Portland Research Center

The PNNL Portland Office, a square red brick building with evenly spaced windows on each floor, pictured from street level with green trees in the foreground

The PNNL Portland Research Center was established to advance the missions of the laboratory and more specifically the work being performed by the lab’s Energy & Environment Directorate by:

Facilitating collaboration and strengthening partnerships with the many Portland-based organizations working on energy efficiency and renewable energy
Providing access to talent in the Portland ecosystem that we couldn’t otherwise attract and/or retain

The staff currently working out of PNNL’s Portland office primarily focus on:

Building systems research, analysis and operation for energy efficiency
Distributed energy resource integration for resilience and decarbonization (transmission and distribution scales)
Clean energy policy including building energy codes equipment standards

Getting to the Portland Office

The PNNL Portland Research Center is located at:

620 SW 5th Ave, Suite 810
Portland, OR 97204

Screenshot of a Google Map showing the location of the PNNL Portland office

Driving Directions

From the airport/points east and points north:

From the airport/points east: Take I-84 West to exit I-5 South towards Salem. (I-84 splits where it meets I-5, so you’ll need to stay in the left lanes.)
From points north: Take I-5 south
Take the Milwaukie/City Center exit
Keep right at the fork in the ramp, taking the lane marked City Center.
Turn right onto Morrison Bridge.
Take the ramp for Washington Street.
Turn left onto 3rd Avenue
Proceed one block to the Smart Park garage on your right.
From the parking garage, walk one block west (away from the river) to 5th Avenue.

From points south:

Take I-5 North to exit 299-B/I-405 exit toward City Center/USE26/Beaverton
Take exit 1A toward Naito Parkway/National Historic District.
Stay straight to go onto SW Harbor Drive
Turn right onto SW Front Avenue/SW Naito Parkway/OR 99W N.
Turn left onto SW Taylor St.
Turn right onto SW 4th Avenue.
Proceed two blocks to the Smart Park garage on your right.
From the parking garage, walk one block west (away from the river) to 5th Avenue.