The Fairmont Olympic Hotel Seattle is located approximately 10 miles from Seattle/Tacoma International Airport and the downtown waterfront.
Hotel amenities include the health club, dry saunas, whirlpool, indoor swimming pool, massage treatments, and gift shops. For dining, the hotel offers the pub-style atmosphere of Shuckers, the Northwest inspired cuisine in The Georgian, martinis in The Garden or The Terrace, or room service. Other services include babysitting, bell service, concierge, and valet laundry service.
All rooms feature clock radios, CD players, complimentary toiletries, down pillows and duvets, hairdryers, private stocked refreshment centers, Sony Playstations, terry bathrobes, two or more multi-line telephones, cable TV, high-speed Internet access, modem phone jacks, multi-line cordless phones, and voicemail.
The Fairmont Olympic Hotel Seattle is located approximately 10 miles from Seattle/Tacoma International Airport and the downtown waterfront.
Property Information:
Property Layout: Fairmont Olympic Hotel Seattle is a 450 room property with up to 11 floors.
The place of lodging actively promotes the environmentally friendly practices of their property. They do so in their advertising, web site, and promotional literature.
The property utilizes sources of renewable energy. Examples are: biomass, photovoltaic conversion, small hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, etc. and do not use fossil fuels.
As the property is maintained old equipment and fixtures (wasteful toilets, light bulbs, shower heads, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.) are updated with more efficient and conserving replacements.
High energy consumption fixtures and appliances have been replaced with their energy efficient counterparts. Sensors are used to automatically turn off lights, air conditioning, and heating. Rooms have optomized to retain heating or cooling through improved insulation.
Xeriscape is landscaping designed to conserve water. Water is conserved through the use of native plants and minimal plant groundcover. Desert landscaping utilizing indigenous plants, and gravel for a majority of the groundcover is an example to xeric landscaping.
Organic cotton sheets and towels do not add VOC's, thereby improving air quality. Organic cotton is a sustainable product whereas synthetic fabrics are not because of their reliance on petrochemicals.
The property uses environmentally friendly chemicals for cleaning. Also included are perfumed or scented laundry supplies, carpet cleaners, cleaning supplies, or air fresheners, and other products tha could be harsh or harmful.
Many plastic and foam disposable products (cups, bowls, plates, and clam-shell boxes) are not recyclable or bio-degradable and are manufactured from non-sustainable petrochemicals. Recyclable disposable products are good alternatives.
Using gray water for irrigation of gardens and landscaping. Gray water is wastewater from bathrooms sinks and showers/tubs, kitchens, laundry sinks and tubs, and washing machines where only non-polluting, biodegradable detergents are utilized.
Containers located in the common areas of the property, properly labeled, for the express purpose of enabling guests and staff to separate trash from recyclable items.
The biological decomposition of solid organic materials by bacteria, fungi, and other organisms into a soil-like product that can be used to enrich garden soils.