Entries Tagged as 'Earth Advantage Institute'

Apr 9

Want to be Green? Reuse an existing building

Earth Advantage Institute , Energy Efficiency , Energy Trust of Oregon , Green Building , Incentives , Reach Code , Solar No Comments »

 
Photo: Rainwater harvesting for toliet flushing in the ODOT building - By Julie Waters

Retrofitting existing buildings to increase efficiency and seismic safety represents an enormous market opportunity with environmental benefits.

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Mar 30

Trend toward zero energy homes and buildings predicted to grow

Earth Advantage Institute , Energy Efficiency , Energy Trust of Oregon , Green Building , High Performance , NBI , Net zero buildings , New Buildings Institute , Residential Construction , Solar , zero energy buildings No Comments »

Net zero construction has come to Oregon. SolAire Homebuilders of Bend built and sold a zero energy home in 2011. A zero energy house was recently completed in the John Day Fossil Beds as part of the National Park Service’s larger effort to make the Painted Hills unit carbon neutral.

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