Studio / Sustainability
We embrace our responsibility as designers to improve the environment through the well-considered intervention of our architecture.
The interconnection of sustainable practices in our buildings and studio environment is a core value of the Opsis culture. We seek to realize an essential and resource conscious architecture. Our LEED Gold studio building is a living laboratory of integral sustainable strategies that supports research and practical innovation. Opsis is nationally recognized with many “firsts” in sustainable technologies and LEED ratings, including two net-zero projects. We publish case-studies of our innovative projects and our partners and staff present our work and ideas at national sustainable design conferences.
Sustainable Leadership:
- First Net Zero, LEED Platinum school in Oregon (Energy Trust of Oregon’s “Path to Net Zero”) – Hood River
- First Net Zero Certified community center (certified by the Living Building Institute) – Painters Hall
- First LEED Certified student recreation center in the Northwest
- First LEED Gold community recreation center in the country
- 19 certified / registered LEED projects including: 10 LEED Gold and 5 LEED Platinum certified
- Designed the largest naturally ventilated academic building in the nation
- Our Lovejoy office building certified LEED Gold
- Awarded the NAHB Green Land Development of the Year
- One of Northwest’s first LEED-CI Platinum interior renovations
- Salmon-Safe certified development at Pringle Creek
Net Zero Projects:
- Hood River Middle School Music and Science Building
- Painters Hall, Pringle Creek Community Center
LEED Projects:
PLATINUM:
- University of Oregon Law School, Wayne Morse Suite
- Pringle Creek Cottage
- Pringle Creek Painters Hall Community Center
- United Fund Advisors
- Hood River Middle School Music and Science Building
GOLD:
- Bend Parks and Recreation District Administrative Building
- Firstenburg Recreation Center
- Oregon State University Student Experience Center (on the boards)
- Opsis Studio / Lovejoy Building
- Pierce College, Ft. Steilacoom Rainier Science and Technology Building
- Pierce College, Puyallup Communication Arts and Allied Health Building
- University of Oregon, Ford Alumni Center
- University of Oregon, Straub Hall Renovation (on the boards)
- Utah State University Athletic Strength and Conditioning Center (on the boards)
- Western Oregon University Health and Wellness Center
SILVER:
- The Evergreen State College Lab | Renovation
- College of Southern Idaho, Applied Technology and Innovation Center (on the boards)
CERTIFIED:
- Western Washington University Academic Instructional Center
- Western Washington University Student Recreation Center
