Green Options » orchard_garden http://greenoptions.com/tag/orchard_garden Posts tagged 'orchard_garden' Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en San Fran’s Orchard Hotel Nabs LEED-EB Certification http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/17/san-frans-orchard-hotel-nabs-leed-eb-certification/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/17/san-frans-orchard-hotel-nabs-leed-eb-certification/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:37:40 +0000 Keith Rockmael http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/17/san-frans-orchard-hotel-nabs-leed-eb-certification/ orchard-guestroom.jpgIf it works for one San Fran hotel then it must work for another. No, we’re not talking about more upscale mini bar items but Greening a hotel. In this case, the Orchard Garden Hotel’s (which garnered LEED-NC certification) sister property the Orchard Hotel just nabbed LEED-EB certification.

The Orchard represents San Francisco’s only hotel to earn this honor, the Orchard Hotel is the second hotel in California and fourth hotel in the world with this certification. The inspiration from these green hotels comes from its 85-year-old owner, Mrs. S.C. Huang, who has pushed her environmental agenda and created more environmentally safe and sustainable hotels after the untimely cancer-related deaths of three family members.

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