By bike, I heard, was how Obama arrived for his visit, and subsequent dinner, with the staff. But we also built a resort that is carbon neutral. There are just a handful of such systems operating successfully in the world, and this is only the second in Polynesia.
SWAC cools the resort buildings with cold seawater, eliminating entirely the use of hydrofluorocarbons, refrigerant chemicals that are thousands of times more damaging than carbon dioxide and are chief contributors to global warming and rising sea levels.
SWAC saves 90 percent of that. Seawater cold enough to cool the entire Brando complex comes from the ocean beyond the barrier reef. What we see of an atoll—the magical blue, white, and green ringlet of lagoon and motus —is less than 1 percent of its geological structure.
There is ancient reef for hundreds of feet below, and, beneath that, thousands of feet of volcanic base that stretches to the seafloor, which in the Pacific is on average 14, feet down. If the mermaids can't sing for me here, Christ, they never will. Immersion in water below 40 degrees Fahrenheit 4 degrees Celsius is harrowingly painful, even life-threatening.
This pipe comes from out there beyond the reef, crosses into the lagoon, and comes in here. And it helps that this installation is below sea level. The cold seawater gets piped into one of these two heat exchangers. He points to two large tanks. The saltwater cools the titanium plate, which in turn cools the freshwater, which is in a closed loop and flows continuously through guestrooms and elsewhere. The saltwater, meantime, gets piped back into the ocean. A giant septic system cleans waste-water without chemicals and puts it to use for irrigation.
A desalination plant provides freshwater for taps and showers. Rainwater is collected, treated, and used for pools and laundry. The trash collection center packages and ships garbage to Tahiti for recycling. A dock has been built to transfer things and people from one side of the reef to the other.
The composting station processes all leftover food within 24 hours, and the compost is used in the organic garden. Sixty-five beehives produce 20 to 40 pounds of honey every month, which is served at the resort and sold in the boutique.
This is the dream of ecotourism. What they have done, in this remote site, is remarkable. As are the modern, compact facilities of the Tetiaroa Society itself, which were built at the same time as the resort and whose programs are now partly funded by it, by interested guests, and by other donors.
Deep ocean water is critical to the study of acidification, one of the projects Obama was briefed on when he was here. There is housing, as well, for up to 18 visiting scientists. In addition to the team from the University of Washington studying acidification, researchers from Duke University are modeling the flow of water in the lagoon.
The rat eradication program is being conducted by experts from New Zealand and Mexico. Male mosquitos are sterilized with a natural bacterium called wolbachia and the population crashes. Obama met with the team working on this project, too.
The idea is to develop a model on a small, simple island like this and then scale it up to more complex sites. Murphy was gathering a head of steam. Yes, we want to export our model of private and nonprofit partnership between a hotel and a research center. Like a small Davos. After landing at Motu Onetahi, guests will be greeted by a representative of The Brando and escorted by private electric vehicle to their private villa.
Click on the pins on the map to access driving directions and more. Location: Tetiaroa is located 30 miles 60 km northeast of the island of Tahiti and is surrounded on all sides by the great blue expanse of the South Pacific.
Access: Tetiaroa is completely private with its own airfield. Nearby Airports. Bank fees cannot be retained from the payment. The Brando will send the final confirmation of the reservation after receiving confirmation by the bank of final payment and the completed Guest Information Form. We reserve the right to cancel the reservation if final payment is not received by the due date.
Please see cancellation terms. We want to ensure that your stay at The Brando is not only exceptional, but also worry free. We recommend Travel Insurance to protect your vacation investment should you need to cancel your trip and to protect yourself against unexpected occurrences and expenses while traveling.
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