Our hotel is well on it’s way to becoming Green Seal^TM Silver Certified. The Crowne Plaza Portland Downtown’s mission is be a leader in the hospitality industry in supporting a sustainable world, while continuing to deliver a premium guest experience with non-intrusive, high quality, eco-friendly products and services.

We Take Our EarthCare Commitment Seriously.
Our hotel uses non-intrusive, high quality eco-friendly practices and products that are making our world a cleaner, healthier place to live. We are protecting both the environment and the sublimely comfortable, memorable experiences our guests have come to know and love.

We are proud to meet the standard set for all Crowne Plaza Hotels and Restaurants throughout the United States. Every day, we see the power of this effort, as we get comments and encouragement from our guests, suppliers and partners and as we continue to see tremendous interest in what we are doing.

By choosing to be our guest, you are part of something truly meaningful.

Crowne Plaza Green and Sustainable practices include:
Cleaning Supplies: All rooms cleaned with environmentally friendly cleaning products
Soy Inks: All in house promotional collateral is printed on recycled paper using soy based ink
Recycled Paper: Property wide printing on recycled paper
Organic Beverages: All complimentary lobby coffee is organic, shade grown and/or fair trade
Towel/Linen Reuse: Guests have the opportunity to do their part to reduce energy and detergents required for daily washings
Recycling: Back of house recycling programs address glass, bottles, paper, cardboard, etc.
Energy Conservation: Back of house lighting and room lighting retrofitted and audited to ensure energy efficient bulbs are in place
Water Conservation: Implementation and auditing of low flow systems for faucets, toilets, and showers
Best Practices: At any hotel you may find environmental activities such as recycling of coat hangers, elimination of Styrofoam cups, paperless check-ins/outs, eco friendly dry cleaners, discounted hybrid car parking, and more…
In-room recycling bins: Guests are encouraged to participate in reducing our environmental impact
Donation programs: Instead of being thrown away, unused amenity bottles are donated and used by local charities

Our Top 10 Green Travel Tips

At the Crowne Plaza Portland - we take your stay, and the environment - seriously. We’ve gathered together the following top 10 Green Travel Tips for your reference.
1. Walk & Ride: Make it a car-less vacation. Walk, ride a bike or hop on public transportation to get around. You’ll actually save money while experiencing more of the city.
2. Bring a bag: Just like at home, bring a reusable bag for shopping!
3. Tote a travel mug: Spare the landfills by carrying your own coffee mug or refill your water container.
4. One soap at a time: Most hotels give multiple soaps that all do the same thing. Reduce waste by opening one at a time.
5. Keep your shower short
6. Shut off the water while brushing your teeth.
7. When leaving the room, turn off the air conditioning, heat, television, lights or other electric devices.
8. Reuse towels instead of having them changed daily. At the Crowne Plaza, hanging towels neatly signals you will reuse them. When in doubt, write a note for housekeeping.
9. Recycle: The Crowne Plaza Portland provides in-room recycling bins for glass, plastic and paper. If you’re at a hotel with no recycling center, consider taking your empty bottles home to recycle.
10. Taking home memories: Avoid disposable cameras - bring a digital one!