The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center was presented with the Corporate Leadership Award from the environmentally-focused non-profit organization Keep Louisiana Beautiful.
This accolade recognizes a business organization rooted in community engagement paired with a consistent dedication to Keep Louisiana Beautiful’s mission of influencing positive policy and infrastructure changes to prevent litter, reduce waste, increase recycling, and protect the natural resources of Louisiana communities.
The Corporate Leadership Award was given in consideration of the many environmentally-focused initiatives that the facility has undertaken in the last year. These initiatives include a waste audit which helped the Center improve its recycling efforts, the installation of 87 new bottle filling stations which encourage the reduction of single-use plastic water bottles, restroom remodels that included low-flow fixtures for improved water usage, the construction of an environmentally-friendly pedestrian park which saw the installation of 200 trees, new green spaces and bioswales for rain water collection, and improvements to the facility’s energy usage via a change to LED lighting in the exhibit halls and more energy-efficient components in the facility’s heating and cooling systems.
These innovative, environmentally-focused improvements were part of a $557 million modernization plan which will further solidify the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center as one of the country’s premiere event destinations, and show the world that New Orleans is Built to Host.
The Center also earned two awards from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for major and impactful initiatives aimed at reducing the facility’s environmental footprint. The Environmental Leadership Program Awards, given to the Center in the Community Environmental Outreach category, as well as the Energy and Water Pollution Reduction category, recognize outstanding activities and projects that demonstrate environmental leadership and the pursuit of a cleaner, safer environment.
