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OHSU Center for Health & Healing
| Location: Portland, OR | ||
| Type: Medical | ||
| Certification: LEED Platinum | ||
| Square Footage: 412,000 | ||
| Project Completion: 2006 | ||
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- The 16-story, 412,000 sq. ft. building upon completion was the largest LEED Platinum project in the nation
- 5,000 sq. ft. ground floor retail (pharmacy, optical and café) and 3 levels of underground parking with 500 stalls
- Includes physician practices, surgery and imaging, health and wellness center, education and research, biomedical engineering and wet and dry labs
- Adjacent 70-person tram connects the building to other buildings in the OHSU complex atop Marquam Hill, allowing OHSU to grow in an urban setting
- One of the first large buildings in the U.S. to replace forced air conditioning with vastly more efficient passive cooling with chilled beams
- Sun shades on the side of the building double as solar power generators
- Houses the first large-scale on-site microturbine plant in Oregon, meeting 30% of electrical demands and nearly all hot water needs
- On-site wastewater treatment plant (bioreactor) treats 100% of the building's wastewater and reuses approximately 22,000 gallons a day for non-potable uses (plumbing, building cooling system and irrigation)