Join Electrify Now for Electrify Week - a series of webinars on electrification during Sustainable Buildings Week. As more homeowners learn about the advantages of electrifying heating and cooking and replace gas cars with EVs, the humble electrical panel become a focus of attention. In some homes, this workhorse appliance can be a bottleneck as the [...]

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 how our already-strong efforts to reduce both carbon and greenhouse gasses can be bolstered by new legislation, technologies and practices which could steepen our approach [...]

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 style presentations from members of the Carbon Leadership Forum's Portland Hub as they share stories that will enlighten you, educate you, and hopefully inspire you [...]

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 history, understand the benefits, see examples of PH buildings and learn how Passive Building is leading the industry. This 101 level talk is for homeowners [...]

Join us during Sustainable Building Week to learn how we’re supporting the design and construction of some of Oregon’s most resilient, high performance and net zero buildings. Whether your project is large or small, Energy Trust offers flexible incentive packages and technical guidance to help your project reach its energy goals. Hear from senior field staff [...]

The Inflation Reduction Act - What's in it for you The IRA is packed with incentives for home electrification, EVs and more - find out how it will impact home retrofits and new construction. About this event Many people say the Inflation Reduction Act is the most significant climate bill ever passed in the U.S. [...]

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 pumps and Hydronics. Come learn about the future of truly green HVAC. Take peek at a new Aris Hydronics all-in-one high-performance HVAC + DHW pilot [...]

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 Systems Certification Process What makes high-performance buildings What are the benefits The role of Contractors Industry Standards Growing Markets Event Description: LatinoBuilt is excited to [...]

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 the benefits of green schoolyards and to break down some of the barriers to outdoor education. We’re hoping to highlight the demonstrated improvements to water [...]

As part of Sustainable Building Week, SERA Architects will open the doors to their highly anticipated new office at the Portland Galleria. A tour of the space will highlight sustainable design strategies on the topics of indoor environmental quality and human health, sustainable resource use and minimizing climate impacts, equity, and resilience. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sera-architects-at-the-galleria-a-human-centered-sustainable-workplace-tickets-415535757637 60 [...]

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 of professionals working in development, housing, master-planning and social sciences to develop framework for a charrette focused on this question that will then be exhibited [...]

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 embers and burned within a few hours of the fire’s start. We visit fire labs where researchers torch entire houses to learn why some homes [...]

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 design and affordability are not exclusive. Studio and 1 Bedroom apartments in this 31-unit building are intended to be affordable at 60% of the of [...]

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 the Electrify Coalition for Electrification Week in partnership with Sustainable Building Week - promoting sustainable building practices. As building electrification picks up momentum in the private and commercial building [...]

Tour 1 of the new Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters

As part of Sustainable Building Week, join Women in Sustainable Endeavors - aka WISE - for a round table discussion and connection with other women and female identifying individuals working across a broad spectrum of careers in sustainability. We will share stories and ideas, challenges and successes, and have an opportunity to make new friends [...]

Tour 2 of the new Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters

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. Connect with the green schools community over snacks and a social hour and get inspired to keep the work going. Presenters include: Amaresco New Buildings [...]

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, reduces its environmental footprint in the Pacific Northwest through a close partnership with Salmon-Safe. In this event, Salmon-Safe will introduce its accreditation program for contractors, [...]

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 page to learn more about the Agency’s built environment work. Want to influence statewide built environment materials policy? Have ideas about how state policy and [...]

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 page to learn more about the Agency’s built environment work. Want to influence statewide built environment materials policy? Have ideas about how state policy and [...]

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 of how windows directly address these issues, and in each case, how the best architectural strategy required advocacy and a rethinking of outdated norms and [...]

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 results from not burning fossil fuels in the home, to increased comfort from heat pumps, to faster cooking times with induction stoves, to energy savings [...]

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 presentation followed by thirty minutes of Q&A. A complimentary lunch and certifications for Professional Development Hours will be provided. Water Treatment, Energy Efficiency Strategy, and [...]

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 high-level, short-duration format. The four major topics/sessions of the day will include: • Structural & Seismic (Innovative lateral systems; mass plywood systems; timber concrete composite [...]

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 and the Fight to Prosper While Black June Key Delta Community Center, 5940 N Albina Ave., Portland, OR 9721 Thursday, 10/13, 5 to 8 p.m. [...]

Join Brightworks Sustainability and PAE for a special, LBC Materials Petal edition, tour of the PAE Building with Jeff Frost.

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 than is possible by using traditional on-site construction methods. Speaker bio: Scott Kosmecki, CPHC/B, AIA Assoc., Founder & Manager of Resilient Framing Systems & Hinge [...]

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 event Join us for a moderated discussion with our three panelists: Nora Rizzo LEED AP, WELL AP, LFA is Grace Farms Foundation’s first Ethical Materials Director, [...]

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 to 8pm, we will pay tribute to some of the best parts of Sustainable Building Week, learn about some other amazing work going on in [...]

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