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<P><FONT COLOR="#008080" SIZE=4 FACE="Palatino Linotype">Good day Illustrious Colleagues,</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#008080" SIZE=4 FACE="Palatino Linotype">According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, if hotels improved their energy performance by an average of 30%, the annual electricity bill savings would be nearly $1.5 billion. This represents an savings of approximately $365 per available room night per year for every hotel room in the country! If you find that amazing and want to know more, follow this link to EPA's hotel energystar Web site:</FONT><I></I><I></I></P>
<P><I></I><A HREF="http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=hospitality.bus_hospitality"><I><U></U></I><I><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Palatino Linotype">http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=hospitality.bus_</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Palatino Linotype">hospitality</FONT></U></I><I></I></A><I></I><I></I>
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<P><I><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=4 FACE="Palatino Linotype">Thanks for joining our listserv and please invite your colleagues to join.</FONT></I>
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<P><I><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=4 FACE="Palatino Linotype">Kindest regards,</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=4 FACE="Palatino Linotype">Tom</FONT></I>
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<P><I><FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE=4 FACE="Times New Roman">Promote Green Hotels by joining the NC Green Hotels Listserv at:</FONT> </I>
<BR><I></I><A HREF="http://kirk.p2pays.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncgreenhotels"><I><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Palatino Linotype">http://kirk.p2pays.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncgreenhotels</FONT></U></I></A><I></I>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=4 FACE="Georgia">Tom Rhodes</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#008000" FACE="Georgia">WasteReduction Specialist/</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#008000" FACE="Georgia">NC Green Hotels Listserv Administrator</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#008000" FACE="Georgia">NC Division of Pollution Prevention & Environmental Assistance</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#008000" FACE="Georgia">1639 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#008000" FACE="Georgia">(919) 715-6516</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=4 FACE="Georgia">Visit us on the Web at: </FONT><A HREF="file://www.p2pays.org"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Georgia">www.p2pays.org</FONT></U></A>
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