Building certification
A third-party certification such as WELL, LEED or a green business program, recorded with its level, and its year where the certifier gives one.
Why it matters
WELL assesses air, water and light in occupied buildings. LEED and green business programs are mainly environmental, with some indoor-quality elements. A certificate records what was designed or checked at a point in time, not what a room is like today.
Context only. A certificate supports specific criteria only where its scope covers them.
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Two confirmed by a third party, six on the hotel’s own word, ten not yet reviewed.
2 confirmed6 hotel-reported10 of 18 not yet reviewed
In the editor’s running order. Not sorted by state, so gaps stay where they are.
Santa Monica · California
Santa Monica Proper Hotel
The hotel says: Its website shows a ‘LEED Silver Certified’ mark.
Our note. Not yet checked against the USGBC project directory. LEED is mainly an environmental certification, and no year is given.
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West Hollywood · California
1 Hotel West Hollywood
The hotel says: It is ‘LEED Silver Certified, with an Energy Star score of 95’.
Our note. Not yet checked against the USGBC directory. LEED is mainly an environmental certification.
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Santa Barbara · California
Santa Barbara Inn
The certifier says: The inn is a certified Green Business in the network’s Santa Barbara County program.
Our note. An environmental program, not a health one. The year of certification is not stated.
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Big Sur · California
Alila Ventana Big Sur
The hotel says: It holds ‘EarthCheck Silver Certification’.
Our note. EarthCheck is an environmental program. Not yet checked against EarthCheck’s register; no year is given.
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Yountville · California
Bardessono Hotel & Spa
The hotel says: It is certified LEED Platinum.
Our note. Not yet checked against the USGBC directory.
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Healdsburg · California
h2hotel
The hotel says: It is ‘LEED NC 2.2 Gold Certified Green’.
Our note. Not yet checked against the USGBC directory.
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Healdsburg · California
Harmon Guest House
The project architect lists: LEED New Construction certification, giving the level as both Gold and Platinum.
Our note. Not yet checked against the USGBC directory. Listed provisionally until the level is clear.
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Encinitas · California
Inn at Moonlight Beach
The certifier said in 2020: In 2020 the inn achieved WELL Certification at the Platinum level, the first WELL-certified hospitality project.
Our note. WELL certification has to be renewed. We have not yet checked the WELL project directory for its current status.
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