Hotels and resort properties have USGBC/LEED, GreenGlobe, Living Building Challenge, TIA/STEP and other sustainability initiatives. Following these sustainability initiatives are good for business (e.g. save operational expenses and capital expenses) and good for the surrounding community. Fiber optic cabling and passive Optical LAN can contribute to these initiatives with direct energy savings, indirect lowering thermal loads for HVAC, reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions, lowers operating costs, increase asset/property value and reduced waste sent to landfills. Also, passive Optical LAN deployments have received innovation points from USGBC/LEED.