American Standard Brands Joins the Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium (HSPC)

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 28, 2011

The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium announced today that American Standard Brands has joined the Consortium as a Founding Member. A leader in creating high quality bathroom products for the hospitality industry, American Standards membership furthers the Consortiums goals of establishing the Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index (HSP Index) as the de facto performance measurement solution for the industry.

With more than 4.5 million hotel rooms in the U.S., the products that American Standard produces including faucets, shower systems, furniture, vitreous china fixtures, kitchen sinks, bath tubs, and other plumbing products and accessories are major investments for all hotels, brands and owners. As an element of in-room bathroom design, they also have a substantial impact on the guest experience and the environmental footprint of a hotel.

Increasingly, hotel guests, as well as property owners and developers, are demanding products that conserve water without sacrificing performance, said Michele Hudec, vice president for product and business development for American Standard Brands. We are looking forward to working with other industry leaders, via the Consortium, to establish the performance criteria that helps make it easier to incorporate sustainable products throughout the hospitality industry.

Twenty-five organizations are now part of the Consortium, including more than a dozen industry-leading suppliers, brands, architects, designers, purchasing firms and sustainability consultants.

American Standard and the HSPC

The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium (HSPC), created and led by MindClick SGM, is a collaborative organization to help hotel owners purchase products that both reduce their properties environmental impact, and contribute to guest comfort, health and well-being.

American Standard, along with other Consortium members, will help establish criteria for creation of a new Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index, which will include measures of corporate social responsibility, environmental and product sustainability. Product categories covered include furnishings, fixtures and equipment (FF&E), and operating supplies and equipment (OS&E).

"We are happy to welcome American Standard to the Consortium, said JoAnna Abrams, CEO of MindClick SGM. It is important to the success of the HSP Index that the Consortium reflect the depth and breadth of products used to equip hotels, and make them attractive and responsive to guest needs. The participation of well-established industry suppliers such as American Standard reflects the belief in and recognition of the importance of the Consortiums efforts to create an industry-wide solution for greening the hotel supply chain. She concluded, Like other industry innovators, American Standard is taking the lead in the push to balance cost, quality and sustainability. We look forward to their contribution in shaping the HSP Index.

American Standard joins existing Consortium members Marriott International, Audit Logistics, Aqua Hospitality Carpets, Benjamin West, BYD, Contract Decor International, Delta Faucet Company, Innvision, InterfaceFLOR, Majestic Mirror and Frame, Mark David, PE INTERNATIONAL Inc., Quiltcraft Industries, Richloom Fabrics Group, RTKL, SERA Architects, Shafer Commercial Seating, Simmons Hospitality Bedding and Valley Forge Fabrics.

About the Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium

Established in June 2011 by MindClick SGM, the Consortium is comprised of a group of leaders in the hotel industry representing brands, suppliers, architecture and design firms, purchasing companies, owners and sustainability experts. Led by MindClick, Consortium members are working collaboratively to provide the industry with a unified approach to greening the global supply chain. The Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index (HSPI) will set the criteria for sustainable purchasing and create a repository of supplier performance in the areas of corporate social responsibility, product, and environmental sustainability. For more information visit http://www.hspiconsortium.com.

About MindClick SGM

MindClick SGM, a leading sustainability research and consulting firm, provides clients with performance measurement tools to develop, implement, improve and promote product and company sustainability. Serving clients ranging from global Fortune 1000 companies in consumer products, automotive, and hospitality, to family owned building products suppliers, to government municipalities, MindClick drives growth through sustainability. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in San Francisco and Seattle, MindClick combines a decade of experience in sustainability with 20+ years of research, product development and marketing expertise. The result is sustainability performance rating services that provide executive decision makers with the knowledge to maximize business success. For more information, visit http://www.mindclicksgm.com.

About American Standard Brands

American Standard Brands is a leading North American manufacturer of a wide range of high-quality building products, including faucets, fixtures, furniture, vitreous china fixtures, cast iron sinks, whirlpool tubs and other wellness products for the bath and kitchen as well as decorative panels. The company currently offers total project solutions for residential and commercial customers; employs more than 5,000 people in the United States, Canada and Mexico; and markets products under well known and respected brands, such as American Standard

Dr. Alfred A. Bove, M.D. Joins Health Station Networks, Inc. as Chief Medical Officer

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 19, 2011

Alfred A. Bove, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.C.C., has joined Health Station Networks, Inc., (HSNI) as the chief medical officer, it was announced today by Kenneth S. Williams, chairman and CEO of the company. At the outset, Dr. Bove will author a 'white paper' which will act as a guide to the medical and social role that the Company will play over the next three years of its operations, to include the Company's strategic objectives. It will also identify how the largest network of Health Stations will fit into the new Era of Healthcare Reform.

HSNI is owned by a consortium of strategic partners from the health and wellness industry and the digital media industry, and is led by Williams. HSNI has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire substantially all of the assets of Sentry Health which owns and operates a network of over 20,000 commercial, automated, blood pressure monitors and health stations located in pharmacies, grocery stores, worksites, medical clinics and health clubs in the United States and Canada. These health stations account for 500 million blood pressure and other non-invasive biometric measurements annually. The use of the monitors is free of charge to consumers, with advertising supporting most of this access. HSNI expects to close the acquisition of the Sentry Health assets by no later than the end of May, 2011.

Dr. Bove is the past president of the American College of Cardiology. He received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University, and received his M.D. and Ph.D. (Physiology) degrees from Temple University Medical School in Philadelphia. In 1981, he joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic in the Division of Cardiology, and returned to Temple Hospital as the section chief in Cardiology in 1986. His research includes coronary endothelial function, myocardial function in valvular heart disease and heart failure, exercise physiology, diving and hyperbaric medicine, and medical informatics. Dr. Bove has published over 260 original research papers, and is the author of texts on Coronary Disease, Exercise Medicine, and Diving Medicine. He has received numerous awards for his work in cardiovascular medicine and environmental medicine. His military training was devoted to diving and submarine medicine including active duty at the Naval Medical Research Institute. He served two years in the U.S. Navy as an Undersea Medical Officer and served another 31 years in the Navy Reserves, retiring with the rank of Captain. He was a member of a mobile hospital staff in Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

Dr. Bove practices Clinical Cardiology with particular expertise in heart failure and heart transplantation, Undersea Medicine and Sports Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.

In making the announcement, Ken Williams said, Dr. Bove provides HSNI with a unique understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing Healthcare in the U.S. We are about to acquire the largest network of installed blood pressure machines in the world that has started the transition into a richly featured, Internet connected, digital health station network, offering a range of critical biometric tests and tracking capabilities for individual users. His current research involves Internet-based medical information systems for management of chronic heart disease in underserved urban and rural communities. This work has brought improved quality of care in heart failure and hypertension to patients living in underserved communities and we plan to expand upon that on even a broader base for all people at risk.

Dr. Bove added, Our goal for HSNI is to accelerate this transition to the new health monitor platform and to provide more effective health risk assessment and empowerment for individuals and organizations. The sponsorship of the health stations allows prominent companies engaged in the healthcare industry to impart information about meaningful health products and services to a vast user base. This captive audience also provides the enormous and dynamic opportunity for mobile applications and the portability of personal health records that will be subscriber supported. We intend to closely align with our retailer and corporate partners to provide a consumer environment in which individuals can begin to take more control of their own personal health and wellness, and companies can help their employees by providing intervention and coaching solutions utilizing meaningful, real time data and information.

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