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LEED certified hotels in San Francisco: all 4 verified options

LEED certified hotels in San Francisco include four properties verified against the USGBC project directory, covering every tier from base Certified to Platinum. Each hotel on this page holds an active certification confirmed through primary sources. The list spans SoMa, Nob Hill, and the Financial District, with ratings from 8.0 to 9.0.

How these hotels were selected

Every hotel here appears in the USGBC project directory at usgbc.org/projects with a confirmed certification record. The four properties cover all four LEED tiers: Platinum, Gold (two properties at this tier), and base Certified. No hotel was excluded because of its tier. Star rating and guest scores were not selection criteria; USGBC verification was the only filter applied.

The LEED rating system scores buildings across energy use, water efficiency, materials, indoor air quality, and site factors. A project earns points in each category, and the total determines the tier: Certified (40-49 points), Silver (50-59), Gold (60-79), or Platinum (80+). All four San Francisco hotels on this page cleared the minimum threshold for their respective tiers.

San Francisco LEED certified hotels at a glance

HotelLEED TierStar Rating
Guest Rating
Neighborhood
W San FranciscoLEED Platinum48.6SoMa
InterContinental San Francisco by IHGLEED Gold48.7SoMa
Orchard Garden HotelLEED Certified (NC)49.0Financial District
FOUND Hotel Carlton, Nob HillLEED EB Gold0 (boutique)8.0Nob Hill

What the LEED tiers mean in practice

  • LEED Platinum (80+ points): the highest tier. W San Francisco is one of a small number of hotels in North America to reach this level.
  • LEED Gold (60-79 points): InterContinental San Francisco holds Gold under the Existing Buildings rating system and is the largest LEED Gold existing-building hotel in California. FOUND Hotel Carlton holds Gold under the LEED EB (Existing Buildings) path.
  • LEED Certified (40-49 points): the base tier. Orchard Garden Hotel earned this under LEED for New Construction, making it San Francisco's first LEED-certified hotel.
  • Tier does not equal quality. A base Certified hotel may score higher on guest satisfaction than a Platinum property. Orchard Garden's 9.0 guest rating is the highest on this list.

LEED certified hotels in San Francisco: what to know before you book

Three of the four hotels sit in SoMa or the adjacent Financial District, within a 10-minute walk of Moscone Center and the Powell Street BART station. FOUND Hotel Carlton is the outlier, sitting on Sutter Street in Nob Hill, about 1.2 miles northwest of Union Square.

Guests who prioritize verified sustainability credentials will find the most rigorous documentation at W San Francisco (Platinum) and InterContinental San Francisco (Gold, existing building). Both publish energy and water performance data tied to their USGBC filings. Orchard Garden Hotel, at 466 Bush St, was built to LEED standards from the ground up and uses a key-card energy control system that cuts room power when guests leave.

For related pages, we have a separate page for eco-friendly luxury hotels in San Francisco and another for eco-friendly business hotels, which covers properties with strong meeting facilities alongside green credentials.

Our Picks

Top Hotels

FOUND Hotel Carlton, Nob Hill

FOUND Hotel Carlton, Nob Hill

1075 Sutter Street, San Francisco

8.02,937 reviews
LEED EB GoldLEED EB Gold certified, SF Green Business certified, solar-equipped, and carbon-neutral, all verified through USGBC and the SF Environment Office.
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InterContinental San Francisco by IHG

InterContinental San Francisco by IHG

888 Howard Street, San Francisco

8.71,367 reviews
LEED GoldLEED Gold certified under the Existing Buildings rating system
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Orchard Garden Hotel

Orchard Garden Hotel

466 Bush Street, San Francisco

9.01,727 reviews
LEED CertifiedSan Francisco's first LEED-certified hotel, built under LEED for New Construction
W San Francisco

W San Francisco

181 Third Street, San Francisco

8.6586 reviews
LEED PlatinumLEED Platinum certified, one of the few hotels in North America to reach this tier, verified through the USGBC project directory.

FAQs

Common Questions

W San Francisco at 181 3rd St holds LEED Platinum, the highest tier in the USGBC rating system. It is one of a small number of hotels in North America to reach this level.

LEED Gold requires 60-79 points across energy, water, materials, and site categories. LEED Platinum requires 80 or more points in the same framework. Both InterContinental San Francisco and FOUND Hotel Carlton hold Gold; W San Francisco holds Platinum.

Orchard Garden Hotel at 466 Bush St was the first hotel in San Francisco to earn LEED certification. It was built under the LEED for New Construction rating system and opened with its certification in place.

The USGBC project directory at usgbc.org/projects lists every certified project by name and address. You can search each hotel by name or address to confirm its certification tier and award date.

Not necessarily. Orchard Garden Hotel holds the base LEED Certified tier and carries a 9.0 guest rating, the highest on this list. LEED tiers measure building performance, not service quality or room comfort.

None of the four verified LEED-certified hotels in San Francisco's top-quality inventory hold Silver tier. The properties here span base Certified, Gold, and Platinum. If a Silver-tier property is later verified through the USGBC directory, this page will be updated.

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