PROJECT INFO

• Building Type: Offices and parking for the Port of Portland Headquarters at the Portland International Airport
• Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
• Owner: Port of Portland
• Size: Office: 190,000 square feet, Parking: 1,200,000 square feet
• Cost: $186 million construction cost

Special Features

• 200 vertical closed loop geo-exchange wells provide renewable heating and cooling source
• Living machine to treat wastewater on-site
• Reclaimed water for toilet flushing
• Low flow plumbing fixtures
• Radiant heating and cooling with heat recovery and dedicated outside air ventilation
• Efficient daylighting controls

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ELEMENTS

Achieved:

LEED Platinum

Energy efficiency 50% better than code

Potable water efficiency 80% better than code

PAE ROLE

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Telecom/Low Voltage System Design

Energy Modeling

Architectural Lighting Design
(via Luma Lighting Design)

awards

Engineering Excellence Honor Award, 2011 - ACEC National

Grand Award: Building Technology Systems, 2011 - ACEC Oregon

Finalist: Top Projects Award, 2011 - Daily Journal of Commerce