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Vegas Going Green
By Stephen Roberts | September 29, 2009
Aria and Vdara, the hotels and convention space within CityCenter, were given a gold certification, which is the second highest certification given by the U.S. Green Building Council. The casino inside the building was not certified because it allows smoking. The casino will be on its own ventilation system, separate from the building. It also has a displacement floor system which pushes air up from the floor instead of from the ceiling. This is the first casino to do this in the entire industry.
Tesovara said that the air inside the casino will be of a higher standard than other casinos because of the ventilation technology inside Aria. CityCenter has sought many means to reduce its carbon footprint, such as installing low-flow water faucets on a mass scale. MGM Mirage energy chief Cindy Ortega said that she was shooting for just a Silver Star rating for CityCenter but decided to go beyond what was necessary to ensure that level of requirements was attained.
The gold-star rating that CityCenter has received makes Aria the world’s largest green building. This beat out Vegas’ previous record from the Sand’s Palazzo as the largest green building, which attained silver certification last year.
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