Reports & Documents

OREGON BEST IN THE NEWS

BEST Researcher to Lead New Center
08/05/2010
Oregon BEST researcher Fred Kamke will lead a new $2.2M industry-university research center at OSU focused on wood-based composite materials and funded by private industry partners and the NSF. More
New Grant Program Announced
07/22/2010
Oregon BEST's new Commercialization Grant Program is aimed at helping teams of small Oregon companies collaborating with BEST researchers to more quickly move green innovations from research to marketplace. More
Cooling Solar Panels with Eco-Roofs
07/20/2010
Oregon BEST researchers install solar panels on green roof hoping both will benefit. More
Oregon: World's Green Building Epicenter
07/08/2010
Oregon BEST is helping grow Oregon's reputation as innovation leader in the sustainable built environment. More
14,000 Solar Industry Jobs for Oregon
05/20/2010
A new study says extending incentive programs could create 14,500 solar jobs for Oregonians. More

Announcements

Solar Power Cheaper than Nuclear

New report from Duke University suggests solar energy costs now lower than nuclear. Read More

Published: Aug 4th, 2010

BEST Researcher Appointed to USGBC

UO architecture professor Ihab Elzeyadi, has been appointed to the Research Advisory Committee Read More

Published: Apr 13th, 2010

To accelerate research, collaboration, and innovation, Oregon BEST references the following reports, documents, articles, and other materials about the green building 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)