Welcome Marriott Partners
Why Marriott Chooses Intellihot
- Reducing Potential Downtime
- Less Maintenance
- Elimination of Mixing Valves
- Reduced Opex
- Reduced Legionella Risks
- Save Space
- Sizing Guarantee
Marriott fully embraces the concept of tankless water heaters and currently has Intellihot as one (of two) of their approved manufacturers in their brand standard. Tankless water-heating has been a requirement for all Marriott-managed hotels since 2015, and a ‘best practice’ recommendation for all franchised hotels.
Since 2015, Marriott has recognized tankless and Intellihot is their preferred option.
Typical water heaters today are about the same as they were 75 or even 100 years ago. They use either tank type or boilers with storage tanks, with many installed in the hope of achieving reliability. But the reality is this equipment doesn’t equal the load needed at hotels 24 hours a day. Intellihot modular tankless systems, however, can effectively cut capital cost by 50%, operation costs by 40%, and space needs by 80%, while at the same time quadrupling reliability.
Marriott defers the sizing of tankless water heaters to the recommended and approved manufacturers in their brand standard. Intellihot has performed countless flow studies for Marriott and other hotel brands. The data that comes back from these studies is very consistent, peak demand is typically less than 1 – 2% of the day. Intellihot’s unique design with having built-in redundancy inside of our cabinets no longer requires 100% redundancy in equipment. Consistent with Marriott’s 2025 energy goal of reducing carbon intensity by 30% through energy use improvement, new standards, and innovation, Intellihot worked with Marriott for a solution to meet the peak demands of their hotels while also ensuring less down time and energy use.
Domestic Hot Water and Laundry Configuration
With Marriott’s tankless strategy, they strongly recommend the practice of a two-tier water heating, i.e., preheating domestic water to 125°F for general usage including all guestrooms (*) at Stage 1, and boosting DHW to 140°F through another set of tankless unit(s) for laundry and kitchen zones at Stage 2 (**), without using mixing valves.
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Intellihot audit form below will help you gather the needed information to have your hot water needs accurately sized and quoted.
*If local ordinance dictates the delivery to guestrooms at lower temperature, that could be accomplished through local mixing/tempering valves.
**If water temperature higher than 140°F (i.e., 160-165°F) is demanded by Project Laundry Consultant, that could be accommodated through higher discharge temperature at the Stage 2 heater set and the use of a thermostatic mixing valve (TMV) to generate and deliver 140°F HW to the kitchen for the 3-compartment sink (if required by local Health Department).
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Portland
AC Hotel by Marriot
Type
New Construction
Property Details
192 rooms, 12 suites
13 floors
The Value of Intellihot Across Marriott Properties
Intellihot tankless water heaters save time, space, and money from installation to day-to-day operations. With all the power of alternative systems at a fraction of the size, our modern and cutting-edge designs make over-sized and less than efficient boilers a thing of the past.
At Intellihot, we believe technology should adapt to people and not the other way around. Our systems are at the intersection of health safety and superior energy productivity. Even as our advanced innovations do their job out of sight, every part is designed to be naturally intuitive and delightfully intelligent.
The Methodical Process
Based on real world field data and after evaluation of ASPE and prevailing sizing methodologies, Intellihot in it’s partnership with Marriot, has developed a calculator to “right size” the capacity needed per application. This capacity is then broken into multiple units to result in a system that has excellent performance under varying loads while simultaneously leapfrogging reliability and energy savings. When right-sized, storage can be eliminated entirely. The fixture units on the calculations are based upon ASHRAE standards
Personalization Is Key
Based on real world field data and after evaluation of ASPE and prevailing sizing methodologies, Intellihot in it’s partnership with Marriot, has developed a calculator to “right size” the capacity needed per application. This capacity is then broken into multiple units to result in a system that has excellent performance under varying loads while simultaneously leapfrogging reliability and energy savings. When right-sized, storage can be eliminated entirely. The fixture units on the calculations are based on ASHRAE standards.
Right-Sizing for the Right Solution
Intellihot developed a calculator to “right-size” the capacity needed per application. This capacity is broken into multiple units that result in a system with excellent performance under a variety of loads while leapfrogging reliability and energy savings. When right-sized, storage is eliminated entirely while the fixture units on the calculations are based on ASHRAE standards. Utilizing field measurements from various applications across the U.S. and Canada, as well as ASPE and ASHRAE research, our calculator presents the best sizing for the user — one that drives capacity shortage risk to a minimum while maximizing energy and space usage.
Intelligence Ensuring Zero Downtime
The IQ series commercial hot water heaters have proven to meet capacity issues within the Marriott brand. A patented method called “masterless cascading” wipes out the need for a master controller, eliminating the probability of single-point failures. Operating independently, our units also share information on run hours, firing cycles, flow and then use an algorithm to automatically rotate units to normalize wear and tear.
