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| Forever Resorts Earns Environmental Achievement Award from National Park Service for First-Ever Leed-Certified Floating Building | Marina Services Building at Cottonwood Cove Resort and Marina in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Award-winning Project | Forever Resorts’ new Marina Services Building (MSB) at Cottonwood Cove provided an innovative example by not only overcoming a challenging construction setting, but also becoming the first floating building to achieve LEED certification (Gold) by the U.S. Green Building Council. The first of its kind, the U.S. Green Building Council established a point system for floating buildings based on Forever Resorts’ Marina Services Building. The MSB is a 2,009-square-foot building that floats in the marina at Cottonwood Cove, providing rental services, supplies, and information to park visitors, as well as housing a boat workshop. It replaced a 30-year-old building. In addition, the marina where the LEED-certified MSB is located was the first Nevada Clean Marina Program-certified facility. The
construction team took great care to minimize disturbances to the site,
contain debris, and implement Best Management Practices throughout construction.
The building’s orientation and design maximize the use of natural daylight;
window glazing accounts for the heating and shading effects of natural
light at different times during the day. The building received additional
LEED credits for water-efficient landscaping and technologies, preferred
parking for fuel-efficient vehicles, optimized energy performance, recycled
content and low-emitting building materials and other green building practices.
Forever
Resorts has incorporated an educational program about the building
that includes displays, signage, and educational tours.
 About Forever Resorts Forever Resorts is an exceptional collection of destinations providing hospitality services throughout the world. The company focuses on properties with access to nature and one-of-a-kind surroundings for vacations, including houseboating adventures. For 30 years, Forever Resorts has provided custom-built rental houseboats for use at numerous lake and national park destinations across the United States. Houseboats are manufactured in a variety of sizes and amenities and contain environmental features such as energy-efficient or LED lighting, low-flow water fixtures, zero water discharge into the surrounding body of water, carbon-monoxide reduction through the use of SafeCO™ generators and the most fuel-efficient engines available, along with solar-enhanced electric systems. Boats also include carpeting and cabinet tops made from recycled materials. All Forever Houseboats in the fleet are National Marine Manufacturing Association certified and built to ABYC and U.S. Coast Guard specifications. For more information, go to www.ForeverResorts.com, www.Facebook.com/ForeverResorts or follow us on Twitter @ForeverResorts. | Media Contacts: Darla Cook Forever Resorts Vice President, Public Relations 480-998-7199 x 7104 602-432-7549 cell Marina
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