Sustainable Suite by HD Magazine Winner

I don't know if everyone has seen this but I stumbled across it this weekend.

FROM HD MAGAZINE's WEBSITE:

WATG has won the inaugural Sustainable Suite Design competition, sponsored by USGBC, ASID, and NEWH, with Hospitality Design (HD) magazine as the exclusive media sponsor. The contest aims to showcase the best hospitality design strategies that feature environmental responsibility while enhancing the guest experience.

In conjunction with global design consultancyIDEO, WATG created the winning suite concept called Haptik, a Greek term meaning to experience interactions based on the sense of touch. The design is meant to engage the senses, allowing the guest to discover how environmental responsibility can be achieved personally and collectively. The suite's innovative green strategies include an "all-off" switch to ensure that lights are automatically turned-off based on passive infrared sensors (PIS) and room conditioning equipped by a four-pipe horizontal fan-coil system. Additionally, water use was key in reducing environmental impact; as such, the Haptik suite includes a Trombe wall in the shower that captures solar heat to warm the shower water and a greywater irrigation system that filters and recycles shower water to outdoor gardens and landscaping.

The WATG and IDEO team will build and present their showcase at the 2010 Hospitality Design Exposition & Conference (HD Expo), May 19-21, in Las Vegas.

And here is their presentation: