• SUSTAINABLE MISSION STATEMENT


• INVOLVEMENT


• LEED® PROJECTS


• THE THREE PARTS TO SUSTAINABILITY


• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SUSTAINABLE MISSION STATEMENT (VALUES)

Our highest goal is bold and long-term: to help radically re-orient the hospitality industry to embrace the triple bottom line: profit, people and the planet.

Rush Hospitality is committed to accomplishing this by being the best solution for hospitality renovations in a manner that is the most economical, socially responsible, and respectful of our environment. Rush Hospitality has chosen as a business strategy to function as a sustainable company. That means that Rush Hospitality will be a facilitator that helps our employees, suppliers, and customers live in our environment in a sustainable manner. Our sustainable strategies will help protect our natural resources; land, water, energy, materials, and the atmosphere.

Our sustainable legacy will be expressed in the results of our work.

INVOLVEMENT

RUSH Hospitality is active in the USGBC national and local chapter lever, has six LEED AP on staff, and has completed three LEED Certified project, with being current projects in the process of registration.

Dina Belon a Principal of the firm is the Director of Sustainability for the NEWH Sunshine Chapter and sits on the ARDA Construction and Design Sustainability Task Force, which helps educate the local hospitality community on sustainability. Dina Also belongs to Net Impact Orlando which has experts including Dina, local resources and employees from all over Central Florida to taking sustainability action on the job to improve Orlando’s social and environmental footprint.

RUSH Hospitality has signed The Sustainable Florida Pledge which promotes social and ecological stewardship of Florida’s resources.

LEED® Certified

Commisary Warehouse:
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

LEED Silver
Life Support Facility;
Kennedy Space Center, Florida

LEED Silver
Honda Research Facility, Florida

LEED Certification
Vectorworks Marine Office, Florida - LEED Registered

THE THREE PARTS TO SUSTAINABILITY

Functional
We can no longer afford to support buildings and spaces that are more dysfunctional than functional. The buildings and spaces we inhabit must contribute to the survival of our society while performing their intended purpose. A renovation that is functional retools our buildings or spaces into systems that contribute to the survival of our society.

Adaptable
A renovation that is adaptable modifies a building or space into a flexible system that efficiently uses societies’ capital resources; people, planet, and profit.

Affordable
The level at which a flexible and efficient system can be created without undo drain on capital. A sustainable renovation has to be affordable or it isn’t sustainable.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Introduction to Sustainabillity

Green Presentation Resl Estate Assets

Green Lodging Conference Presentation

Developments Article - Can Sustainability Survive...

LEED Changes Presentation