Certified Case Studies

PHOENIX, AZ A living laboratory for the community, DPR Construction’s new office is a unique example of urban revitalization and sustainability. Conceptualized as a “net-zero energy workplace of the future,” DPR Construction (DPR) created an open-office environment housing 58 workstations and floater spaces, nine conference / training / innovation / mediated technology rooms, support spaces,…

SHELTON, WA The new Mason County Public Utility District Johns Prairie Operations Center acts as a warehouse, utility field operations, vehicle maintenance, engineering, and as a substation for the Oregon district.

SEATTLE, WA The Bullitt Center is a six-story commercial office building in the Central Area of Seattle, WA. The Center is home to a number of commercial office tenants who are successfully operating their businesses, while working in a net-positive energy environment. The Bullitt Center aims to advance the awareness and adoption of high-performance building…

PORTLAND, OR The General Services Adminstration’s Edith Green Wendell Wyatt Federal Building is an 18 story regional office in Portland, Oregon with 16 federal agencies and a visible PV array on the downtown high rise.

PORTLAND, OR The Vestas America Headquarters is a state of the art high performing office, heading up operations for one of the world’s largest Wind manufacturing companies.

CAMAS, WA

SACRAMENTO, CA Arch|Nexus SAC is an adaptive reuse of an existing 8,252 SF one-story structure located at 930 R Street in Sacramento, California from warehouse office to professional office for Architectural Nexus, Inc., an architectural firm with an integrated practice (planning, landscape architecture, interior design) reaching throughout the western United States and beyond.

OMAHA, NEBRASKA Morrissey Engineering Inc’s 4940 Building was the first building in Nebraska to be awarded LEED Platinum certification, the highest level of certification achievable. The project site, in a suburban area, is located in the Roanoke Business Park, a compact development with shared public spaces and close proximity to many current and future planned…

PORTLAND, OREGON Oregon Episcopal School is an independent PK-12 school located in Southwest Portland. The Lower School building serves about 350 children in grades PK through 5. Having an aggressive low energy consumption target fits well in our school that features an inquiry-based approach to education, where the building itself provides an important learning tool. The…

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON Built in 1967 and retrofit in2013, the Thomas S. Foley U.S. Federal Courthouse in Spokane, WA, is a 10-story, 272,000 sq. ft. building that includes courtrooms, offices, and a maximum-security cell detention block. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) hired a joint venture comprised of McKinstry and Lydig Construction to modernize the courthouse…