Multnomah County East County Library

Overview

East County Library will serve as the flagship for Multnomah County. ecoREAL is the sustainability lead on all of the County Library Bond projects with Mike Day's Otak team, and works with architects Holst as the LEED Project Administrator to guide integration of sustainable strategies throughout the process. Fortis Construction is using our proprietary Green Canary Software to streamline sustainable material tracking, auto-populate the LEED MR and EQ calculators, and enhance equity goals with prevetted SMDS dropdowns built for boots-on-the-ground contractors.

Key contributions

• Summer is the Owner's Representative sustainability expert for the whole Multnomah County Library $387 million bond, managing ETO Path to Net Zero and ODOE's 1.5% Green Energy Technology (GET) requirement
• LEED Project Administrator for the East County "flagship" library
• Renewable energy calculated with a consolidated approach across all libraries
• Fortis Construction deployment of Green Canary for Lean LEED CA
• Mass timber reduced carbon footprint
• Gave back to the community with amenities that did not exist, including a large multi-use theater