HILLSBORO, OR-Engineering design and consulting firm Mazzetti celebrated the unveiling of Kaiser Permanente's new LEED Gold hospital Westside Medical Center, which opened its doors in Hillsboro earlier this month. Mazzetti provided mechanical, electrical and plumbing design, energy modeling and LEED consulting to Kaiser Permanente during the design and construction of the medical center, which broke ground in 2009. The facility is the first in Oregon to achieve Gold under LEED for New Construction v2009, and one of only two LEED Gold medical centers in the state. It is also the first LEED gold certified hospital for Kaiser Permanente.

“We are very proud of this exceptional project. The entire design team played a key role in its success,” said Mazzetti Westside project manager, William Caron. “Each team member brought their unique expertise and knowledge to the project to deliver Kaiser Permanente a world-class facility.”

In the schematic design phase, Mazzetti led two eco-charrettes and provided modeling and analysis of potential energy conservation measures, including heat recovery, co-generation and geothermal heat pumps. Other Mazzetti work resulted in energy efficient lighting, a 70% reduction in lighting power density in the hospital's parking garage and a 100kw solar photovoltaic array on top of the parking garage that provides partial power for the structure's lighting.