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Brookstreet's Green Initiatives
- Maintains a four out of five Audubon Green Leaf Eco-Rating.
- The Brookstreet Green Committee, started in 2006, actively organizes green initiatives throughout the hotel and sends weekly green alerts to educate Partners [staff] energy efficient actions they can take to make a difference.
- Works with On Your Marks, the Eco-Logical Print Source; On Your Marks goes beyond printing on FSC papers to using vegetable-based inks, recycled packaging and planting a tree for every $50 print order.
- Has recycling programs throughout the hotel: in guest rooms, administration offices, kitchen and housekeeping.
- Conducted a waste audit in 2007 resulting in a variety of waste reduction actions:
- Implemented organic waste collection, which reduces monthly waste by 1.76 tonnes.
- Extended recycling program to include room amenities (donated to The Mission), batteries and ink cartridges.
- Use refurbished ink cartridges
- Added more recycling bins throughout the hotel.
- A paperless night audit saves over 70,000 pieces of paper per year.
- Incoming faxes are received by e-mail thereby reducing printing and saving up to 1000 sheets of paper per year.
- An automated climate control system reduces heating / air conditioning in unused guestrooms and meeting space.
- Removal of all high energy use accent lighting on floors.
- Progressive replacement of lightbulbs with compact fluorescent lightbulbs. The objective is to have only compact fluorescent lightbulbs in all guestrooms by the end of 2008.
- Turns off lighting and heating in guestrooms and meeting rooms which are not in use.
- Installation of Infared sensor in our kitchen overhead vents to reduce electricity use to on demand as well as reduce the amount of air requiring for re-conditioning.
- Encourages guests to use towels and linens for more than one day.
- Brookstreet's Au Naturel Spa uses rechargeable candles and gives a $1 discount on pedicures for spa devotees who bring their own flip flops.
- Coffee and tea lovers receive $ 0.10 off their hot beverage purchase when they bring their own mugs to Brookstreet Café.
 Member of Savour Ottawa; supports local producers thereby reducing energy required to make deliveries while supporting the local agricultural economy.
- Participated in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 29:
- Turned off all non-essential lighting on guest floors and public areas including
 lobby, restaurants, parking garage, outside of hotel and back-of-house areas between 8 and 9 pm.
- Dimmed essential lighting where possible.
- Shut down escalator and reduced elevator service.
- Invited guests to participate in Earth Hour by turning off guestroom lights.
- Celebrated Earth Hour at Options Bar with Canapés by Candlelight.
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