The Sacramento Convention Package features the Sacramento Convention Center and two major convention hotels – Sheraton Grand (503-rooms) and Hyatt Regency (503-rooms). There are only 273 feet between the three facilities. That's a stone throw away!
In addition to the 1,006 rooms from the Sheraton and the Hyatt, there are 1,100 additional rooms within walking distance of the center and a total of 4,000 rooms within a three-mile radius. Throughout the Sacramento region we have over 10,000 hotel rooms. Now that’s a lot of rooms.
Watch as Lisa Nottingham of the Sacramento CVB, demonstrates how easy it is to get around our convention package.
... the average-sized hotel purchases more products in one week than 100 California families do in a year?
... the hospitality industry spends $3.7 billion dollars a year on energy? Electricity use accounts for 60 to 70% of the utility costs of a typical hotel.
... that 2% of California’s food waste comes from the hotel and lodging industry? That’s 112,000 tons per year! This food waste can be composted or donated to charities.
... that hotel waste can be as high as 30 pounds per room per day? As much as 80% of these materials can be recycled.
... the typical hotel uses 218 gallons of water per day per occupied room? Water-efficient fixtures can reduce water and sewer bills by 30%.
Green Lodging Program
In 2004 California Integrated Waste Management Board created the Green Lodging Program to bring together the lodging industry and state travelers, to protect the environment by diverting waste from landfills, conserving energy and water, and providing cleaner air to breathe. The Department of General Services (DGS) assumed the operation in September 2008.
The program is solely for hotels and was developed to help the hospitality industry minimize its waste and conserve energy and natural resources. The program provides the industry with practical suggestions for sustainability practices that could improve the hotels' bottom line. The California Green Lodging Program is also a way for travelers, including those on state business, to select properties that have been certified as an environmentally preferable lodging option. These travelers can have confidence in their green choice, as certified properties have been verified by program staff.
Click here to learn how a hotel receives a Green Lodging Program certification.
Sacramento Green Hotels
Seventeen Sacramento area hotels currently participate in the Green Lodging Program. The hotels along with the Sacramento Convention Center have taken proactive steps to help make your meetings and conventions a little more green. Feel good about selecting a destination that provides cosmopolitan amenities in a sustainable way. Discover Gold and Green in Sacramento. To view the Sacramento hotel Green Lodging Program participants, click here.
Information provided by Department of General Services.
Since 2006 the Sacramento Convention Center (SCC) and the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB) have joined the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District’s (SMUD) Commercial Greenergy Program to offset the electricity used to host meetings and conferences with environmentally friendly renewable energy – such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric energy. The use of renewable energy leaves no footprint, thereby minimizing negative effects conventions may have on the environment.
Sacramento Convention Center’s Tips for Hosting Sustainable Meetings
Choose a sustainable venue like the SCC that recycles, donates food, incorporates locally grown produce and organic food into its menus.
Choose a venue like the SCC that is rich in ambiance, featuring floor to ceiling windows, great year round outdoor seating, stunning art work and sculptures throughout, thus requiring less decorations or enhancements which can help to save you money and reduce your carbon footprint.
Opt to use the Classique Catering’s china and linen or biodegradable plates, cups and flatware.
Conserve paper by posting event materials to your web site or distributing them on flash drives.
Purchase name badges that are reusable and collect them at the end of the meeting for use at the next one.
Avoid dating promotional items and reuse overages at future meetings.
Have water served from pitchers rather than plastic bottles.
Encourage attendees to enjoy environmentally friendly activities including walks around the State Capitol or day trips to Historic Old Sacramento.
Encourage exhibitors to bring a realistic amount of promotional materials. Have them recycle unused portions rather than dispose of them.
Encourage exhibitors to use environmentally friendly packing materials (i.e. cardboard).
Since 2006 the Sacramento Convention Center (SCC) and the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB) have joined the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District’s (SMUD) Commercial Greenergy Program to offset the electricity used to host meetings and conferences with environmentally friendly renewable energy – such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric energy. The use of renewable energy leaves no footprint, thereby minimizing negative effects conventions may have on the environment.
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