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Jul 17, 2014

Net-zero commercial buildings still costly

Economic factors are holding back development of more net-zero buildings, industry professionals say.

Dec 18, 2012

Sam Adams鈥� legacy in shadow of recession

Portland Mayor Sam Adams is just days away from leaving office. When it comes to the development, what kind of legacy will he leave behind? Read what some local industry leaders say, and then weigh in with your opinion.

Nov 28, 2012

Portland engineering firm seeks proposals for living building

Interface Engineering, in collaboration with NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson, is seeking a new, highly efficient office space for itself near downtown Portland. The company鈥檚 aspirations are for a building net zero for energy, water and waste, and possibly able to achieve the Living Building Challenge standard 鈥� billed as the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment.

Oct 11, 2012

Oregon Sustainability Center team takes lessons from failed project

Last week, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, a longtime advocate for the Oregon Sustainability Center, acknowledged that it won鈥檛 be built. But team members working on the project, including developers, engineers and architects, say the strategies developed for it were innovative and have helped them gain work elsewhere.

Oct 8, 2012

Oregon Sustainability Center will not be built, Adams announces

Mayor Sam Adams on Friday announced that the proposed Oregon Sustainability Center will not be built. Adams鈥� reasoning was that the $63.3 million project did not have enough City Council votes to move forward.

Mar 6, 2012

Adams responds to Oregon Sustainability Center funding failure

In the wake of the news that the Oregon Sustainability Center will not move forward this year as its supporters hoped, Mayor Sam Adams announced that the city of Portland is not ready to give up on the project.

Mar 5, 2012

Oregon Sustainability Center appears doomed without legislative approval for funding

The proposal to build the Oregon Sustainability Center, a planned $61.7 million green building showpiece, may be dead in the water. As the short state legislative session comes to a close, it is all but certain that the requested state bonds 鈥� which cover more than half of the project costs 鈥� will not be approved.

Dec 30, 2011

Sustainable construction to remain a strong theme in 2012

The Oregon Sustainability Center and two green housing groups will make 2012 a busy year in Portland.

Nov 18, 2011

Skanska moves into KOIN Center, quashing rumors about Oregon Sustainability Center tenancy

Skanska USA moved its office from its former Beaverton location into the downtown Portland KOIN Center this week. After a 3-month renovation, employees moved into the office on Nov. 14.

Oct 13, 2011

Oregon university projects face delays because of legislative action

More than a dozen Oregon University System capital construction projects 鈥� from the Oregon Sustainability Center to Oregon State University's new student union 鈥� are being held up because of a lack of bonding approval.

Sep 23, 2011

Oregon Sustainability Center facing a ‘cart/horse scenario’

The Oregon Sustainability Center team last week submitted a 100-page report to the Oregon Legislature, with hope that it will move the project forward. The report was a response to a list of more than two dozen questions issued in June by the Ways and Means committee. On Friday, the interim committee accepted the report, but didn鈥檛 give an indication that the project proposal would pass when it [...]

Sep 21, 2011

3 potential tenants in ‘preliminary discussions’ for Oregon Sustainability Center

The Oregon University System has to answer some big questions at the legislature 鈥� most of them marked with a capital "$." One of the significant questions that Rep. Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg, asked when he single-handedly delayed re-authorizing the projects' bonding authority in June was about private tenants and rents: Who will pay more for office space, just because it's green? If the private s[...]



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