This session has passed. You can find a recording of the event here This session will use the recently completed Concourse E Extension at Portland International Airport (registered LEED Gold) as a case study for centering occupant experience and sustainability in aviation design. We will provide a brief overview of project sustainability and occupant comfort [...]

The annual Oregon Committee on The Environment (COTE) Green Champion Summit brings to you the sustainability leaders from around the country and the region. This year the summit will focus on creating space for inclusive and sustainable communities by highlighting some of the plans and funding in place within the City of Portland to ensure [...]

This event has passed. You can find a recording of the event here. Join Bora’s Green Team as we discuss how Bora’s sustainable vision for the future includes a balanced approach to Health, Equity, and Carbon through our work and practices as a firm. Discussions will touch upon this summer's OASE/DEQ research internship focusing on [...]

“Sustainability and Cultural Placemaking - the Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center at the University of Oregon” - presented by Brian Cavanaugh, AIA Tuesday*, October 13, 2020 | 5:00 – 6:00 | 1 AIA LU|HSW Available * Note – the DDS this week will occur on Tuesday to allow participation in Sustainable Building Week events. This presentation [...]

Transition Projects’ Argyle Gardens, designed by Holst and built by ModsPDX and Walsh Construction, is the first buildout of a flexible, affordable, low-cost housing prototype called LISAH (Low Income Single Adult Housing). Argyle Gardens opened in April 2020, welcoming formerly homeless and very low-income Portlanders in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project has [...]

This event has passed. You can view the recording here. Sustainable Buildings for All (SB4A) is an effort to create an incentive policy to accelerate climate action in the building industry in Portland while centering equity and racial justice. This effort has been in progress for several years, has a continuously growing coalition of stakeholders, [...]

Note: this was a two-part event. You can find recordings here for Part 1 and Part 2. Residential buildings account for ​almost a quarter of all energy usage​ in the state of Oregon, and zero energy home design is an important strategy in climate adaptation. Join Solar Oregon for two premier virtual explorations of zero energy homes across [...]

This event has passed. You can view the recording here. As part of Sustainable Building Week 2020, Manufacturers for Transparency (MfT) is hosting an event focused on the experience of general and sub-contractors in this industry as it moves toward more transparency building products. General contractors and sub-contractors operate in the space between architects/designers and [...]

This event has passed. You can view the recordings of Part 1 and Part 2 below. Part 1 Recording Part 2 Recording In partnership with Room for More and AIA CoEDI, the Portland Green Schools Committee presents It Starts At School: Creating Equity and Inclusion in AEC Fields. Across 3 panels, the series will explore inequities present in [...]

This event has passed. You can view the recording here. Please Join the TallWood Design Institute along Dr. Mark Fretz and Dr. Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg of University of Oregon’s College of Design as they discuss their research investigating wood as a modern building material, and specifically, its impacts on environmental and human health and [...]

Portland Materials Transparency Collaborative (PMTC) invites you to the “2020 Materials Summit”. This discussion is part of the 3rd Annual Portland Sustainable Building Week, October 12-23, 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, our event will be virtual this year. Join this discussion via Zoom from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. PDT on October 16. As designers, [...]

This discussion brings together owners and designers representing k-12 education, affordable housing, and sustainable design to discuss social equity and green buildings. This conversational panel will cover systemic inequality in the k-12 and affordable housing sectors, as well as their opportunities and barriers to sustainable design. As AEC professionals, we all know the benefits healthy, [...]

The AIA Oregon Virtual Happy Hour is open to all who wish to get together and share experiences, ask questions, and connect with and support each other, focusing on various topics. The events will run an hour or more - feel free to drop in and out at any time during the event. You do [...]