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Portland ranked greenest U.S. city

The Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton metro area ranked No. 1 among 43 U.S. metro areas in a report on America’s greenest cities. Continue Reading...

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Lessons learned from Oregon's first green buildings

Oregon's first LEED-certified projects are closing in on their 10th birthdays. Did they live up to their promise? What can today's developers learn from these first green buildings? Continue Reading...

by Wendy Culverwell

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Sustainability experts embrace 'new urbanism'

“New urbanism is about revitalizing city centers, or the cores of Main Street America." Three Portland-area sustainability consultants are among the nation's experts in new urbanism. Continue Reading...

by Andy Giegerich

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Sustainability Center: not sustainable

Oregon is known as a place for dreamers. This is clearly the case with the proposed Oregon Sustainability Center, or OSC, a mixed-use high-rise on the edge of the Portland State University campus. There will be no benefits for those of us forced to pay for it through higher taxes. In fact, it will create a net loss for the community. Continue Reading...

by John Charles

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The business case for the Oregon Sustainability Center

The Oregon Sustainability Center seeks to become the highest-performing commercial high-rise building in the world. But the OSC is as much about business as it is about high performance in sustainability. Continue Reading...

by Colin Sears

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Efficiency is your best energy investment

by Peter West

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Pacific Northwest: We see the future

by Debbie Driscoll

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Doing something about the weather

by Ryan Deckert

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Why employee engagement matters even more

by Mike Mercer

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The features of a state energy policy

by David Williams

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The green jobs myth

by Robert Grott

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