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Opened in late April, the Courtyard Scottsdale Salt River boasts two firsts. It�s the first volume-built LEED-certified Courtyard by Marriott. And, poised at the edge of Scottsdale, the property is the first Marriott-branded hotel on U.S. tribal land.
LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council�s �Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design� rating system. trump plaza hotel and casino It provides third-party verification of green building and operating standards. It has become the standard in green building.
With its volume-build trump plaza hotel and casino program, Marriott has made it easier for franchisees to build to LEED status. Through the program, the company offers a pre-certified Courtyard prototype. That means, when built as specified, the hotel automatically qualifies for LEED certification.
�We live in a world where concerns about the environment and sustainable trump plaza hotel and casino development are a growing consideration for everyone,� says Karim Khalifa, senior vice president of architecture and construction for Marriott. �The LEED volume program allows our owners and franchisees to build sustainable hotels economically trump plaza hotel and casino with a predictable return on investment.�
In any case, the technologies and construction standards required for a green hotel add to development costs. The Salt River property cost about 4% more to reach LEED status, says Jefferson Thomas, senior design manager and LEED advocate for Marriott.
Still, he says, that�s $100,000 less than building LEED without a prototype. And, it requires roughly six fewer months of planning and construction. That�s because the developer can follow the formula rather than pursue their own design and certification. Moreover, with lower operating costs associated with green building, the owners are expected to recoup the additional investment in five to seven years.
In addition to this 158-room Courtyard, Marriott has nearly trump plaza hotel and casino 90 hotels across all brands that are LEED certified or registered with the USGBC. The company has Volume Build Programs for five of its brands. These include Courtyard, Fairfield Inn, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites and TownePlace Suites.
�The community has strong connection to the area. It�s part of their heritage and culture. LEED has been a way of preserving that,� says Vince Lujan, CEO of Salt River Devco, the property�s owner. Salt River Devco is an enterprise of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian trump plaza hotel and casino Community.
�We take advantage of natural daylight to illuminate spaces,� he notes, pointing to high-tech daylight sensors that dim the lights when natural light is good. Ceiling fixtures are all energy-saving LED, as are automatic nightlights in guestrooms. Rooms have recycling trashcans. Housekeeping uses environmentally friendly cleansers. The hotel also has:
For example, symbolism of environmental awareness and Native trump plaza hotel and casino American influence can be found in small blue mosaic trump plaza hotel and casino tiles embedded in the hotel floor to create a subtle curving �river.� The design starts at the entrance and winds through the lobby/lounge, past three pedestal check-in desks, next to the business center and out the back past a resort-sized swimming pool.
Hallway carpets bear Pima basket and coyote claw designs. A mural in the lobby depicts an ancient Pima basket courting ritual dance. These are significant because a tightly woven basket with an intricate design was said to be done by a hard-working and patient woman.
Heritage and tradition are both subtle and obvious and they�ll be continued at a new property next door, also owned by the Indian community. They�re planning to build a LEED-certified Residence Inn on the plot. It will be connected with the blue river mosaic in the floor and share the Courtyard�s oversized resort pool.