Orchard Garden Hotel
The Orchard Garden Hotel is the first U.S. Green Building Council LEED-certified hotel in California and is leading the hospitality industry towards a healthier more sustainable future. LEED Certification provides third party verification that a building is designed and constructed to high-performance standards. A key aspect of this program is ensuring that optimal indoor environmental quality is provided for hotel occupants and personnel. Care was taken to select only paints, carpets and other finishes that do not off-gas harmful chemicals, thereby affording guests a healthy, invigorating hotel experience. Daylight is another important factor in terms of crating a healthy indoor space. At the Orchard Garden, daylight is captured and brought deep into the interior through a ten-story indoor skywell. The Orchard Garden has fast become THE healthy destination in the Bay and put San Francisco Green Hospitality on the map.
The Orchard Hotel has won one of only 50 San Francisco Green Business Awards and is a LEED-EB (Existing Building) registered hotel - the only such hotel in San Francisco.
Both hotels have implemented a number of energy-saving and “green” operational activities, such as: Natural citrus-based cleaning products used in the Housekeeping Department; Organic bath amenities offered in every room; Light bulbs switched from traditional incandescent to compact fluorescent; Plate and frame heat exchanger installed on the rooftop of the Orchard Hotel to decrease power needed fro climate control and cooling; Built-in key card management control system at the Orchard Garden Hotel which reduces energy used in guestrooms by 10% to 20%; recycling programs and sustainable purchasing programs. The focus of both hotels is to be environmentally friendly while still providing a luxury hotel and five-star services for their guests.