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GREEN BUILDING BREAKTHROUGH: Portland Engineering Firm Shows Path To Platinum-LEED On Conventional Budget


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May 2006 Update

More than 5,000 copies of Engineering A Sustainable World have been requested by building professionals since publication in November. Read on for recent news stories and current press materials on the innovative OHSU Center for Health and Healing. You’ll also find other valuable resources such as downloadable images, a chart of leading Platinum LEED buildings and more…

» In the News
» Press Release and Case Study
» Chart of Leading Platinum LEED Buildings in the U.S.
» Downloadable High-Res Images
» Book Request Link

In the News

Interface Engineering Awarded ARC Project of the Year

Consulting Specifying Engineer recently awarded Interface Engineering's innovative design work on the Center for Health & Healing their annual ARC Award for Project of the Year.
Check out the latest article in Consulting Specifying Engineer
Click here to view the complete December issue online
December, 2006 | Consulting-Specifying Engineering


Building 'green' reaches a new level

Call it "eco-friendly." Call it "sustainable." Portland's $2.2 billion South Waterfront project, rising on a decaying industrial site south of downtown, signals a watershed in the green-building boom.
July 26, 2006 | USATODAY.com


Press Release

GREEN BUILDING BREAKTHROUGH:
Portland Engineering Firm Shows Path To Achieving
Platinum-LEED On Conventional Building Budget

48-page book reveals engineering secrets of
OHSU’s River Campus Project

(Nov. 9, 2005) Busting a key economic myth, Interface Engineering of Portland, Oregon announced that it had engineered a top-level green building on a conventional budget, opening the way for other large scale projects to achieve high performance at standard cost. The firm also released an illustrated guide sharing the secrets and principles behind the project, formally known as The Center for Health and Healing at the River Campus of Oregon Health & Science University.
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More About the Building and the Book »
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Case Study

"Fast Facts: The Center for Health and Healing at OHSU's River Campus"
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Chart of Leading Platinum Buildings in the US

chart A new chart gives the national perspective, showing the leading environmentally innovative buildings in the U.S. and the national significance of the Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Health and Healing. Download Chart Graphic (723KB)


Downloadable Images

OHSU Center for Health & Healing
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NW view (667KB)

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NE view (504KB)
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NE view at night (1MB)

Andy Frichtl, PE Interface Principal Engineering a
Sustainable World
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on 15th floor
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with sun shades
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OHSU Case Study Cover
Cover Graphic
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Bio

Andrew Frichtl (PDF 176KB)


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OHSU's First South Waterfront Building on Track to be One of the World's Greenest

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