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The Oregon Department of Energy recognized three state building projects as models of energy efficiency and presented each with a special State Energy Efficiency Design (SEED) award. The award ceremony was held May 13, 2008 in Salem.
The Department of Corrections prison in Lakeview (Warner Creek), the University of Oregon’s Moss Street Children’s Center in Eugene and the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Tillamook Center each received a SEED award. The three projects were the first to receive the SEED award.
The SEED program requires the Oregon Department of Energy to review all new state buildings and major renovations to ensure that they incorporate all cost-effective energy measures and make the building at least 20 percent more energy efficient than code. The building’s energy use is monitored for 18 months following construction. A SEED award committee selected the three projects for meeting all energy goals, following an integrated design process, and incorporating innovative energy saving features.
“By reviewing state construction projects early in the design phase, we can help ensure that the project meets the 20-percent requirement,” said Betty Merrill, Assistant Director of the Department of Energy. “Our experienced energy analysts have reviewed over 100 state projects. Because they are only focusing on energy efficiency, they can often find energy measures that the project team members, who are looking at the entire project, had not considered.”
Lakeview Prison is performing 52 percent better than an equivalent building constructed to Oregon building code level. The prison has a geothermal heating system, direct evaporative cooler and laundry dryers with a geothermal preheat coil.
The Moss Street Children’s Center operates at 32 percent better than code. It has enhanced mass for passive cooling and night flush, south facing glazing for passive solar gain, radiant floor heating and cooling, and hybrid ground source heat pumps.
The Tillamook Forest Center is performing 30 percent better than code. They burn wood pellets for three 89 percent efficient wood pellet boilers and created a man-made fire protection pond that stores water used to cool the condenser for an efficient water-cooled chiller.
Tillamook Forest Center
Pictured from left: Frank Evans, Phil Broome, Conrad Brown, Doug Decker, Darryl Anderson, and Oregon Department of Energy Director Michael Grainey.
Warner Creek (Lakeview Prison)
Pictured from left Darryl Anderson, John McMichael, Eric Manus and Oregon Department of Energy Director Michael Grainey.
Moss Street Children's Center
Pictured from left Kurt Haapala, Karen Logvin, Jack Yousey, Gene Johnson, Gregg Lobisser, Dennis Reynolds and Oregon Department of Energy Director Michael Grainey.
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