Multnomah County Central Courthouse

Overview

Summer Fowler served as the LEED Project Administrator for Multnomah County's new Central Courthouse and helped guide the team to LEED Gold without any additional capital expense by deploying Green Building Integrative Management Lean LEED CA tools. The eco-charrette in pre-design aligned project stakeholders, architects, engineers, contractors, and facility managers around shared goals, opportunities, and synergies.

Key contributions

• Triple-bottom-line strategy assessment: geothermal, rainwater harvesting, water and energy systems
• Eco-charrettes and integrated design workshops with all disciplines, paid for by Energy Trust of Oregon incentives
• Green Canary Software deployment with Hoffman Construction to streamline LEED submittals
• LEED Gold achieved with no capital cost premium
• Historic preservation of the adjacent Jefferson Station building
• Maximized ETO Path to Net Zero incentives by achieving Architecture 2030 EUI targets: $500,000

"I appreciate Summer's knowledge of construction and architecture and how she can see almost every perspective, including the small business owner."