New Facility
- TPO membrane roof for reduced thermal absorption, thereby reducing cooling costs
- Roofing with high parapet walls and single slope to exterior storm water drainage systems provides simple and efficient water protection for the building
- Sloped floors for spill containment
- Flexible tube, efficient heating hot water boiler
- Clerestory windows maximizing natural light inside manufacturing areas to reduce power consumption of interior lighting fixtures
- Minimum wastewater drains for reducing possibility of accidental discharge to the sanitary sewer
- Carbon absorption in HVAC exhaust ducting to eliminate odors
- Variable air volume air conditioning units with variable frequency drives
- Parallel fan powered boxes with hot water reheat coils
- Outside air economizers with power exhaust
- Digital scroll compressors in rooftop units
- Heat recovery wheels on 100% outside air units
- Primary-Secondary heating hot water using variable frequency drive pump for building heat
- Direct digital control system
- Efficient direct expansion cooling and gas fired heating rooftop units
- High-efficiency motors on rooftop units and large makeup air units
- Toto "Green" flush valves
- Energy Trust of Oregon audited to identify additional opportunities for energy savings
- Staged vent condensers (98% efficient fume removal)
- Barrier-free fume hoods used in lab to reduce energy consumption by reducing outside air requirements
- Incorporation of fume/dust removal equipment into a single unit for energy efficiency and noise reduction
- Steam used as a utility where possible for long-term energy efficiency (flexible-tube, efficient process steam boiler)
- Incorporation of EPA P2 Alternatives, including counter current rinsing, use of flow-reduction devices, preventative maintenance, drip pans, and a leak detection program
- Steam condensate return system utilizing deaerator
- Energy Trust of Oregon audited to identify additional opportunities for process efficiency/emission reductions