Compass Furnished Apartments Receives Commitment to Excellence Platinum Award at Cartus 2009 Global Network ConferencePosted: 10/14/2009Author: Eric FlemingCompass Furnished Apartments was recently honored for outstanding performance by Cartus at its 2009 Global Network Conference held October 5-6 in Chicago, IL... Read More Compass Announces New PropertyPosted: 8/14/2009Author: Eric FlemingCompass is excited to announce a brand new property to its portfolio. Compass on Clarendon, located in the heart of Back Bay, offers the best in Luxury Living with convenience to fine dining and shopping. Situated just steps from the Hancock Building and Coply Square, Compass on Clarendon offers the best for business and pleasure. This new community has been LEED certified and features green building features including low VOC paints, dual flush toilets, Green roofs and bicycle storage to name a few... Read More
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ZipCar now Available for Compass GuestsPosted: 6/17/2008Author: Chris BrooksCompass Corporate Housing has teamed up with the car sharing service ZipCar, expanding the services and amenities available to our customers. Building on our comittment to the environment and relationships with like minded business's, our partnership with ZipCar provides our guests with deep discounts to to the number one car sharing service in the country, a service proven to reduce the amount of cars on the road, thus reducing emissions. See below to see why Compass and ZipCar work so well togetherRead More
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Earth Day at CompassPosted: 5/7/2008Author: C. BrooksCompass would like to thank the Watermark Apartments in Cambridge, MA for hosting a wonderful Earth Day celebration. The Watermark is a two year old luxury rental high-rise located in the growing bio tech hot spot of Kendall Square on the banks of the Charles River. Management at the Watermark has embraced green living, making us... Read More Eco-Friendly Bamboo TowelsPosted: 4/17/2008Author: Oscar MoralesDry off with one of Compass Corporate Housing’s silky smooth Bamboo Towels. These towels have an extra soft feel and offer the best combination of benefits:
LED Bulbs: A bright idea for a green futurePosted: 4/2/2008Author: Eric FlemingWith the introduction of compact fluorescent light bulbs in the past few years, the search for more efficient lighting was moving forward fast. These new bulbs cut energy consumption by 80% while increasing the life. This was the wave of the future of the green movement and still is. The one drawback of these bulbs is the minute amount mercury that these compact fluorescent bulbs need to work properly. If properly disposed up this mercury can be contained, but many times this is not the case. This mercury can potentially pollute our waters... Read More Seventh Generation Partners with CompassPosted: 4/2/2008Author: Eric FlemingIn our search for like minded vendors to help provide environmentally conscious services for our furnished apartments, Seventh Generation, a
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New Boston OfficePosted: 3/5/2008Author: Chris BrooksCompass is excited to announce the opening of our new Boston office in the Historic North End... Read More 2008 CHPA Conference RecapPosted: 3/4/2008Author: Eric FlemingFeb 18-20, Las Vegas, NV
We are pleased to report that the 2008 CHPA conference was a huge success! We'd like to give a special thanks to CHPA staff for all their hard work and dedication in making this year's conference extra special. We'd also like to recognize the CHPA for its efforts in environmental awareness and its commitment to continue its green initiatives for many years to come. The Lazy EnvironmentalistPosted: 2/14/2008Author: Eric FlemingCompass and the CHPA are proud to have our friend, Josh Dorfman “The Lazy Environmentalist” to speak at the 2008 CHPA conference About Josh Dorfman Josh Dorfman is an environmental entrepreneur, author, speaker, and radio personality. He is the founder & CEO of Vivavi, a provider of contemporary, eco-friendly furniture and furnishings, working with over forty of today's leading sustainable designers... Read More Simple Solutions for a Greener IndustryPosted: 1/31/2008Author: Eric Fleming, Compass Corporate HousingAs a member of the CHPA, our goal at Compass Corporate Housing is to promote practices that collectively improve the success of our industry and in turn our businesses. Consumers are pushing for green options and there are many ways in which corporate housing companies can answer the call. There are simple solutions that if adopted collectively by the industry, could tremendously reduce our impact on the environment while creating a more efficient business and reducing expenses.
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