America’s First “All-Green” Spa Opens
The new Eco-MedSpa in San Francisco is the whole package - the whole green package!
This eco-friendly spa is green from the ground up and the inside out. The owners teamed up with several eco-conscious experts in design, architecture, and engineering to design a space that was built in line with the strict requirements of the U.S. Green Building Council and the “Cradle to Cradle” standards developed by the firm MBDC. “Cradle to Cradle” is defined by MBDC as a method “in which products and services are designed based on patterns found in nature, eliminating the concept of waste entirely and creating an abundance that is healthy and sustaining.” The eco-materials used in the construction include eco-paints, numerous recycled items like flooring and fabrics, energy efficient lighting and water filters to decrease bottled water usage.
The “brick-and-mortar” of this spa isn’t the only part that will be eco-friendly. The spa will also be using non-toxic facial treatments and is partnering with Juice Beauty to develop the first medical-grade line of organic beauty products!
This is exciting news for the beauty industry, where the challenge to be more eco-conscious is weighing heavily on beauty companies. Read more about how the beauty industry is going green.
May 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
The natural body spa & shoppe in Ashburn, VA is actually the second spa to receive a LEED certification by the us green building council. The first was Nusta in DC. Natural Body has been using all-natural products and building envirnmentally consious since 1989. Natural Body is also a seed member of the Green Spa Network.