
9 hotels in Germany hold EarthCheck certification. Each one is audited by an outside body, on a schedule it does not set itself.
Wikimedia CommonsKempinski Hotel BerchtesgadenKempinski Hotel Berchtesgaden is a hotel in the local area. The name does not clearly indicate a major chain, and the listing includes links for onlinIndependently certified
GFDL 1.2+Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski MünchenHotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski München is a hotel in the local area. The name does not clearly indicate a major chain, and the listing includes linIndependently certified
CC BY-SA 4.0Hotel Adlon Kempinski BerlinHotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin is a legendary luxury landmark situated right next to the Brandenburg Gate. This prestigious five-star hotel offers opuleEV charging on siteIndependently certified
Wikimedia CommonsKempinski Hotel Frankfurt GravenbruchKempinski Hotel Frankfurt Gravenbruch is a hotel in the local area. The name does not clearly indicate a major chain, and the listing includes links fIndependently certified
Wikimedia CommonsBreidenbacher HofBreidenbacher Hof is a hotel in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Stadtmitte, Deutschland. The name does not clearly indicate a major chain, and the listing includIndependently certifiedEarthCheck is built on measurement rather than a checklist. A hotel submits consumption data — energy, water, waste, paper, cleaning chemicals — and is benchmarked against other properties of its type in a comparable climate. The data is verified by an external auditor, and the certification level rises with the number of consecutive years the property has kept reporting. It is the scheme most likely to tell you something quantitative about a stay.
Because it benchmarks against similar properties, a resort can be certified for being efficient relative to other resorts while still consuming heavily in absolute terms. The entry levels also reward the act of measuring rather than any particular result, so a first-year certification says a hotel is counting, not yet that it is doing well.