Portland Sustainable Building Week

Sustainable Northwest Wood’s Good Wood Celebration is going on with great speakers sharing beautiful projects with the most sustainable wood grown in Oregon.

’s Good Wood Celebration!

Today is the day! We're setting up SEA HQ to host our Portland Sustainable Building Week event, "Community Resilience Hubs Workshop."

Event attendees can expect to leave with a deeper understanding of Community Resilience Hubs paired with tactical strategies for implementing resiliency into existing or new facilities within their communities. If you're planning to join us, we'll see you soon! 👏

Get down to Prosper Portland to hear from housing experts about how we can use Portland’s office space into housing!

Julie Garver - Innovative Housing Inc.
Shelly Carlton - Energy Trust of Oregon
Hillary Adam - city of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Brian Moore - Prosper Portland
Jonah Gamblin - Design Research Office
Matthew Claude - Portland State University

’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) held an event in Portland’s grandest building, . Jake from shared the amazing wood story of the new airport. Special thanks to and everyone who showed up, even those just passing through the terminal.

Adaptive Reuse in Architecture —Scott Edwards Architecture Adaptive reuse in architecture is the process of repurposing an existing building for a new use. Learn about the benefits of this architectural approach.

AIA Oregon COTE Green Champion Summit kicking off the first evening event at the Portland Airport! Thanks to ZGF Architects Energy Trust of Oregon and AIA Oregon

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 using a real-world project example from our event sponsor, PCS Structural Solutions.

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Join the IIDA Oregon Chapter for their 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 if you’d like!

This event will help shape the visioning and planning of how IIDA Oregon Chapter can collaborate on further climate action within the Interior Design community and beyond here in Oregon.

https://bit.ly/3YbaS2A

Just added - Monday October 7 6:00 p.m.!

Please join PHnw - Passive House Northwest's vice president, Josh Salinger, as he speaks on where passive house came from and where it is today. He'll speak on how the latest iteration of passive building is more accessible and impactful than ever and show some examples of 'Passive House 3.0' which is focused on durability, health, resiliency, comfort and energy efficiency.

Come join us and learn about the latest in sustainable design and construction and how one can address climate change through the built environment through passive building methodology.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4dt08AE

Join us for an exhibition and happy hour at BORA!

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 well as the unique aspects of each of the projects.

https://bit.ly/4dphSNk