Going through the Green Business Program helped the hotel gain credit for many of its existing green practices but also created an incentive to build on them. As a result of the checklist's guidance, Ramada trained staff to encourage guests to choose the paperless checkout option. The hotel also pursued some new measures as well, adopting a formal facility-wide green purchasing policy, installing high efficiency rotating nozzles and rain sensors on its irrigation, and phasing out Styrofoam.