?

Yes No

What type of landscape watering system do you use?

Environmental Purchasing

Does your facility give preference to products which are environmentally responsible? (i.e. low toxicity cleaners, organic food, locally grown food, biodegradable)

Yes No

Does your facility purchase post-consumer recycled products? >

Yes No

Does your facility give preference to the selection of environmentally responsible service providers? (i.e. integrated pest management, alternative fuel vehicles)

Yes No

Does your facility purchase renewable energy?

Yes No

If yes, what percentage?

Green power % Renewable energy credit %

Wind power % Other %