Proximity Hotel

Proximity Hotel
General information
Location 704 Green Valley Road
Greensboro, North Carolina
Opening 2007
Owner Quaintance Weaver Restaurants and Hotels
Other information
Number of rooms 147
Number of restaurants 1
Website
www.proximityhotel.com
Social Lobby
Rooftop solar panels use the sun's energy to help heat water for the hotel and its restaurant

The Proximity Hotel,[1] located in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the first Platinum LEED certified green hotel in the United States.[2] Opened in 2007, this 147-room luxury boutique hotel has over 5,000 square feet (460 m2) of meeting and event space as well as a full-service restaurant.[3] The hotel utilized more than 70 sustainable practices during construction and is a model for green hotel construction.

History

Built and operated by Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels,[4] the Proximity Hotel opened in November 2007. In October 2008, the hotel and the adjacent Print Works Bistro restaurant became the first in the hospitality industry to be awarded LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council. The design and construction of the hotel were led by Dennis Quaintance, CEO of Quaintance-Weaver. Proximity Hotel is located near the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Quaintance-Weaver opened their first hotel, O.Henry Hotel, four blocks west in 1998.

Proximity Hotel and Print Works Bistro, are named for two cotton mills in Greensboro. These mills were part of Cone Mills, with more than a century of history in the textile industry. Cone Mills was known as the world's largest manufacturer of denim fabric and the United States' largest printer of home-furnishings fabrics.

Sustainable Practices

This hotel uses 41% less energy than a conventional hotel/restaurant by using ultra efficient materials and the latest construction technology.

References

Coordinates: 36°05′21″N 79°49′15″W / 36.0891°N 79.8208°W / 36.0891; -79.8208

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