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October 2019
Green Champions Summit: Making the Financial Case for Net Zero
This year’s Green Champion Summit brings together Design Professionals, Developers, Consultants and Zero Energy Advocates to present on the value (both financial and existential) of Net Zero initiatives by looking…
Find out more »Yoga for Green Professionals with Alissa Lesperance
How are yoga and sustainability related? What could standing on your head and the fate of the planet possibly have in common? Can practicing yoga help to make the world…
Find out more »Equity in Design with USGBC Oregon
As part of the Second Annual Sustainable Building Week, USGBC Oregon will host an expert panel on impact projects to support equity and access (Green for All). The panel will…
Find out more »Best Practices in Material Health: The Owner’s Perspective
Portland Materials Transparency Collaborative (PMTC) and Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC) invite you to the “Healthy Product Selection Using Transparency Data” discussion in our continuing Discussion Series: Transparency and Material…
Find out more »Building Diversity Game Changers
True sustainability cannot exist without equity. Communities are like flourishing forests, diversity is key to survival. Buildings are the trees that root the foundation for community, and the teams that…
Find out more »Small but Mighty Happy Hour
Portland has many small firms that contribute crucial services to many successful sustainably focused projects. The “Small but Mighty Happy Hour” is a social gathering of a few of the…
Find out more »Sustainability in the Details
Big moves and new technology get a lot of attention in the practice of sustainable design, but the careful detailing of the building envelope—walls, windows, roofs, and where they come…
Find out more »Growing Green Schools: Making the Green Schools Movement a District-Wide Initiative and USGBC Green Schools Conference Kick Off Party!
Join the Portland Green Schools Committee for the last panel of our 2019 discussion series: GROWING A GREEN SCHOOL. Following the panel will be a reception to kick off Portland as…
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