Save the Date: SBW 2018 Oct 8-14th

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Save the Date: October 8th - 14th, 2018

Greetings!

October 8, 2018 kicks off the first annual Sustainable Building Week (SBW) an event-filled week from a cross section of Portland’s design professional organizations. The week will bring the best and brightest building professional organizations together to educate, connect and foster opportunities for future collaboration to Keep Portland Green. Whether its combating climate change, protecting our natural resources or investigating the increasing number of dangerous chemicals in our indoor spaces, the multitude of issues that need to be addressed require more attention by all of us.

Why does this event exist?

We aim to Keep Portland Green. Over the years we’ve watched our beautiful city fall from a leadership position in the green building industry. Now we’ve become a middle of the pack green city with unexpected conservative cities surpassing us (good for them!) We plan to change that and remind the local industry that we must reclaim the throne and show the world what sustainability really is!

SCHEDULED EVENTS

October 8, 2018

AIA Portland COTE Green Champion's Summit

A conversation and debate about the basic questions of “Where do buildings come from and where do they go”.

Open Houses

October 9, 2018

Passive House NW - Passive Buildings Tour

Come tour three new passive buildings to see the latest in low-energy load assemblies and systems.

Open Houses

October 10, 2018

2018 GoGreen Portland Conference

The largest regional conference for business and government decision-makers to come together for one day to learn from recognized community leaders to advance sustainability best practices in their own organizations.

Inefficiency is Old School: Understanding the Process of Achieving Sustainable Schools

A Brunch and Learn panel where experts from the field of sustainable school design will discuss the no cost and low cost options for improving the school built environment.

ILFI Portland Collaborative – Beyond the Building: Advocacy & Sustainability

Learn specific tools to make sure you stay connected, know how and when to speak up and empower you to be active in our open democratic society.

Higher Education

The University of Oregon, College of Design, Department of Architecture and Institute for Health in the Built Environment will present innovative student and faculty research advancing sustainability with an ensuing panel discussion on academia’s role in advancing sustainability.

Open Houses

October 11, 2018

AIA Portland - Materials Matter

A dive into the science behind materials and human health to understand how material substances reach people and lead to health consequences.

Zoo Education Center Tour and Biomimicry Exploration

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.

Open Houses

October 12, 2018

USGBC - Oregon’s Women In Green

Hosted by USGBC Oregon, Women In Green celebrates female leaders in sustainability who are at the top of their field, fueling ambitious young women and catalyzing change.

Green Building Slam

This final, wrap-up celebration for Portland’s Sustainable Building Week features t en innovative and remarkable projects in ten slides, ten minutes each.

Open Houses

October 13, 2018

Building Tours

Event Details

Support the Cause

Partnership Deadline Sept. 4, 2018

Organizational support of Sustainable Building Week is essential to building a more sustainable Portland. We are continuing to accept partnerships until September 4th. As a reminder, there are three tiers of partnership for you to consider.

To discuss partnership with Sustainable Building Week, please contact Terry Campbell at info@sustainablebuildingweek.org or 503-380-9685.

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SBW Collaborators

The Sun Shines Again on Portland Sustainability

In the early 2000’s, Portland was the envy of burgeoning sustainable cities. We were paving bike lanes, recycling, constructing LEED buildings, and planning for the greenest future possible. The recession hit. Sustainability be damned, we need to put food on the table. Yet with the now booming economy, our green hearts are slow to inflate. Was it just a fad? We say NO! Sustainable designers are everywhere and we are resilient. We can make Portland green again! To read the entire blog click the link below.

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Sustainable Building Week

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