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BioHitech, Rubbermaid Earn Editors’ Choice Awards
NSF Calls For Nominations
Chipotle, Dunkin’ Open Green Stores
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BioHitech, Rubbermaid Earn Editors’ Choice Awards
BioHitech and Rubbermaid Commercial Products were among the 10 winners of the Editors’ Choice Awards, an annual program held during the Int’l. Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show. The show took place Nov. 8-11 in New York.
BioHitech, Secaucus, N.J., won for its GohBio 1001, an onsite food-waste decomposition system that helps reduce a foodservice operation’s carbon footprint. And Rubbermaid, Winchester, Va., won kudos for its Safe Ice Handling System, ice transfer tools that promote safe handling and reduce cross-contamination.
The competition’s other categories included décor, essentials, luxury, restaurant and technology, plus eco-friendly equivalents for each category. Eleven industry editors judged the entries.
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NSF Calls For Nominations
NSF Int’l. has put out the call for nominations for its 2009 Food Safety Leadership Awards Program. The program applauds industry people who have shown outstanding food safety leadership. The awards cover seven categories: education and training, equipment design, packaging, product development, research, system improvement and technology. NSF is also seeking nominations for its special lifetime achievement award. The entry deadline is Jan. 16, 2009. For more information, visit NSF online. www.nsf.org/business/newsroom/fs_awards.asp
Chipotle, Dunkin’ Open Green Stores
Chipotle Mexican Grill and Dunkin' Donuts have both opened green stores this fall. Chipotle plans to seek LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certification for its new shop, while the Dunkin’ store has already earned its LEED certification.
Green elements at the Chipotle shop in Gurnee, Ill., include Energy Star-rated kitchen equipment, a 6kW wind turbine expected to generate about 10% of the restaurant’s electrical power, recycled drywall and barn metal, low-VOC paint, LED lighting, water-efficient plumbing fixtures and a 2,500-gal. underground cistern to capture rainwater for landscaping.
The Dunkin’ Donuts store in St. Petersburg, Fla., features insulated concrete foam walls expected to reduce air conditioning use by up to 40%, energy-efficient lighting, motion sensors for restrooms and offices, water-efficient plumbing fixtures, low-flow toilets, and the use of well water for irrigation.
Both stores are expected to serve as models future green construction projects. Chipotle is based in Denver; Dunkin’ Donuts is headquartered in Canton, Mass.
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