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This past June Earth Advantage (EA) released it’s Remodel Certification program. This program provides a clear pathway for homeowners to upgrade their existing homes to high performance standards, and to have those upgrades measured and certified by an independent third party.

A tour for people interested in learning more about ADUs and meeting the homeowners, builders, and designers who built them.

Building Performance Institute (BPI) has partnered with CakeSystems to collect and store data to fulfill BPI’s role as the first national U.S. DOE Home Energy Score Partner.

Portland Ecoroof Symposium
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 8:30am - 6:00pm
World Trade Conference Center, 121 SW Salmon 2WTC, Portland, Oregon

Stone Bridge Homes NW is a local northwest semi-custom home builder. With over 10 communities throughout Oregon and Clark County Washington, our homes are built using the highest sustainable standards and materials.

Achieving the twin goals of expanding utility incentive program participation and creating new savings opportunities in the new construction market by designing new utility financial incentives that would influence outcomes at the community development level.

Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East has a commitment to green building and continuously looks for ways to make homes affordable to live in and affordable to buy.

SolAire Homebuilders, building custom homes in the Bend, Oregon area since 1995, tracked the energy consumption numbers from the first Earth Advantage Net Zero certified home they built in 2011 to verify the home is in fact operating as designed.

One pathway for making home energy scores more visible to the real estate market is to include them as part of official government property records, such as property tax records. In Energy Ratings on Property Tax Records: A Policy Analysis Earth Advantage, with support from Washington State University Energy Program, sought to investigate the process, means, and barriers to recording energy ratings in property tax records.

The Earth Advantage Builder of the Month for February is Choice One Builders