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Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week invites you to monthly in-person networking events with fellow sustainable building enthusiasts. Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply [...]

Free

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING WEEK 2022!

Portland, OR, United States

October 10, 2022 kicks off the fifth annual Sustainable Building Week (SBW), an event-filled week from a cross section of Portland’s design professional organizations. The week will bring the best [...]

Free

Go Zero Tour 2022 In-Person Tour

Portland, OR, United States

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 [...]

$25 – $60

Green Champion Summit: Democratizing Decarbonization

Portland, OR, United States

Democratizing Decarbonization 1.5 AIA LU|HSW available The annual AIAO COTE Green Champion Summit brings to you sustainability leaders from around the region and country. This year we gather to discuss [...]

Free

Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies: Project examples and lessons learned

Mahlum, 1380 SE 9th Avenue Portland, Oegon 97214 1380 SE 9th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

This year during the 5th Annual Sustainable Building Week, we'll harness our community knowledge and actions taken to measure and reduce embodied carbon of buildings. Join us for Pecha Kucha [...]

Free

PHnw presents: Passive House 101 & Panelized Construction

151 Southwest 1st Avenue portland, or 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

About this event From 5pm to 6:30pm, join Josh Salinger and Alex Boetzel of PHnw as they present an introduction and overview of the Passive House building methodology. Learn the [...]

Free

Clean Comfort for the Future Proof Home

Portland, OR, United States
Virtual Event Virtual Event

Many have heard about heat pumps, and how important they are to addressing efficiency needs and reducing C02 emissions from buildings, but few have heard about Air to Water heat [...]

Green Building Fundamentals Course

LatinoBuilt 8548 Southwest Apple Way, Portland, OR, United States

Learn about Oregon’s current Green Building Market sector and the opportunities available for Latino Minority Contractors. About this event Participants Will Learn: Core Concepts of Green Buildings Green Building Rating [...]

Free

Reimagining Schoolyards in Our Communities

Portland, OR, United States

This panel builds on our work to provide outdoor learning and play opportunities at Oregon schools. We are working to bring together environmental consultants, landscape designers, and educators to explore [...]

Sustainable Visions for the Future of Portland

Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center 1740 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209 1740 NW Glisan Street, Portland

How do we plan for and envision a future Portland that fosters more closely knitted and sustainable communities? In this event, Gensler Portland is bringing together designers and a group [...]

Free

ELEMENTAL: Reimagining our relationship with wildfire

Sustainable Northwest Wood 2701 SE 14th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Elemental takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. We follow the harrowing escape from Paradise as the town ignited from wind-driven [...]

$10

Net Zero Workforce Housing at Burnside Boardwalk (In-Person)

16047 East Burnside Street, Portland, OR, 97233 16047 E Burnside St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for breakfast and a morning tour of this innovative example of ultra-low energy residential construction. Burnside Boardwalk is a workforce housing development committed to demonstrating that high performance [...]

Free

Electrify Now’s All-Electric Commercial Kitchens – The Future of Dining

Portland, OR, United States
Virtual Event Virtual Event

All-Electric Commercial Kitchens - The Future of Dining Learn how electric solutions are revolutionizing the commercial kitchen, providing better cooking performance and a safer work environment About this event Join [...]

Free

Tour 1 of the new Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters

Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters, 2045 N Vancouver Ave, Portland, OR 97227 Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters, 2045 N Vancouver Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Tour 1 of the new Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters

Free

Tour 2 of the new Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters

Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters, 2045 N Vancouver Ave, Portland, OR 97227 Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters, 2045 N Vancouver Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Tour 2 of the new Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters

Green Schools Wins!

Portland, OR, United States

Join Oregon Green Schools to celebrate the wins in our community! We’ll hear from design professionals, students, and school districts in quick, informal presentations featuring sustainable schools and student leadership. [...]

Free

SBW Happy Hour: Skanska’s Journey to becoming NW’s first Salmon-Safe contractor

Skanska USA Building at 1010 NW Flanders St. Suite 500, Portland, OR 97209. Skanska USA Building at 1010 NW Flanders St. Suite 500, Portland, OR 97209., Portland, OR, United States

Learn about Salmon-Safe’s rigorous accreditation program to protect water quality, maintain watershed health and restore habitat and how Skanska, one of the largest construction and development companies in the world, [...]

Free

In Person-Oregon’s built environment: help us shape state policy & programs

Mahlum, 1380 SE 9th Avenue Portland, Oegon 97214 1380 SE 9th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

This event will be hybrid offering both virtual and in-person opportunities to share your thoughts. See registration links below. See DEQ’s Built Environment program page See DEQ’s Built Environment program [...]

Free

Window Design in the Era of Climate Change

Portland, OR, United States

VIEW THE RECORDED EVENT HERE >> Passcode: zYWr37^K Wildfire smoke, heat waves, utility interruptions, and airborne pathogens represent the emerging future in which we design. This session will feature case studies [...]

Electrify Now’s How to Electrify Equitably

Portland, OR, United States

About this event Join Electrify Now for Electrify Week! A series of webinars on electrification during Sustainable Buildings Week. Electrification offers benefits to every household: from improved indoor air quality that [...]

Free

Water Treatment, Energy Efficiency Strategy, and Marketing

Ecotrust Conference Center 721 NW 9th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

AAEE - Columbia River Chapter is eager to present this energy efficiency forum as a hybrid event, both LIVE and online. This free event consists of a one hour technical [...]

Mass Timber Research Symposium at TallWood Design Institute

Oregon State University A.A. "Red" Emmerson Advanced Wood Products Laboratory 3205 SW Washington Way Corvallis, OR 97331 3205 SW Washington Way, Portland, OR, United States

TDI’s 2022 Mass Timber Research Symposium is an opportunity to learn about and discuss mass timber and mass timber research projects. Over twenty research projects will be reviewed in a [...]

Free

Home, Usurped: Housing Injustice and the Fight to Prosper While Black

June Key Delta Community Center 5940 N. Albina, Portland, OR, United States

Home, Usurped: Housing Injustice and the Fight to Prosper While Black An evening of short films and discussion about housing injustice. By ZERO Coalition About this event Home, Usurped: Housing Injustice [...]

Free

Homes of Tomorrow, Today

Portland, OR, United States

Tour newly-constructed homes throughout the Portland region, showcasing the best in sustainable building practices, comfort and durability - setting the benchmark for how future homes will be built to reach [...]

$25

Portland’s Panelized Construction Shop Tour

Resilient Framing Systems 3743 SE 21st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Come see how the homes of tomorrow are being factory built and site installed in days instead of months.   By pre-fabricating we can create better buildings at a better price [...]

Free

Uncovering Imbedded Inequities

Portland, OR, United States
Virtual Event Virtual Event

Uncovering Imbedded Inequities A discussion: the unintended consequences of architectural specifications that promote Implicit Bias, Modern Slavery and Social Injustices VIEW THE RECORDED EVENT HERE >> Passcode: cJ8+M#7N About this [...]

Free

Sustainable Building Week 2022 Celebration!!!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week is going to take a lot out of you with all of the events, education and human connections, but save some energy. On October 14th from 5:30 [...]

Free

Zero Energy Retrofit Strategies for Single Family Homes

Steeplejack Brewing Company 2400 Northeast Broadway Portland, OR 97232 Steeplejack Brewing Company 2400 Northeast Broadway Portland, OR, Portland, OR, United States

The future of housing is efficient, electric, and is 100% renewably powered...come learn how a 1907 Portland bungalow transitioned.

Free

Virtual Event

Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply the drinks, light snacks, and a few topics of discussion. Bring your vaccinated self [...]

Free

Virtual Event

Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply the drinks, light snacks, and a few topics of discussion. Bring your vaccinated self [...]

Free

Virtual Event

Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply the drinks, light snacks, and a few topics of discussion. Bring your vaccinated self [...]

Free

Virtual Event

Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply the drinks, light snacks, and a few topics of discussion. Bring your vaccinated self [...]

Free

Virtual Event

Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply the drinks, light snacks, and a few topics of discussion. Bring your vaccinated self [...]

Free

Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week invites you to monthly in-person networking events with fellow sustainable building enthusiasts.Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply [...]

Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week invites you to monthly in-person networking events with fellow sustainable building enthusiasts.Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply [...]

Sustainable Building Monthly!

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week invites you to monthly in-person networking events with fellow sustainable building enthusiasts.Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply [...]

Sustainable Building Monthly! What is the The Pacific Coast Collaborative ?

PAE 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sustainable Building Week invites you to monthly in-person networking events with fellow sustainable building enthusiasts.Sustainable Building Week networking is too much fun to keep it once a year. We’ll supply [...]

Virtual Tour – Go Zero!!

Virtual

Go Zero! Zero Energy Tour!!
Premier, statewide tour of zero energy and "path to zero" homes in Oregon

Electrify Portland! Home Electrification Fair

The Redd 831 SE Salmon Street, Portland, United States

The Electrify Portland! Home Electrification Fair is a free, all-ages, festive event for homeowners and renters curious about transitioning their homes from gas (or old electric) to efficient electric.

Designing For the Future of Energy

151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR 151 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, United States

Join us for an exciting event where we explore the innovative world of energy design! Discover how cutting-edge technologies are shaping the future of sustainable, energy efficient building design. From distributed energy resources, energy management solutions, and battery storage, experts will share their insights on the latest opportunities and trends. The event will be held at 151 Southwest 1st Avenue, Portland, OR, USA. Mark your calendars and get ready to dive into the fascinating world of energy design!

Speaker Bios-

Karina Hershberg, Senior Associate, PAE

Passionate about sustainability, Karina has 15 years of experience with systems modeling, data analysis and electrical engineering for high performance buildings and renewable energy systems. She brings a unique perspective to her dual roles in analysis and engineering at PAE. Through data-driven analytics and innovative design, Karina helps projects implement regenerative and resilient solutions. She leads the development of microgrid design, emissions analysis, and campus-scale solutions for the firm and is a regional leader for PAE’s Regenerative Design Group.

Isaac Barrow, Commercial Offerings Manager, PGE

Isaac is distinguished by his passion for implementing innovative and collaborative solutions to complex problems. Leading the Commercial Offerings team for Portland General Electric, Isaac works at the intersection of the built environment and the grid, advancing how PGE serves its customers in the development world and implementing solutions that help customers and the utility decarbonize and meet tomorrow's challenges. Fluent in French and having spent large portions of his life overseas and in the developing world, Isaac knows that sustainable and equitable growth is key to ensuring a prosperous and inclusive future for all. Having graduated from Portland State, and with one daughter at U of O and another at Grant High School, the Pacific Northwest is very much home.

Low GWP Refrigerants

Virtual
Virtual Event Virtual Event

The next generation of refrigerants are coming! Learn why this is important and how it will affect heat pumps and other devices.

AIA Oregon – COTE’s Green Champion Summit

SERA Architects 600 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

AIA Oregon is pleased to announce Marlon Blackwell, FAIA as our Green Champion Summit keynote during Sustainable Building Week, October 9 - 13, 2023 - a week of cross-disciplinary education to solve climate imperatives.  On October 9, Marlon will discuss how his firm culture and architectural approach work to accomplish common goals between client and community, achieving elegant design as a civil right. He will utilize case studies from his firm's award-winning portfolio to illustrate the process of inclusion that leads to resilience.

$25 – $50

Industry Social

Loyal Legion 710 SE 6th Avenue, Portland, United States

Join us at Loyal Legion on the opening night of Sustainable Building Week for a happy hour hosted by Gensler Portland, Catena Consulting Engineers, and Turner Construction. This event brings together industry professionals and students together to connect, socialize, and learn about sustainable design collaboration. Gensler Portland, Catena Consulting Engineers, and Turner Construction Co. are currently working together on the Western Oregon University Student Success Center located in Monmouth, Oregon. This project incorporates carbon reduction strategies and inclusive design solutions that foster a sense of belonging for students and staff.

Free

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