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K

Kermit
i was wrongg – iti ’s easyy being
it’s b i g ggreen…
green
att San
S Francisco’s
Francisco
F i ’s Orchard
O h d andd
O h d Garden
Orchard G d Hotel H t l

Pr
Presented
t dbby St
Stefan
f MüMühle,
hl G General
r lMManagerr
„ O h d Hotel
Orchard H l
„ New construction 2000
„ 104 gguest rooms,
rooms one restaurant
restaurant, 500 sqq ffeet off meetingg space
p
„ N b Hill adjacent
Nob djj
„ 66 employees
l (i
(including
l di restaurant))
„ 81% occupancy year year--roundd
„ R gis d ffor
Registered o LEED
LEED– –EB certification
c ific io
„ O h d Garden
Orchard G d Hotel
H l
„ $25 million new construction 2006;
f lly operational
fully p i l MarchM h 2007
„ 86 rooms
rooms,, one restaurant
restaurant,, 500
square feet of meeting space,
space
rooftop
f p garden
g d
„ U i Square/Financial
Union Sq /Fi i l District
Di i
adjacent
„ 55 employees
emplo ees (including
(incl ding
restaurant))
„ 80% occupancy
p y andd rising
i i g fast
f
„ R i d LEED
Received LEED-
D-NC certification
ifi i
i May
in M 2007
2007.
„ S yl ddesign
Style
Style, design,
ig comfort
f and d service
i are
enhanced
eenhanced,
ha ced,
d not
ot sacrificed
sac ificed
d
„ O 83
Our 83--yyear
year--old,
old
ld Chinese
Chi
owner
ow e
„ M S.C.
Mrs
Mrs. S C Huang
H
„ Wh is
What i LEED
LEED--NC/EB? /
„ Leadership
d hip iin Energy gy &
E i
Environmental t l Design:
D i nationally
ti ll
accepted
p d standard d d ffor ggreen bbuildings
ildi g
developed by the U.S. U S Green Building
B ilding
C
Councilil (USGBC).
(USGBC)
( )
„ Promotes
P ddesign
ig and d construction
i
practices that increase profitability and
reduce
d negative
g i environmental
i l iimpacts
p
of buildingsg and improve p occupant
p
h lth and
health d well-
wellll-being.
b i g
being
„ LEED ffor N New C Construction
i (LEED-
(LEED
( -
NC)) pprojects
j created in 2000.
2000
„ LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED- (LEED-
EB)) created d iin 2005
2005.
„ Wh d
What does LEED d
do??
„ provides state-
p state-of
of--the
the--art strategies
g for sustainable site
d l p
development
development,
pm nt water t r savings
savings,
ing energy
n rgy efficiency
efficiency,
ffi i n y m materials
t ri l
selection
l ti and d iindoor
d air
i quality
qquality.
lity LEED certification
tifi ti is i the
th
b t wayy tto ddemonstrate
best t t th thatt a b
building
building—
ildi g—fromf
construction
i through
h gh operation
operation—
p i —is i trulyly ““green
ggreen.” N
No
“ggreenwashing!
“greenwashing!”
hi g!”
„ Wh are the
What h bbenefits
fi off LEED certification
ifi i iin the
h
hotel b
hotel business?
busi ess??
- lower
l operating i costs,
costs hi
higher
h employee
l productivity;
d i i h happier
happier,
i
h l h occupants,
healthier occupants
p b
benefiting
f gb both
h gguests andd employees.
employees
pl y
Certification under LEED validates that a buildingg is ggreen,green
as wellll as setting
tti g standards
t d rd and d measures
m r fforr th
the b
building
building's
ildi g's
performance/operations.
performance/operations
p f / p ti
„ H does
How d abbuilding
ildi g
achieve
chieve LEED
certification?
tifi ti ?
„ 69 p
point
i system;
y ;p
projects
j
earn points
ea poii ts for
fo incorporating
i co po atii g
green features,
ffeatures which
hi h will
ill
d
determine the
h llevell off
certification the p projects
j
r i
receive.
receive
„ D LEED
Do LEED--NC certified
ifi d projects
p j cost more??
„ Much like a hybrid
y car,
car the initial costs for new ”green”
ggreen
b ilding m
buildings mayy bbe a bit hi higher
higher,
gh r b butt offer
ff r llong
ng tterm
rm costt
savings
i g over non
non--ggreen b buildings
buildings.
ildi g R Recentt studies
t di p prove th
thatt
it is
i ppossible
ibl tto bbuild
ild ggreen att littl
little or no additional
dditi l costt if
the
h p project
j iis well-
wellll-p
planned
l d andd focused
f d on iintegrating
g i g
sustainable
i bl ddesign
design.
ig
„ Th Costs
The C t andd Fi
Financial
i lBBenefits
ffit off Green
G B
Buildings:
ildi g A Report
R p t to
t
C lif i 's Sustainable
California's
California S i bl B Building
ildi Task
T kF Force (October
(O b 2003)
„ R
Research hb based d on LEED buildings
b ildi g ini CCalifornia
lif i states thath an
upfront
pf t investment
i t t off two
t p percentt in
i ggreen building
b ildi g design
ddesign,
ig , on
average
average,
r g results
r s lts in life-
life
lif -cycle
y l ssavings
ings (th
((the economic
n mi andnd
environmentall costs andd benefits b f off materials l andd products
d over
their
h i lilives)) off 20 p
percent off the h totall construction
i costs – more
than
h ten times i the
h iinitial
i i l iinvestment
„ A
Accordingdi g to U.S.
U S Environmental
E i l Protection
P i Agency
Ag y
((EPA)) research,
research
h tenants can save about b 50 cents p
per
square
q foot
f each
h year
y through
h gh strategies gi that
h cut energy
gy
use byby 30 percent.
p
percentt Thi
This can represent
p t a savings
i g off
$50,000 orr more
$$50,000 m r in i a five
five-
fi -yyearr llease on 2020,000
,000 square
q r
feet
feet.
feet
„ A 2004 study t dy done
d by th
by the costt consultants
lt t D David id L
Langdon
gd
Ad
Adamson concluded
l d d that
th t the
th costt pper square
q ffoott ffor
b ildi g seeking
buildings ki g LEED certification
ifi i ffallsll iinto the h existing
i i g
range
g off costs ffor buildings
b ildi g not seeking
ki g LEED certification
certification.
ifi i
T ki g into
Taking
Ta i to account
accou t a range
a ge of
of construction
co st uctio ffactors
acto s iincluding
clud
di g
climate
climate,
li llocation,
location
i marketk conditions
di i andd llocall standards,
standards
d d the h
study
dy ffound d that
h ffor manyy green
g projects
projects,
p j p
pursuingg LEED
certification had little or no budgetary
g y impact.
impact
p
„ C tr ti started
Construction t rt d JJanuary
r 2005

„ D i d by
Designed b Architecture
A hi International
I i l

„ B il by
Built by the
h green
g b
building
ildi g team at SSwinerton
i B
Builders
ild

„ E -friendly
Eco-
Eco f i dly construction
i materials: i l
„ concrete maded with h fflyy ash,
ash
h, a byproduct
byp d off recycling
y g coal
„ wood certified byy the Forest Stewardship p Council as harvested in a sustainable
manner
„ diverted
di d construction
i ddebris b i from
f llandfill
dfill di
disposall b
by redirecting
di i recyclable
l bl material
i l
back to the manufacturingg process
p

Mayy 2005 JJulyy 2005 October 2005 Februaryy 2006


„ G t ggett a h
Guests helping
lpi g hhandd
with
ith a $36
$36,000
000 guestroom
g t
k y cardd system
key y t createdt d
specifically
p ifi lly ffor th
the h
hotel
t l th
thatt
controls
t l each h room
room’s
’s
lighti g and
lighting d mechanical
h i l
systems.
systems
yt

„ Af opening
After p i g the h
gguestroom ddoor with i h the
h
k y card
key card,
d, the
h guest
g p
places
l
the
h card d iin a discreet
di b
box iin
order
d to turn on the h lights
ligh
andd other
h room systems
systems.
y
„ Wh exiting
When iti the
th room,
room the
th guestt simply
i l ttakes
k ththe kkey card
card,
d
automatically
t ti lly ‘t
‘turning
turning
i g off’
off
ff’ th
the entire
ti room
room, with
ith th
the exception
pti off an
outlet
l that
h gguests can use to charge
h g llaptops
laptops,
p p cellll pphones
h and
d other
h
b
battery-
batteryy-p
poweredd devices.
devices
d i

„ Similar systems are used widely throughout Europe and Asia.


Asia

„ E p
Expected d to save 10 to 20 ppercent iin energy
gy consumption
consumption,
pi ,p paying
yi g ffor
i lf in
itself i two years
y or lless.
less
„ Th b
The building
ildi g iis wellll iinsulated
l d
resulting
l i g iin less
l energy gy use ffor
h i and
heating d air-
air
i -conditioning
di i i
„ Add
Added
ddedd benefit
b
be efit of of iinsulation
s latio iiss a veveryy
quiet
i hhotel,
hotell even thoughh h iit it’s
’s on one
off SF
SF’s
S sb busiest streets
„ W
Water ffaucets and d toilets
il are ‘l‘low
low
low--
flow
flow’
„ Sp i lly ddesigned
Specially ig d carpets p and d carpet
p
backingg include recycled y content
and
nd have
h low
l chemical
h mi l emissions
mi i n
„ All light
g bulbs
b lbs are compact p
fl
fluorescent t or LED
„ G
Guest room drapery,
drapery
d p y sheers,
sheers
h
upholstery
ph l y and d coverlets
l are
made d withith recycled
y l d polyester
p ly t
andd other
h textiles il without
ih
chemicals
h i l
„ All are machine-
machine
hi -washedh d to
t
avoid id the
h chemicals
h i l that h
come with i h ddryy cleaning
l i g
„ Org i , citrus
Organic
Organic, citrus-
itr -based
b d
ccleaning
lea i g p products
oducts
d are
a e usedd
throughout
h gh the
h hotel
h l–
b
better fforr staff
st ff and
nd
d do
d the
jjob
b just
j t as well
w ll
„ SF MMayor
y Gavin
G i
N
Newsom changed
h g d city
city’s
i y’s
building
b ildi g p
permitit p
process
t encourage
to g ‘‘green’
ggreen’
construction
i
„ Q
Q&A
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The Orchard
h dG Garden
d HHotell - 466 BushB h SStreet,
Street,
S Francisco
San F i
„ O h dH
Orchard Hotell - 665 B
Bush
sh
h SStreet
Street,, SSan F
Francisco
i
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