Dan Pippenger
As chief aviation officer, Dan oversees PDX and two general aviation airports. He joined the port in 2006 and has held multiple roles, including COO. A retired Coast Guard commander with 20 years of service, Dan holds a BSc in marine engineering from the US Coast Guard Academy and dual master’s in naval architecture and ocean engineering from MIT.
Dan also manages his dog’s Instagram site with ample guidance from his three daughters.
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2 - Environment and sustainability - 12:25 - 12:55
Approach to resilience at Portland International Airport
The PDXNext project is a US$2bn redevelopment of Portland’s airport, designed for high resilience in the face of growing environmental concerns. Using strategies that address the terminal building along with the airport infrastructure as a whole, the project created a future-ready airport. This presentation will explain how the team doubled terminal capacity while halving energy intensity, and why they included a ground-source heat pump, high-performance façade, and extensive daylighting. Join our presentation to discover how these innovations make PDX a future-ready building and how these strategies can be implemented in other projects.
The audience will learn:
- Impact: learn about the critical role that an airport plays in a region’s resilience
- Planning: explore Portland International Airport’s seismic and climate resilience planning process and how it reinforces the port’s guiding principles
- Analysis: understand how the airport infrastructure, structures and building systems were analyzed and prioritized
- Implementation: learn about the airport’s proactive approach to resilience and how it’s being implemented through the PDXNext program
