Lake Oswego’s new aquatics center shows commitment to sustainable design and community health
Author
Energy Trust
Date published
September 3, 2025
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The all-new Lake Oswego Recreation and Aquatics Center (LORAC), which opened in June 2025, is a marvel of efficient design, engineering, construction and community outreach. The stunning ground-up complex features a 4,500-square-foot recreational pool and 7,250-square-foot gymnasium, plus classrooms, exercise rooms and offices for the Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation Department.
LORAC is an investment in the future of its community, from the 12-lane, 25-yard competition-level pool that will host Lake Oswego Public Schools’ next generation of aquatics teams to the comfort and long-term sustainability of energy-efficient water heating, natural light, on-site water treatment, backup power systems and much more.
Through $142,000 of incentives — including a Solar Development Assistance incentive — Energy Trust of Oregon helped LORAC’s designers and builders implement efficiency features that will lead to an estimated annual energy cost savings of $77,300, including 326,400 estimated kilowatt hours saved annually, plus 28,000 annual therm savings. Together, we helped the path to efficiency progress as smoothly as possible — and looking at the beautiful results, we’d say it went swimmingly.
“I’m proud of completing another project that serves a large community and provides a place of fitness, health, wellness and well-being that is accessible, inclusive and affordable.”
— Jennifer Marsicek, Principal at Scott Edwards Architecture
