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| Disney's Grand Californian Hotel |
| Location: Disney's California Adventure, next to Disneyland, Anaheim, California |
| Architect: Urban Design Group, Denver, Colorado |
| Owner: Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale, California |
| General Contractor: Turner Construction |
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel will be Disney's first hotel built inside a theme park and will be located in the existing parking lot at Disneyland. The entire hotel is designed in the Arts and Crafts style of Bernard Maybeck, Greene and Greene and others that pioneered this movement in California. The project consists of a total of 567,000 sf with 750 rooms in Phase I, 250 rooms in Phase II, three restaurants, 60,000 sf of convention center meeting and ballroom space, retail stores, health club and a wedding pavilion. |
The mechanical systems will include a central chilled water plant to serve the entire hotel plus retail dining and entertainment facilities attached to or adjacent to the hotel. The heating water is being provided at 275°F from the existing Disneyland Theme Park central plant and through various heat exchangers will provide the space heating as well as the domestic water heating needs of the entire hotel. A series of constant volume and VAV air handling units will serve all the public areas and most of the back-of-house spaces. A four-pipe fan-coil system with direct-ducted make-up air will serve the hotel rooms. Other system features include: a full waterside economizer cycle, domestic water preheat off of condenser water, lobby/atrium smoke control, packaged pumping systems with VFD's and a full Direct Digital Control System. |
The electrical distribution system consists of three separate 4000 amp, 480 volt, 3 phase distribution centers which receive power from three 2000 KVA transformers. The 480 volt system distributes power to satellite electrical closets which in turn step down power via 480/277 - 208/120 volt transformers for lighting, receptacles, and mechanical power requirements. The 1000 kw emergency generator serves an essential emergency bus, a non-essential emergency bus, and the fire pump. In the case that the emergency generator is needed during a fire situation, the non-essential emergency bus is load shedded to allow for adequate power to the fire pump. The lighting design emphasizes both quality of lighting and energy efficiency. The requirements of California Title 24 are met by the use of compact fluorescent lamps in lieu of line voltage incandescent fixtures, all fluorescent fixtures utilize electronic ballasts and energy efficient, high color rendering phosphor lamps. |
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