The folks at Hopworks Urban Brewing have come up with a green and stylish new way of serving and transporting beer: by bike! They've built a pedal-powered bar on the frame of a cargo bike that holds...
We blogged recently about the Margarido House -- the first in Northern California to win the LEED-H Platinum rating. Now Portland's at it, with two homes in inner SW earning the top level distinction....
This year's Build It Green Tour of Homes in Portland is happening Saturday, September 20. The tour runs 11 AM to 5 PM, and you can visit as many of the 20 homes as you can......
Urban forestry: it's not just for looks any more. Cities are realizing the benefits of trees in reducing the load on—and the cost of—other infrastructure, such as sewers. And someone cle...
We lived in Portland, Oregon for three years, and can say first hand that it really is the epicenter of green. If there can be an epicenter in an epicenter, then it's the ReBuilding Center, a non-pro...
This project makes us feel a bit better about teardowns. (That's the jargon for when a small house is levelled and replaced with a much bigger house.)Shannon Quimby, "one of the nation’s top renew-...
This is nifty! Currently serving Portland, Oregon, but with plans to grow, GreenRenter is a very inclusive list of residential and commercial properties with some green characteristics....
Remember the Good Question about green framing? We've found another option!...
We're big fans of this house in Portland, Oregon. We like the low-maintenance, long-lasting, and unpainted galvanized steel used as siding. But we especially like the way it's detailed....
We already know that Portland is on the cutting-edge of all things green -- so, it makes sense that someone there would be working seriously with structural insulated panels (SIPs)....
The March issue of Sunset includes an article, Green in Portland (in the actual magazine it's called Green Like Us), that profiles three couples with green lifestyles. It seems everywhere we turn t...
We never cease to be amazed by the good sense of Metro, the regional governmental group that's responsible for a good part of the quality of life in the Portland, Oregon area. Thanks to Metro, we've ...
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