The Hyatt Regency Boston has earned the Energy Star label, signifying that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar structures throughout the U.S. in energy efficiency. Based on data collected monthly by Dunamis Energy Consultants and submitted to the EPA, the Hyatt has reduced its energy usage by 42 percent over the last several years. The hotel initially started at 12.3 million kilowatts of usage per year and made vast improvements to reach 7.1 million kilowatts.
The hotel has other eco-friendly initiatives in place, such as composting food in the hotel kitchens to become fertilizer for growing organic foods; relaying hotel information via e-mail instead of paper distribution; and recycling paper, plastics, glass, light bulbs, electronic parts, and batteries.