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Key card electricity control

Written by: Sara Bocaneanu

Article Overview: It works like a charm in Europe - what's holding America back?

Key card electricity control

While participating in the Office 2. 0 conference, this fall, I stayed at the Orchard Garden, a hotel that recently obtained a certification for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” - LEED, awarded by the USGBC. I wanted to extend my stay, but the hotel was already fully booked - an indication of interest in environmentally-branded hotels.

It was very interesting to note that the key card usage to turn on electricity for the room, so ubiquitous throughout Europe as an energy control system, is just now being introduced to hotels in the US, with this being the first hotel in San Francisco to implement such as system.

This points to a very interesting opportunity in catering to environmentally-conscious travelers throughout the world by introducing “green” practices from one area of the world into another is.

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Article Tags: conscious travelers, electricity, energy control, environmental design, europe, first hotel, hotel in san francisco, hotels, key card, leadership, orchard garden, usgbc



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