| | DLEG - DLEG Launches New Green Lodging Michigan Program Livonia Marriott Hotel Earns Steward Certification Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | Green Lodging Michigan (GLM) encourages hotels, resorts, motels, and bed and breakfast facilities to implement environmental initiatives and cost-saving ‘green' practices to conserve energy, reduce water consumption, protect air quality, reduce waste, and participate in environmentally preferred purchasing. |
 | | GLM is a joint effort between DLEG and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to encourage the lodging industry to conserve and protect the state's natural resources while increasing marketability and lowering utility costs. |
 | | The Livonia Marriott was certified at the Steward level and was one of six facilities to be recognized as a ‘green lodge' at the GLM program launch today at the Michigan Society of Government Meeting Professionals' monthly meeting at the Holiday Inn Express in Okemos. |
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