Hotel Sustainability & Social Action
At Viceroy Washington DC, we are committed to taking care of our employees, guests and the earth through the following initiatives. Learn more about sustainability at Viceroy Hotels & Resorts.
Sustainability Practices
Guest Services
Guests can receive their folios via email at check-out, reducing the need for printed records.
Environmentally friendly key cards created with sustainably sourced wood types and are biodegradable.
Hotel key card energy-saving unit: Power is shut off unless the key card is placed in the unit.
Water Conservation
A percentage of the fixtures installed in the hotel are low flow, meaning they use significantly less water than ordinary fixtures.
An active plan has been established to reduce chlorine usage in the swimming pool.
Viceroy Washington DC has implemented a linen and towel reuse program for our guests.
Green Housekeeping
Our housekeeping staff utilizes in-house cleaning products that are non-toxic and hypoallergenic, ensuring that the air in your room is healthy, clean, and fresh.
All products, including soaps, shampoo, and conditioner for the guest bathrooms and public restrooms are eco-friendly.
Large-format refillable soap, shampoo, and conditioner bottles are used in all guest bathrooms, saving thousands of plastic bottles each month.
Reduced Emissions
Guests with hybrid cars receive $10 off overnight parking nightly.
On-Site Garage features a select quantity of parking spots equipped with electric charging stations.
Waste Management
We have a comprehensive recycling program that includes light bulbs, glass, cardboard, paper, cell phones, batteries, and printer cartridges.
Viceroy Washington DC features PressReader©, allowing our guests to access hundreds of publications digitally, reducing waste from delivery of printed copies.
Energy Savings
A majority of the hotel is equipped with LED lightbulbs, which utilize up to 80% less energy and last up to 25 times longer than traditional, incandescent lightbulbs.
Motion sensors are utilized in guestrooms for HVAC thermostats serving to decrease energy waste.
Window treatment best practices are implemented during the summer months to reduce heat gain from the windows.
Window treatment best practices implemented during winter months to use heat gain from windows to supplement the in-room heat.
PEB 5-Star Promise Statement
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (“Pebblebrook”) strongly supports AHLA’s 5-Star Promise. Our pledge to AHLA complements the practices and policies in place by our hotel operating partners which are designed to ensure that the hotel employees at our owned hotels abide by the law, respect individual rights and do not tolerate sexual harassment of any kind at our properties. We have dedicated a significant amount of resources to assist our hotel operators with sexual harassment awareness training and avoidance programs, in addition to training and resources to prevent trafficking. We will continue to engage without hotel operators to provide the resources to further assist them in ensuring the safety of our hotel employees as well as our guests. Pebblebrook has committed to funding the purchase of hotel employee safety devices for use at all of our owned hotels by 2020. Through our pledge to the 5-Star Promise, Pebblebrook intends to contribute to positive, industry-wide improvements to continue to make hotels a safe place for employees and guests. View Pebblebrook's latest Environmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility Report or visit Pebblebrookhotels.com to learn more.
