Northshore Harbor Center

SLIDELL - The Northshore Harbor Center is one of only eight convention centers nationwide to participate in the Convention Center Benchmarking Project for the EPA Energy Star program. Participation in the program is voluntary and just another step that ensures the Harbor Center is an environmentally friendly and energy efficient facility. The North... shore Harbor Center was designed and built as a facility for the future, with a focus on energy efficiency. For example, faucets have motion sensors and low flow aerators to conserve water, the restroom lights are on motion sensor and turn off after 10 minutes with no movement and there are high efficiency air conditioning units that have several cooling stages and are zone controlled to save on electricity. Additionally, the management and staff of the Harbor Center have made a commitment to conserve energy and be conscious of the environment. Staff members have reduced to minimum lighting when doing setups and breakdowns, purchase recycled bed sheets for cleaning rather than utilizing paper towels and recycle used paper for notepads. As part of the benchmarking project, the Harbor Center has logged all electric, gas and water usage and associated costs for the facility dating back to January 2006. While hosting an increasing number of events, the Harbor Center has reduced current source energy intensity by 7.7 and total green house emissions by 23.70 when comparing twelve month periods ending April 2009 and April 2010. These reductions also reflect a savings of $66,497 in energy costs over this time period.Read More