HEI Hotels & Resorts Selected by President Obama’s Administration to Participate in the President’s Prestigious Better Buildings Challenge

NORWALK, CT—HEI Hotels & Resorts (HEI), the nation’s fastest growing private owner/operator of hotel real estate,  announced that it has been selected by President Obama’s Administration to participate in the prestigious Better Buildings Challenge. 

The Better Buildings Challenge is part of the Better Buildings Initiative launched in February 2011 by President Obama, and is spearheaded by former President Clinton and the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

“The ingenuity, hard work, and commitment of our employees at corporate and in our hotels to our long standing social responsibility program has resulted in our selection to participate in President Obama’s Better Buildings Challenge,"  said Gary Mendell (top right photo) chairman and CEO of HEI Hotels & Resorts.   .  "Selection not only exemplifies our strides in the specific areas of energy conservation and a reduction of our carbon footprint for generations to come, but moreover, is a testament to the talent, passion and commitment of our employees.

“This passion defines our culture as we continuously strive to set a higher standard of excellence in social responsibility,”

As a participant in the Better Buildings Challenge, HEI is committed to further reducing its portfolio-wide consumption of energy and waste output in its ever growing square feet of building space.  Through selection into President Obama’s initiative, HEI will also seek to identify and develop other energy savings initiatives with other companies selected to the President’s initiative.   

For more information about HEI, visit the company’s website, http://www.heihotels.com/.

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