Business View Magazine | May 2019

23 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MAY 2019 visual provider and they do all of our internet. And then, we also have on property, Shepard, which is a design company that does all of the exhibits. Also, in-house, we have Edlen, which does all the lighting. So we offer a one-stop shop, similar to what the other convention centers offer.” Town & Country is also undeniably “green.” Penman elucidates some of its programs and practices: “We do LED lighting; we’re doing a full conversion program, most of it was already done in the convention center, we’ll finish the rest of it this summer. All outdoor lighting is on clock control. We’re replacing all the older HVAC and refrigeration units, plus direct digital control on the HVAC, and frequency drive control on the fan motors. Our entire kitchen is being completely renovated with all new equipment and high efficiency appliances. There’ll be heat reclamation from the wash water in the laundry. Bed linens and towels will be changed only on request; environmentally-friendly cleaning products; reduced hazardous products in the maintenance operations. We have a spray booth for painting and coating to reduce emissions. Recycled materials were purchased for guest room carpeting, and we’re recycling used pictures, furniture, and equipment to a salvage company, where possible. There are beverages from dispensers instead of using all bottled water; cloth linen rather than disposable products; reusable props and decorations; best TOWN & COUNTRY SAN DI EGO