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Overview

Seattle-based architectural firm the Miller Hull Partnership, LLP, designed this environmentally-conscious laboratory building for the City of Portland, completing it in 1997.

Building History

Located nearby to the Saint Johns Bridge, the City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Sciences Laboratory, was conceived to use energy and water wisely. According to a City of Portland website: "Lab staff and community groups use the building’s spacious, multipurpose conference rooms. The facility is a model for sustainable development. It conserves energy with self-dimming fluorescent lights, motion sensitive light switches, and windows that open. The swales, planters and water garden surrounding the building treat stormwater runoff from its roof and parking lot, and from 50 acres of nearby streets and neighborhoods." (See City of Portland, Environmental Services, Water Pollution Control Laboratory.gov, "Water Pollution Control Laboratory," accessed 05/19/2022.)

The city's Pollution Services Group, used the facility, and was responsible for four main public services:

• "Investigates citizen complaints of spills and pollution in rivers and streams.
• Provides surfacewater and infrastructure water quality testing and analysis.
• Is responsible for compliance with federal and state permits for wastewater collection and treatment, stormwater management, and groundwater protection."
• Works with Portland industries to pretreat wastewater discharges before they enter the city’s sewer system and to manage stormwater onsite."

(See City of Portland, Environmental Services, Water Pollution Control Laboratory.gov, "Water Pollution Control Laboratory," accessed 05/19/2022.)

Building Notes

Tel: 503.823.5600 (2022).

PCAD id: 24384