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HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS  17



                        PLATINUM PROJECT PROFILE

                        Center for Health and Healing, Portland, Oregon
                        Located in Portland’s revitalized 38-acre South Waterfront district, the Oregon
                        Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Center for Health & Healing  includes
                        office space, more than 200 exam rooms, outpatient surgery facilities, educational
                        space, research labs, and a health club and pool. Completed in 2006, the 16-story,
                        412,000-square-foot building cost $145 million. An onsite micro-turbine plant sup-
                        plies 30 percent of the building’s electrical needs and nearly all of the hot water.
                        All of the wastewater is treated onsite and used for toilet flushing and landscaping,
                        reducing water use by 56 percent. In addition to a 60-kW photovoltaic array
                        mounted on sunshades, the top two stories of the south façade double as a solar heat
                        absorber. Warm air collected behind the 6000-square-foot solar air collector is used
                        to provide hot water for the building. Chilled beams, used in places to supplement
                        traditional air-conditioning, reduce energy use by 20 to 30 percent.*






































                         Courtesy of Gerding Edlen.



                      *Russell Boniface, OHSU Center, First Medical Facility to Win LEED Platinum Award, AIArchitect, volume 14,
                      March 30, 2007 [online], accessed April 2008.
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