Going up
New projects push the sustainability envelope.
OHSU Center for Health and
Healing
Location: South
Waterfront, Portland
LEED target:
platinum
Timeline: completion
— fall 2006 Cost: $145.4 million
Project team: GBD
Architects, Peterson Kolberg & Associates, Estime Group,
Hoffman Construction, Gerding/Edlen Development
Green features: The
center is a 16-story, 400,000-square-foot building that will
house myriad medical operations. It is the first to be built in
the OHSU Commons, a four-block area in the South Waterfront.
Sustainable features include: a first-floor radiation slab that
stores as much heat as a 3,000-gallon storage tank; 100% of
rainwater used to flush public fixtures; a bio-reactor that
treats up to 30,000 gallons of waste a day independently of the
city sewer system.
The Casey
Location: Pearl
District, Portland
LEED target:
platinum
Timeline: completion
— August 2007
Cost: $58
million
Project team: GBD
Architects, Hoffman Construction, Gerding/Edlen Development
Green features:
Sixteen stories tall, the Casey includes 61 luxury condos and
ground-floor retail. Sustainability items include: water source
heat pumps, energy recovery ventilators; solar installation on
the roof for power generation; an ecoroof to reduce storm water
drainage; low-flow plumbing fixtures; and use of materials with
short harvest cycles.
The Metropolitan
Location: Pearl
District, Portland
LEED target: silver
Timeline: occupancy
in
2007
Cost: undisclosed
Project team: Boora
Architects, Hoyt Street Properties, Andersen Construction
Green features: A
19-story tower with 121 condo units, plus retail, that will
include high-performance energy-efficient mechanical systems
and glazing systems, storm water retention for landscape
irrigation, the incorporation of durable, low-maintenance
materials and the use of natural ventilation for improved air
quality.
12th and Washington
Location: downtown
Portland’s west end
LEED target:
gold
Timeline: completion
— 2008
Cost: $181
million
Project team: ZGF
Architects, Hoffman Construction, Gerding/Edlen Development
Green features: A
31-story mixed-used project, including a 154-room hotel, office
space, retail and rental units with green aspects such as
locally manufactured materials with recycled content,
high-efficiency glazing, low-emitting materials, and water
efficient fixtures, appliances and landscaping.
Oregon Research Institute
Location: downtown
Eugene
LEED target:
platinum
Timeline: construction
begins fall 2006
Cost: $24 million
Project team:
Soderstrom Architects, Solarc Architects, Gerding/Edlen
Development, Skanska Construction
Green features: The
new headquarters for ORI is a 100,000-square-foot office
building that will include: natural passive ventilation, ground
source heat pump; high-performance building envelope; solar
thermal high-efficiency hot water generation; daylight
harvesting and light shifting; photovoltaic panels located on
sun screens for power; zero VOC emitting interior materials;
waterless urinals and dual flush toilets; green roof; recycled
construction waste; recycled gray water; captured and recycled
rainwater; prevention of night sky pollution.
Watershed Senior Housing
Location: Hillsdale
neighborhood, Portland
LEED target:
silver
Timeline: construction
— fall 2006
Cost: $24 million
Project team: Housing
Development Corporation, William Wilson Architects, Walsh
Construction
Green features: This
project consists of 51 units of affordable housing,
commercial/office space and community space. Sustainable
features include: rainwater collection to be used for a toilet
flushing system; high-efficiency building envelope constructed
with insulated concrete forms; and native landscaping to store
and treat storm water to help maintain water quality in the
Stephens Creek and Fanno Creek watersheds.
The Meriweather
Location: South
Waterfront, Portland
LEED target: silver or
gold
Timeline: completion
— mid-2006
Cost: $82.5
million
Project team: Busby
& Assoc. Architects, GBD Architects, Graham Eberle Norman
& Assoc.; Hoffman Construction, Gerding/Edlen Development,
Williams & Dame Development
Green features: This
first residential project in the South Waterfront District
consists of two towers of 21 and 24 stories. There are 17
street-level townhouses, 245 units and ground-floor retail.
Green features include: storm water management; ecoroofs;
nontoxic finishes; wheatboard cabinetry; low-flow plumbing; and
energy systems aimed at making it 35% more efficient than codes
require.
221 Molalla
Location: Oregon
City
LEED target:
silver
Timeline: completion
— November 2006
Cost: $6 million
Project team: Ryan
Miyahira, Ankrom Moison Associated Architects, Redside
Development, Fortis Construction Company
Green features: The
project is a remodel of 35,000 square feet of retail and office
space. There will be native landscaping, bioswales and
storm water filters, low-flow plumbing, above-code insulation
and other items aimed at reducing energy costs 38% and use
of recycled building materials throughout.
