Join Solar Oregon for the Go Zero Energy Home Tour! 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 an open house tour of zero energy and "path to zero" homes across [...]
Join the IIDA Oregon Chapter for our inaugural climate action focused event hosted by Schoolhouse. Come enjoy a free signature coffee drink from Electrica Coffee and network with other professionals interested in sustainability and share these ideas and passion with Chapter President Peter Harrison. Take a tour of the the beautiful Schoolhouse showroom and do some early shopping [...]
Join SE 2050 for a happy hour at 40 LBS Coffee Bar. This Sustainable Building Week event features local engineers who will give a brief presentation on sustainable design practices from a structural perspective, followed by an opportunity to discuss and enjoy beverages with other attendees. Introduction to embodied carbon reduction strategies will be provided [...]
Please join AIA Oregon COTE for an engaging, in-depth presentation about the newly-opened, main terminal at PDX, which represents the largest public works project in Oregon’s history. We’ll hear from Jacob Dunn with ZGF about this innovative design that doubles the capacity of the airport, while cutting energy use intensity by half, and invites passengers [...]
Join Energy Trust of Oregon during Sustainable Building Week to hear from a panel of experts on the value of integrated design charrettes in establishing impressive energy efficiency goals early in project planning. Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5928847514314075486
Join Scott Edwards Architecture for an afternoon of learning! “Community Resilience Hub” is a term you may have heard by now. Throughout our country, major cities and communities are exploring or establishing the what/where/when/and how these public-serving facilities can best provide essential services to their residents. These hubs build social, economic, and climate resilience before, during, [...]
This year, the Carbon Leadership Forum Portland Hub and Prosper Portland are collaborating to host this panel discussion on the state of the market for adaptive reuse of vacant office space in Portland. Have you heard Portland has one of the highest delinquency rates for central city office space of large cities across the country? Did you know reuse [...]
Power outages can be a minor nuisance or a significant safety issue depending on when they happen and how long they last. When the power goes out, major household appliances including gas furnaces or water heaters will not work, nor will electrical appliances like air conditioners or heat pumps. A sustained winter power outage can [...]
Join Oregon American Society of Landscape Architects for a webinar. The webinar will address various ways to reduce the carbon footprint of using concrete for site work. The goal is to provide our local landscape architects, and those who work with them, information that they can readily use on their projects without the need for [...]
As part of Portland’s Sustainable Building Week, join AIA Oregon COTE for an engaging, in-depth presentation about the 2023 AIA Oregon 2030 Merit Award and Honor Award winning project - Adidas North American Headquarters. We’ll hear from the architectural team at LEVER Architecture about this innovative, 182,000 sq ft building. Following a national design competition, [...]
Join USGBC Oregon and explore the critical role of equity in the built environment at our Building Transformation Forum in Portland on October 10th, 2024. This event will bring together thought leaders, industry professionals, and community advocates to examine how equitable practices can transform urban planning, design, and construction. Through keynote addresses, panel discussions, and [...]
Join us for a tour of the new School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth, a 35,000-sf mass timber K-12 academic and 15,000-sf physical education project on the historic Washington School for the Deaf campus. The new buildings consolidated the K-12 grades into one structure, added the Hunter gymnasium and was specifically designed [...]
Join Bora Architecture & Interiors for an exhibition and happy hour! This Sustainable Building Week event will feature a bond-wide showcase of the nine major Multnomah County Library projects with a focus on climate, health, equity, and community. The design and construction teams will be joined by representatives from MCL to highlight system-wide successes as [...]
Join the ASLA Oregon Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee in a tour of the 2024 Green Ribbon for Climate Action award-winning site - Woodmont Natural Park. Tour the park with project designers from Mackenzie and learn about how preserving native habitat and upcycling onsite materials can regenerate local ecosystems and reduce carbon emissions. Meet at [...]
Join Oregon DEQ for an engaging discussion! We already know that the built environment is a significant contributor to GHG emissions, but how does Oregon account for emissions more fully across their life cycle and consider equity and wellbeing in the approach to drawing down these emissions? Join the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) [...]
ZERO's SBW event aims to highlight and support AfroVillage’s Afrofuturism Oasis project, an initiative dedicated to creating sustainable, community-focused, and culturally sensitive solutions using retiring MAX cars, recycled materials, clean energy, and green infrastructure. The Oasis will be a sanctuary space centered on Afro-futuristic design to create a healing oasis for Black and Brown communities [...]
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