Historic review slowed Vestas’ Meier & Frank project
The $65 million project to upgrade the former Meier & Frank warehouse in the Pearl District is on track to be completed by this time next year. But the building’s listing on the National Register...
View ArticleBuilding managers bet on green for competitive edge
Last year, 100 goats were brought to the AmberGlen corporate campus in Beaverton to chomp down on blackberry bushes. The animals provided a way to reduce invasive species without using harmful...
View ArticleKitzhaber signs Cool Schools legislation
As many as 43 schools will receive energy-efficiency upgrades this summer, funded by a program officially kicked off today when Gov. John Kitzhaber signed into law his “Cool Schools” legislation. “Cool...
View ArticlePGE offers to periodically dim businesses’ lights for energy savings
Portland General Electric last week announced a program for business customers that will automatically reduce a facility’s energy use during peak times – mainly during extremely hot or cold days.
View ArticleGrant to boost OSU’s energy-efficiency assessment program
The Energy Efficiency Center at Oregon State University has conducted energy assessments of industrial sites for 25 years and will soon double its efforts thanks to a five-year, $1.5 million grant from...
View ArticleStudents learn techniques on Green Jobs Mentoring Day
Students participated in mock energy audits as part of a Green Jobs Mentoring Day, which connected students from the Portland YouthBuilders program with contractors, workers and energy auditors to...
View ArticleVancouver hospital at center of study for energy reduction
A federally funded study released recently focused on the Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., in order to determine better ways for hospitals to reduce energy consumption.
View ArticleMcMinnville women inspire homebuilding movement
Three McMinnville women – all widowed mothers of adult children with developmental disabilities – have laid the foundation for what many think could be a new movement in the way houses are built.
View ArticleShould landlords be forced to disclose energy use?
As more people become invested in finding ways to reduce buildings’ environmental impacts, some experts say full transparency of energy and water performance is needed while others say there is value...
View ArticleErica Dunn, winner of Van Evera Bailey Fellowship
Erica Dunn, an associate with Hennebery Eddy Architects, recently was awarded the Van Evera Bailey Fellowship. Starting in January, she will conduct an expansive study on building occupants’ impact on...
View ArticleUO lab opens to industry for green facade testing
Officials at the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts recently opened the largest facility in the United States -- possibly the world -- for testing materials and designs used...
View ArticleHow much disclosure is too much?
If you found out your significant other was cheating on you, would you demand to know the painful details or hope that not knowing would be better? I asked a similar question while writing a story for...
View ArticleFrom modeling to monitoring: PAE’s energy tracking system
If someone, or something, is being an energy hog in PAE's downtown Portland office, associate Ruwan Jayaweera knows about it.
View ArticleGreen homebuilders honored by Earth Advantage
Hammer & Hand was named Custom Builder of the Year by Earth Advantage on Tuesday in part for building the energy-efficient Karuna House in the Yamhill Valley.
View ArticleCity Council approves mandatory energy reporting for buildings
The Portland City Council unanimously approved a new policy that will require certain buildings over 20,000 square feet to report their energy usage to the city every year.
View ArticleHammer & Hand wins innovative housing award
Hammer & Hand will receive a 2015 Housing Innovation Award for the company's work on the Pumpkin Ridge Passive House in North Plains.
View ArticlePortland launches energy score requirement for home sales
Portland has become the first city in the United States to require sellers of single-family homes to disclose an energy score.
View ArticleHow much disclosure is too much?
If you found out your significant other was cheating on you, would you demand to know the painful details or hope that not knowing would be better? I asked a similar question while writing a story for...
View ArticleErica Dunn, winner of Van Evera Bailey Fellowship
Erica Dunn, an associate with Hennebery Eddy Architects, recently was awarded the Van Evera Bailey Fellowship. Starting in January, she will conduct an expansive study on building occupants’ impact on...
View ArticleUO lab opens to industry for green facade testing
Officials at the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts recently opened the largest facility in the United States -- possibly the world -- for testing materials and designs used...
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