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Philadelphia Hotels, Find Capital for Energy Efficiency Projects

Article by Susan Patel

In the past few years, Philadelphia has been ?green? to a level above reduce, reuse and recycle. The Mayor?s Office of Sustainability have set the ambitious goal to reduce its vulnerability to rising energy prices andhave coordinated to make capital available to businesses to attain this goal.
At a time when access to capital is constrained, the City of Philadelphia created the GreenWorks Loan and Rebate Fund in 2010 to help businesses as hotels finance energy efficiency building practices, materials and equipment for major renovations and new construction projects. In addition, there is the Green Roofs Tax Credit and the Pennsylvania Green Energy Loan Program.
Good news! Funding is available for that 2011 energy efficiency project your sustainability team has been pushing for. It?s not only a good idea to keep up with competition, but also essential as Pennsylvania deregulated the electricity market that has only resulted in higher rates and increasing operating costs. An energy efficiency project might just be the long term solution to rising costs and energy use. Here are few key details about each of the programs:
Green Roofs Tax Credit
To qualify, you must own or operate a business within the City of Philadelphia and therefore pay the Business Privelege Tax. This is required because the incentive is issued in the form of “a credit against the Business Privilege Tax of 25% of all costs actually incurred to construct the Green Roof, provided that the total credit shall not exceed 0,000.”
GreenWorks Small Business Energy Efficiency Rebate Program
Offers up to ,000 or 50% of a project?s cost to small businesses and property owners with commercial space who plan to make improvements that increase the hotel?s energy efficiency. The rebate is only available for projects that have not yet been implemented. Funds are limited.
GreenWorks Loan Fund
Financing will be targeted to projects with energy savings potential which also result in job creation. Loan amount ranges 0,000 to million with financing not exceeding 85% of project costs for retrofits or 33% of project costs for new construction. Interest rates may range between 3.5% to 6.5%.
Pennsylvania Green Energy Loan Fund
This state loan program will operate as a revolving loan program where the fund is replenished by interest and principal repayments made on prior loans. In order to qualify for a loan, a project must result in an estimated energy consumption reduction of at least 25%. Loans are available in amounts from roughly 0,000 to .5 million. Interest rates will be determined on a case-by-case basis but are generally expected to be from 4.0% to 6.5%.
Although most management deem finding the capital for hotel energy efficiency projects to be the hardest task, don?t underestimate the planning, project management and paperwork involved in simply submitting an application for the program, which makes no guarantees. To get it done right the first time around, minimize costs and utilize employee time efficiently, hotel management should consider consulting a professional energy efficiency advisor.
Click here for Incentives, Rebates and Loan Programs by State
Energy Efficiency rebates, tax and loan funding information can be found on Phila.gov and DSIREusa.org (SOURCES). All programs are subject to change and expiration depending on availability of funds as well as local and state plans.
About EcoGreenHotel
EcoGreenHotel LLC (Robbinsville, NJ), is a privately held company dedicated to helping lodging facilities address a broad spectrum of sustainability issues. The company provides information, tools, checklists, current news and trends to the hospitality industry through its website, http://www.EcoGreenHotel.com. The company also runs an online marketplace for green products and services at http://www.EcoGreenHotelStore.com. In addition to the online offerings, EcoGreenHotel provides customized consulting services tailored to the needs of the hospitality industry in the areas of energy efficiency and certifications, including LEED, Green Seal and Energy Star. For those properties that have reached certified levels of sustainability, EcoGreenHotel assists with marketing services to position the properties within the growing ?green? space and enhance revenue. For further information, email info@EcoGreenHotel.com or call 888-229-0213

About the Author

About Author
Susan Patel, VP of Technologies & Communications received her B.S. in Economics from Rutgers College at New Brunswick and has over six years of financial and investment analyst experience. Driven by her passion for sustainability and economic development since childhood and through philanthropic adventures internationally, Susan now leads business development and operations at EcoGreenHotel and is the Site Director and Managing Editor of EcoGreenHotel online publications.
For more Information, please visit at: http://www.ecogreenhotel.com

Best Honeymoon Resorts and Hotels

Very special and sweet memories are linked with honeymoon. Every couple gets close to each other and spends the dreamy days and nights together. This is the golden period they treasure for lifetime. People are becoming choosier selecting the honeymoon destinations. Many of the tourist companies are coming up with excellent honeymoon ideas so that you can enjoy the joyous and intimate moments of the romantic honeymoon. They arrange the best services including best honeymoon resorts and hotels, theme parties for the honeymooners. They arrange the special honeymoon tours too.

If you are going to plan the honeymoon on your own, you can get tremendous options from the internet. You can get various options that suit your budget and requirement too.

Tips to Select the Best Honeymoon Resorts and Hotels

First decide, what kind of resort you are looking for?  You can select one from luxurious, semi luxurious or a simple hotel that provides good services at moderate rate. Some hotels provide the exciting money saver options for the honeymooners. The established names from the chain resorts can turn to be a very good option. They are very keen to maintain their reputation, fame and style in the market. So you will not be disappointed if you select this option.

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The specially designed honeymoon suits are just perfect to start the fresh, happy mornings and romantic, dreamy and sweet nights.

Once you have decided the honeymoon destination, then you can select the hotel that matches your budget. If you are going to enjoy the honeymoon fever at islands, then you must be looking for the island resorts. You can select the honeymoon destinations and honeymoon hotels as per your choice. Some of the exciting honeymoon hotels can be beach resorts, hilltop resorts, hotels on the cruise, Hotels that provide various amenities such as spa, pubs and disco etc. You can choose the kind of honeymoon you want to have. Another exciting idea to spend the special days of your honeymoon is you can spend the splendid moments under the sea too. Many under the sea resorts are coming up with exciting honeymoon themes.

Creativity is endless. It is wise to select the best honeymoon resort that perfectly matches your budget and that will give the joyous feel too. After all the special moments you share with your loved one indoor and outdoor stand at special position close to your heart. I think the newly wed couples will definitely find the inputs interesting; more on that if you feel like experiencing the special moments once again, why don’t you plan for a second honeymoon?

Cheap Heathrow Airport Parking and Airport Hotels

If you’re flying out of Heathrow Airport and need to know anything and everything about the airport and its 5 terminals then make sure you check out the Heathrow Information website as well as using the site to book cheaper airport parking, hotels, flights and car hire.

Already boasting hard to be beaten high quality cheap Heathrow Airport parking, online market leaders of invaluable airport information the Heathrow Information site have now added Park Wise to their portfolio of car parks.

Low Cost Parking at Quality Car Park
This budget Heathrow car park offers high value parking at great low prices. Just because the price is cut don’t think anything else is. The Park Wise car park boasts superb security – the site is guarded 24 hours a day, with regular security patrols, the car park has a security fence all around the perimeter, it is well light and it has CCTV in operation.

The Park Wise car park, offering unbeatably cheap Heathrow Airport car parking, is situated just 3 miles from the airport and operates a courtesy bus that runs to Terminals 1 and 3, 24 hours a day, and it only takes around 6 – 12 minutes.

Park Wise Cheap Pricing
If you’re travelling for a week, then you’ll need the 8-day parking, which is priced at just £56.80. Of if travelling for a fortnight the 15-day parking option is the most suitable, charged at just £82.70.

Everything You Need to Know About Heathrow
Unlike any other site, everything you need to know about Heathrow is on this one amazing site. Whether you need to know what restaurants are in the departure lounges so you can feed your children, what business facilities are available, where the bureau de changes are located, the latest airport security advice, details about lost luggage, preparation and packing advice, even world time, right down to airport parking, it’s all on this comprehensive website. It really is a ‘one-stop-shop’ of everything Heathrow!

As well as booking your cheap Heathrow parking you can also book all aspects of your airport experience online at Heathrow Information including:

•Airport parking
•Airport hotels
•Airport lounges
•Flights
•Airport transfers
•Car hire

Britain has such a diverse and fascinating history that it’s not hard to see why many tourists book stays in English hotels to find out more. But while many of our famous antiquated churches and town monuments have a story behind them, some of our most famous attractions are shrouded in mystery. Sites like Stonehenge and Glastonbury attract tourists from all over the world and with a sacred site in almost every county, Britain boasts more sacred sites than any other country in Europe, so what are some of the secrets behind them.

With many cheap hotels in the area, a lot of Britain’s tourists travel to Stonehenge. The site was believed to have been built between 3000 and 2000 BC and is best known for its circle of towering megaliths. Despite its popularity, no one is quite sure about its purpose and theories range from a giant prehistoric calendar or solar temple to a centre for healing.

The site is bound to leave you wanting to know the answers to some crucial questions, such as how could such immense boulders be moved and placed together so accurately and more importantly how could this be done with just crude basic tools. Sadly these are two of many questions that remain unanswered.

Glastonbury prides itself on the Tor, a large hill with just the remains of a church tower on top of it. It is visible from many places on the Somerset Levels. The town cashes in on its mystical reputation, which causes many tourists to come here on hotel deals and shop in the New Age shops.

Just outside the town is Wearyall Hill, where Joseph of Aramathia visited with his nephew, Jesus. Tradition has it that he stuck his staff in the soil and it sprouted into a thorn tree. Strangely, the tree flowers at Christmas and is known as the Holy Thorn. A sprig of it in flower is sent to the monarch every year. In the town there is a sacred well in the Chalice Well Garden, which is reputed to have healing properties.

Learn more about hotels around the UKs sacred attractions. Stop by Hotels4U where you can find out all about hotel deals in Glastonbury and Stonehenge.

A trip to Beechworth is just the thing if you are looking for a fun and interesting place to enjoy a romantic getaway. There is a lot to see and do around the town as well as a large variety of Beechworth accommodation to give you a relaxing and romantic trip away: you will find a type of accommodation to meet all budgets and expectations.

Around the little town you will find that there are hotels, motels, cottages and B&Bs that all have a lot to offer the visitor in the way of services. Throughout the year the accommodation that is there often has packages put together to make your stay more affordable.

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, so any couple on a romantic trip away should take advantage of the many different food sensations that are on offer. One of the first stops on your gastronomic tour of the town should be the Beechworth Bakery. This bakery is famous throughout Australia and has a massive range of pies and pastries to satisfy hunger pains.

One of the town’s many excellent restaurants is Sambell’s Bar and Bistro, which is ideally situated in the LaTrobe Gardens on 11 acres of gardens. Here you can try many dishes that are made from local produce and products as well as some of the region’s excellent wines.

No visit to the area would be complete without sampling some of the locally made wines and ales. At the Bridge Road Brewery you can try a number of different brews that are made on the premises and many of them have won international brewing awards. There are also vineyards out of Beechworth that produce and sell to the public some high quality wines: you can organize tasting tours in town.

The town of Beechworth is arguably the best preserved gold mining town in Australia with many heritage trust buildings that you can see and visit. One of these historic buildings is the Beechworth Hospital. Unfortunately, only the grand facade remains, but it is very important as at one time it was the only hospital located between Melbourne and southern New South Wales. You can also visit a number of museums in the area such as the Burke and Carriage Museums, which showcase much of the area’s local history, with a particular focus on the gold mining era.

To send your stress levels packing, you can pay a visit to the Spa at Beechworth, which is ideally located amidst gardens that are more than a century old and in an historical building. There are several different beauty and health treatments that you can have there and restore your energy levels and reignite your romance.

For a romantic trip away with your loved one, Beechworth is a great choice. It has all the elements that you could possibly want or need and a good range of Beechworth accommodation to keep you comfortable during your holiday in the town.

Jasmine Zahara is seen as a highly regarded author with a business office in Beechworth and is well read regarding this region of Australia. Jasmine writes on most provincial Victorian topics and acknowledges Beechworth as one of the most interesting country Australia spots.