Maine Green Lodging Certification Program

Maine tourism businesses recognize the importance of protecting our state’s natural resources. It is these very resources that make Maine an attractive vacation destination for millions of travelers each year.

A number of conservation minded Maine businesses have been certified by the Maine DEP as Environmental Leaders by implementing programs to:

1. Reduce energy
2. Conserve water
3. Minimize waste
4. Use environmentally preferable cleaners
5. And educate the public and their customers on reducing environmental impact

How the program works:

1. Complete the self-certification workbook by checking off all of the initiatives that your facility is currently undertaking. The workbook is a comprehensive list of the many different ways to generate points.

2. Calculate estimated score by adding up all of the checked boxes.

3. Send completed workbook Pollution Prevention Program Manager

4. Your workbook will be reviewed and receive a final score by the DEP’s Pollution Prevention Program Manager.

If you do not score at least 100 points, you can still participate and free technical assistance is available from DEP’s Pollution Prevention Program Manager to help any business achieve more points, regardless of point total. Low cost recommendations will be given to help businesses achieve more points.

If your business scores 100 points, your business qualifies for an certification from the state for 2 years. In two years you will need to increase the point total to 130 to be eligible for a free re-certification.

5. Upon final scoring of the workbook, you will be sent an official letter detailing your point total and possible low cost recommendations.

6. The Pollution Prevention Program Manager will randomly select businesses for scheduled verification appointments throughout the year.

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