To accelerate research, collaboration, and innovation, Oregon BEST references the following reports, documents, articles, and other materials about the sustainable built environment and renewable energy sectors.

A list of the Master Agreements, Seed Grants, Proposal Matches, and Shared Laboratory Investments that Oregon BEST has made using Oregon Business Development Department funds can be downloaded here.

"Oregon Universities Know Solar" is a color brochure highlighting solar energy research expertise and lab facilities at Oregon universities (PDF, 3.8 MB)

"Oregon: Leading the Nation in Green Building Innovation" is a color brochure highlighting green building research expertise and lab facilities at Oregon universities (PDF 3 MB). For a list of more than 75 Oregon BEST Member Faculty engaged in green building research, click here.

Greening Structural Systems of Buildings Working Group: Project Summary/Report and Slide Presentation (PDFs) 

FINAL REPORT: Oregon BEST Biobased Products Rural Outreach Project (PDF)

Portland's Green Building Cluster: Economic Trends and Impacts (by Jennifer H. Allen Thomas Potiowsky, Portland State University, published in Economic Development Quarterly, Nov., 2008 (PDF)

Carbon-Free Prosperity: How the Northwest Can Create Green Jobs, Deliver Energy Security, and Thrive in the Global Clean-Tech Marketplace (Climate Solutions and CleanEdge Report, Oct., 2008) (PDF)

Oregon Biofuels & Biomass - Potential Project Survey including Regulatory Barriers (May, 2007) (PDF)

Oregon Biofuels & Biomass - Current Uses, Barriers and Opportunities for Increased Utilization and Research Needs (May, 2007) (PDF)