The Boyd Gaming Corp. does it again! After earning a LEED silver certification for Boyd Gaming Linen and Uniform Services, it set its sights on becoming Nevada’s first LEED certified arena, the Orleans Arena. Although it was difficult to find specific reforms associated with this gold-level accreditation, which it achieved this week, the Las Vegas Review-Journal had this to say: “Through a variety of measures, the Arena significantly reduced its energy consumption, and reduced the amount of waste sent to local landfills by 25 percent.” Hopefully Boyd Gaming Corp. will soon publish its specific sustainability efforts, but until then I was able to find some info on its silver-certified linen and uniform services. Hopefully more businesses will follow in Boyd’s example to provide sustainable alternatives in Nevada’s tourism and gaming industry.

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/24936301/orleans-arena-receives-major-sustainability-recognition

http://www.usgbcnv.org/resources/Documents/profiles/boyd-linen.pdf