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Although it has officially been serving guests for several months now, the Baltimore Inner Harbor Fairfield Inn & Suites recently celebrated with a grand opening that I had the opportunity to attend.  The event was great, but what makes it noteworthy is the hotel itself. I have been following the progress of this hotel through construction because I knew that when it was complete, it would be a very special place.  A hotel of firsts and onlies, the Inner Harbor Fairfield is the first and only LEED Certified ‘green’ hotel in Baltimore, it is the first Fairfield Inn anywhere to have a full service restaurant (Tavern 101), and the first and only to use and feature a salvaged grain storage silo to capture and store rain water runoff to serve all the landscaping irrigation needs.

An adaptive reuse of the 1787 Baltimore Brewing Company where in one of the rooms Mary Pickersgill is said to have sown the star spangled banner, the completely renovated building is desinged to be 24% more efficient than what is required by code. According to General Manager, Patrick Leary, the hotel is also carbon neutral, thanks to the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates, which represent proof that electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy resource.

A United States Green Building Council Maryland Chapter (USGBC MD) Platinum Sponsor, the hotel features such green elements as appliances & fixtures that reduce energy, waste & water usage; a green roof, which insulates the building while reducing the radiant heat and reduces the volume of storm water flowing into streams and drainage channels; fragrance free, all natural, biodegradable cleaning products and laundering, among others.

On hand at the grand opening were guests of the hotel, green building professionals, builders, developers, suppliers, architects, engineers, members of USGBC MD, representatives from hotel partners like the National Aquarium, and more. For additional information visit greenfairfieldinn.com.