What Does It Take to Build a Zero-Emission Hotel? - By Yale Insights

Published on January 30, 2024

When real-estate developer Bruce Becker ’85 set out to convert New Haven’s historic, Marcel Breuer-designed Pirelli Building into the boutique Hotel Marcel, he realized that exclusively using renewable sources of energy would make the project more financially sustainable. Read the full article and watch the video at: https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/what-does-it-take-to-build-zero-emission-hotel

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