Oregon Health and Sciences University

Through its BetterBricks initiative, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance provided support to fund the district airflow studies for natural ventilation analysis, charette support and post-occupancy evaluation for OHSU’s Center for Health and Healing.

“NEEA was a big part of our success,” said Dennis Wilde, a principle at Gerding Edlen Development.  “The technical assistance and POE were very valuable in the buildings overall success.”

Completed in 2006, the 412,000-square-foot buildings received LEED platinum just a year later in 2007, which was the first medical facility of its size in the world to achieve this level of certification.  OHSU’s Center for Health and Healing is also the first Oregon property to win a TOBY award from BOMA.

The TOBY awards recognize excellence in building management and operations and are broken down into seven categories.  A total of 94 buildings from across the globe competed for a chance to win this coveted award.

Here’s a list of related reading on OHSU’s Center for Health and Healing:

Case Study on the BetterBricks website
Post Occupancy Evaluation Summary (pdf)
Post Occupancy Evaluation Full Report (pdf)

The fifth annual Puget Sound BetterBricks Awards wrapped up a few weeks and ushered in a new batch green building overachievers.  The aim of these Awards are to both recognize energy efficiency achievements in commercial buildings as well as inspire others to embrace high performance buildings.

This year’s Award winners and finalists were honored at a reception of  nearly 200 people the evening of the 25th at Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park.  The award winners and finalists are listed below.  For more information, visit www.BetterBricks.com/Awards, read the press release or download Seattle Business Magazine’s special report.

Owner/Developer

Those who make decisions about strategic direction regarding investments in high performance buildings. These executives, developers, owners and managers support, authorize and generally enable high performance building to be built and operated.

Winner — Kevin Brown, Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, Swedish Medical Center

Architecture

Those who design buildings and lead the design team on projects that consistently achieve high levels of energy efficiency in both new construction and major renovations.

Winner — Margaret Montgomery, Principal, NBBJ

Finalists — Chris Flint Chatto, Sustainable Designer, ZGF Architects

Design Engineer

Those who design buildings and lead the design team on projects that consistently achieve high levels of energy efficiency in both new construction and major renovations.

Winner — Tom Marseille, Principal, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.

Finalist — Peter Alspach, Associate, Arup

Facility Manager / Building Operations

Open to a team or an individual who operates and manages the facilities of a building including facility directors, managers and building operators.

Winner — Unico Properties Energy Management Team: Clarence Clipper, Brett Philips and  Mike Bedsworth, Unico Properties

Finalists — Mike Anderson, Buildings & Grounds Manager, Bellingham School District; Earl Wayman, Senior Property Manager, GVA Kidder Matthews

Service Provider

Those individuals who provide services to the efficient operations of commercial buildings including mechanical contractors, control companies, equipment manufacturers and commissioning agents.

Winner — Danny Miller, Managing Principal, Performance Mechanical Group

Advocate

Those who advocate for and support the design and operation of high performance buildings including consultants, government, non-profit, educators, and others.

Winner — A-P Hurd, Vice President, Touchstone Corporation

Multi-Disciplinary Team

A team of professionals for integrated design on a specific high performance building project or projects that includes three or more of the following professionals: an owner/developer representative, architect, engineer (mechanical, electrical, structural), consultants, and building contractor (if involved during design).

Winner — NetRiver Phase II Expansion Team: Paul Harris & Adam Vierra, NetRiver; Dave Mackenzie, Design Real Estate; Neil Bavins & Al Thompson, Puget Sound Refrigeration; Randy Valerio, D. Hittle & Associates; Todd Brunner, Brunner Construction.