The Holiday Inn Select received the 2008
WaterSaver Award from San Antonio Water
System (SAWS). Every year, SAWS honors
businesses that have increased their water
use effi ciency or promote water conservation
through education or technology. Holiday Inn
Select installed high effi ciency fi xtures in every
guest room, saving nearly seven million gallons
of water per year.
Scott Larsen, General Manager of Holiday Inn
Select, strongly supports the protection of the
environment. “We at the Holiday Inn believe
that we need to preserve water in order to
help the drought condition in San Antonio but
also to help protect the environment and have
water to use for other critical necessities. The
best part about water conservation: it is so
easy for you and me. It’s as simple as changing
a fi xture in a bathroom.”
Holiday Inn Select had an in-house guest that
knew about SAWS commercial programs
for water conservation and discussed the
potential with Larsen. 40% of SAWS’ annual
water sales are from commercial customers,
such as the hospitality industry, and there is a
great potential for water savings through the
commercial conservation programs. Larsen
contacted SAWS regarding water conservation
programs, and in July 2007, the Holiday Inn
Select began installing high effi ciency toilets.
A high effi ciency toilet provides a 20%
water savings over the industry standard
of 1.6 gallons per fl ush. Many households
and industries have toilets installed that use