PROJECT INFO

• Building Type: Classrooms, offices and laboratories for Civil and Mechanical Engineering Departments
• Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
• Owner: Portland State University
• Size: 134,000 square feet
• Cost: $32.7 million construction cost

Special Features

• Open loop geothermal heating and cooling system
• Daylit atrium and natural ventilation stack
• Variable volume laboratory exhaust system
• Stormwater harvesting

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ELEMENTS

Achieved:

LEED Gold

Energy efficiency 50% better than code

Potable Water efficiency 40% better than code

PAE ROLE

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Architectural Lighting Design
(via Luma Lighting Design)