Courtyard by Marriott Portland Downtown/Convention Center provides a convenient home base for business and leisure travelers visiting one of Portland's most active districts. Located steps from the Oregon Convention Center and Moda Center, the hotel combines spacious accommodations with meeting facilities, dining, a fitness center, and convenient access to downtown Portland and public transportation.

Maintaining comfortable guest rooms throughout changing weather conditions is an essential part of delivering a consistent hotel experience. To support that objective, the property partnered with Transworld to acquire 91 Amana 9K BTU Standard Heat Pump PTHP units with 3.7 kW Electric Heat (PTH094J35AXXX).

The Amana units provide a hospitality-focused heating and cooling solution designed to give the property reliable room-by-room climate control while supporting guest comfort and day-to-day hotel operations.

The Challenge

Heating and cooling equipment plays an important role in the hotel experience, yet it is often most successful when guests barely need to think about it. Rooms need to reach and maintain comfortable temperatures while hotel teams require equipment capable of handling the demands of a commercial hospitality environment.

Consistent Guest Room Comfort

Travelers expect their rooms to provide a comfortable environment regardless of outdoor temperatures. The property needed dependable equipment capable of supporting both heating and cooling requirements.

Individual Climate Control

Different guests have different comfort preferences. Room-level HVAC equipment allows accommodations to respond individually rather than relying on a one-temperature-fits-all approach.

Year-Round Heating and Cooling

Portland experiences seasonal temperature changes that require hotels to accommodate both cooling and heating demands throughout the year.

Hospitality-Focused Reliability

Hotel HVAC equipment experiences regular use across changing occupancy levels and seasons, making dependable performance an important operational consideration.

Efficient Equipment Standardization

Deploying the same HVAC model across a significant portion of the property can simplify familiarity, maintenance planning, and future equipment management for hotel teams.

The Solution

Courtyard Portland Downtown/Convention Center selected Amana 9K BTU Standard Heat Pump PTHP units with 3.7 kW Electric Heat to support guest room heating and cooling requirements.

Product Installed

Amana 9K BTU Standard Heat Pump PTHP with 3.7 kW Electric Heat

• Part Number: PTH094J35AXXX

• Cooling Capacity: 9,000 BTU

• Heating Type: Heat Pump

• Electric Heat: 3.7 kW

• Quantity: 91 units

• Application: Individual guest room heating and cooling

The combination of heat pump operation and supplemental electric heat provides a versatile climate solution suited to hospitality environments where year-round guest comfort is essential.

Why Amana PTHP Units?

9,000 BTU Cooling Capacity

The 9K BTU configuration provides targeted cooling designed for individual spaces, helping guest rooms maintain comfortable indoor temperatures during warmer conditions.

Heat Pump Technology

Heat pump operation provides both heating and cooling capabilities within a single system. Rather than relying exclusively on electric resistance heat during suitable conditions, the system can use heat pump operation to support more efficient room heating.

3.7 kW Electric Heat

Integrated 3.7 kW electric heat provides an additional heating resource when conditions call for it, helping the property maintain guest comfort as temperatures change.

Built for Hospitality Applications

Amana's packaged terminal equipment is widely suited to hotel environments where individualized climate control, serviceability, and dependable operation are key considerations.

Room-by-Room Comfort

Individual units give guests greater control over their immediate environment, allowing room temperatures to be adjusted according to personal preferences.

Standardized HVAC Equipment

Deploying 91 units of the same model helps create greater consistency across the property's HVAC equipment, supporting maintenance planning, replacement needs, and familiarity for facilities teams.

Project Results

Enhanced Guest Comfort

The Amana PTHP units support individualized heating and cooling, helping guests create a room environment suited to their personal comfort preferences.

Year-Round Climate Control

Combined heating and cooling functionality gives the property a versatile solution capable of responding to Portland's seasonal climate.

Consistent Room Experience

Standardized equipment helps support more consistent climate-control functionality across the rooms included in the project.

Operational Practicality

Using a common HVAC model across 91 installations can simplify equipment familiarity and ongoing maintenance planning for hotel teams.

Flexible Heating Performance

Heat pump technology combined with electric heat gives the property multiple methods of maintaining comfortable indoor temperatures as conditions change.

By acquiring 91 Amana 9K BTU Standard Heat Pump PTHP units with 3.7 kW Electric Heat (PTH094J35AXXX), Courtyard by Marriott Portland Downtown/Convention Center strengthened an essential component of the guest room experience: reliable, individualized climate control.

The combination of cooling, heat pump operation, and electric heat provides the property with a versatile HVAC solution designed to maintain comfortable accommodations throughout changing seasonal conditions.

For a Portland hotel serving business travelers, convention attendees, event visitors, and leisure guests throughout the year, dependable room-level heating and cooling helps reinforce the comfortable and convenient stay experience expected from the Courtyard by Marriott brand.

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