Waikoloa Village Hotel
&Tiffany PetersonHector 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 476 25-watt bulbs – replaced with 5-watt bulbs at a savings of 16% energy costs, $16,000
• From 2001-2009, 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
Thank you!
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