More than 90 Oregon architects, green developers, representatives of renewable energy companies, building contractors, and university researchers attended an Oregon BEST-hosted green building workshop in Portland on February 17, 2009. Participants explored how business-university-government collaboration will speed continued growth of Oregon’s green building industry and could lead to a National Green Building Research Center located in the state. Read the news release. Below are links to the presentations, reports, and other information from that meeting:
PRESENTATIONS:
Oregon BEST Green Building Research & Faculty: Overview
Oregon BEST Green Building Faculty, Expertise, & Contact Info
Lisa Petterson, SERA Architects (Part I)
Lisa Petterson, SERA Architects (Part 2)
Steve Straus, GLUMAC International
Johanna Brickman, ZGF Architects
REPORTS FROM BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
Meeting attendees divided into groups that discussed and reported on the following three areas.
INVENTORY OF BARRIERS:
Meeting attendees listed and discussed key barriers to widespread adoption of green building in the following areas, with emphasis on barriers that could be overcome with additional university research.