We had heard a lot about the LEED Gold Gaia hotel in American Canyon (even we had to look up American Canyon and we live in San Fran) but we hadn’t actually visited it. Yes, we can only tell so much from a press release. The hotel, rather unassuming, sits right off busy Highway 29 […]
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Going LEED Gold at the Gaia Hotel
Published by Keith January 18th, 2008 in Eco Hotels, Environment, Green Building, Green Hotels, Photovoltaic Panels and Solar panels. 0 CommentsFrom the Garden to the Table
Published by Keith October 5th, 2007 in Eco Hotels, Foundations, Green Hotels, Health, Money, Organic Food and San Francisco. 0 CommentsIt was like the perfect storm. The combination of a fundraiser for a Green sustainable non profit organization (From the Garden to the Table), tasty food and organic cocktails (Square One organic vodka, 4 Copas organic tequila) in a LEED certified location (Orchard Garden Hotel) and even Green minded celebrities (David Alan Grier) to boot.
Both […]
Build It Green Home Tour San Francisco 2007
Published by Keith September 24th, 2007 in Eco Hotels, Green Building, Green Condos, Green Real Estate, Green Savings, Real Estate, San Francisco and West Coast Green. 1 CommentIf San Franciscans and out-of-towners didn’t get enough Green Home examples at the just concluded West Coast Green then yesterday’s (Sept. 23) Build It Green Tour would have sent them completely over the Green ledge. The modest seven home tour offered up a smorgasbord of Green homes, condo, new construction and remodels with a Green […]
Rooftop Garden or Rooftop Patio?
Published by Keith February 23rd, 2007 in Eco Hotels, LEED-NC and Orchard Garden Hotel. 0 CommentsWe’re pretty big fans of the Orchard Garden Hotel with it being the first soon to be LEED certified hotel in Cali. The thing is that the Rooftop Garden should actually be declared the Rooftop Patio. Although the hotel staff mentions that it’s not completed the “garden” contains great views of the SF concrete jungle […]
Where do we Sleep now?
Published by Keith September 13th, 2006 in Eco Hotels, Environment, Golden Gate Park, Green Building, Green Hotels, LEED-NC, Orchard Garden Hotel, Photovoltaic Panels, San Francisco, Solar panels and West Coast Green. 0 CommentsWe can’t check in yet but we’re already giddy to sleep in one of the 86 rooms in the USA’s first LEED-NC certified hotel. San Francisco’s own Orchard Garden Hotel which represents the first in what will hopefully be a long line of green hotels will open in October. Green Roof Inns anyone?
Originally scheduled to […]