AIA COTE

1.5 HSW This premier event is an evening of learning, discussing, and connecting the dots in our journey to reducing the increasing effects of new construction on our global climate. Every material we use has an environmental footprint defined not only by its source, but by its journey through transportation, manufacturing, installation, and end of [...]

Join the Portland Green Schools Committee, AIA COTE and Biomimicry Oregon to tour this complex of buildings that were designed for net-zero annual energy use, with passive ventilation cooling strategies, ample daylighting, and aggressive energy efficiency targets. The project is pursuing LEED Platinum certification and LBC Net-Zero Energy certification.  After the tour, Biomimicry Oregon will [...]

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 at opportunities, incentives and case studies.  While presenters will discuss approaches to budgetary hurdles to achieving Net Zero and insights into leveraging available incentives and [...]

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 [...]

The annual AIAO COTE Green Champion Summit brings to you sustainability leaders from around the region and country. This year we gather to discuss the imperative for action now because it is increasingly clear that we are all impacted by climate change, though the impacts vary across communities. We know that those who are most [...]