Discover upcoming opportunities to help you gain high-performance building skills, connect with industry professionals, and grow your career in Oregon's residential construction industry.
October
MON - FRI October 5 - 9
Portland, OR
Sustainable Building Week
Sustainable Building Week offers a week of events to break down siloed thinking to improve cross-disciplinary education, connectivity, and future collaboration to promote sustainable practices and design across the city of Portland and beyond.
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MON October 5
1:00 - 2:30 PMPortland, OR
Opsis Architecture - Hidden Creek Community Center Tour
Join us for a tour of Hidden Creek Community Center, a vibrant public facility designed to support recreation, wellness, and connection in Hillsboro. Explore how thoughtful design, sustainability, and community priorities come together to create a welcoming place for people of all ages.
During the tour, attendees will learn about the project’s sustainability strategies, including its use of mass timber and energy-efficiency measures that helped the project qualify for Energy Trust of Oregon’s Path to Net Zero incentives. Hear insights from the design team and City of Hillsboro Parks & Recreation and Public Works staff, and see firsthand how the facility supports both environmental performance and community well-being.
Meet outside the facility by the art piece, under cover.
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MON October 5
5:00 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
Celebrating 10 Years of Deconstruction in Portland
A Sustainable Building Week Event
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TUES October 6
9:00 - 10:30 AMPortland, OR
Guided Site Tour of ASLA 2025 Green Ribbon Award Winning Errol Heights Park
Join the ASLA Oregon Climate and Biodiversity Action Committee for an informative, guided tour of an award-winning, hybrid park co-led by Michael O’Brien, Associate Landscape Architect at Mayer/Reed and Ross Swanson, Capital Project Manager at PP&R.
The design of Errol Heights Park skillfully addresses climate action and biodiversity, transforming an underutilized landscape into a climate-positive, biodiverse, and community-rooted public space.
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TUES October 6
4:30 - 6:30 PMPortland, OR
Imagining Forward: A Regenerative Materials Future for Portland
As a part of Portland's Sustainable Building Week, we'll be hosting an event unlike any other. Join us for a one-night collective imagining session hosted in partnership with the Portland Materials Transparency Collaborative. Using mindful MATERIALS' Common Materials Framework impact areas (human health, climate health, ecosystem health, social health and equity, and circularity) as a lens, we'll come together to envision a holistically sustainable future where regenerative materials aren't the exception, but the norm.
Hosted by Tim Conway of Mindful Materials and Jennifer Wehling of HMC Architects, with the visioning session facilitated by Maria Papiez of EwingCole.
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TUES October 6
5:00 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
EnerCity Collaborative - Career Conversations with ECC Alumni: Pathways to Meaningful Work Panel & Networking
Join us for a relaxed, engaging panel with alumni who have turned their training into meaningful careers in sustainable building and clean energy. Moderated by James Metoyer, they’ll share their journeys—from hands-on learning and certifications to full-time jobs and entrepreneurship—showing how our programs create real economic opportunity and career growth in communities that need it most.
This is a chance to see firsthand how investing in workforce development in the green building sector strengthens communities, builds skills, and drives long-term impact. If we host at our new space, attendees will also get a sneak peek at our training and community hub and the future of our work.
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TUES October 6
5:00 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
More Than Nothing: Starting and Sustaining Hyper Local Mutual Aid Networks
Buildings keep getting better at protecting the people inside them: tighter envelopes, backup power, cooling, filtration for smoke season. What a building cannot do is notice that no one has seen the person in 3B for two days. During a Portland ice storm a few winters ago, the neighbor directly across the hall from Sarah Holdeman died in a fire started by the candles she was using for light and warmth. Sarah had flashlights and blankets, as did half a dozen others on the floor. She didn't know anyone well enough to ask, and they didn't know her well enough to offer. The building performed exactly as designed. Past a certain point, resilience stops being a property-level question and becomes a question of whether the people inside know each other's names.
This panel looks at hyper local mutual aid as the layer of resilience infrastructure that no design decision can deliver. Three panelists who came at it from different directions, one through a household built as an experiment in belonging, one through years of fostering and moving money toward communities, and one through a flyer taped up in an elevator this year, will get into what it actually takes to start something, what makes these networks fall apart, and what makes them last through the boring years between emergencies. Everyone leaves with a tool matched to their own situation, whether that's a flyer template for people starting from zero, ways to strengthen a network that exists but wobbles, or new ideas for one that's been running for years. Whether you're here as a professional thinking about the buildings you work on or as someone who would just like to know their neighbors, both are good reasons to come.
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WED October 7
12:00 - 2:00 PMPortland, OR
Heat Pump Water Heater + Split-System Product & Sales Training
Part 1: Heat Pump Water Heaters: Technology Overview and Customer Solutions
Learn about the technology that goes into heat pump water heaters, and how to successfully sell and install them. Includes information of codes and standards, rebate resources, site-specific considerations, and developing a happy customer base with the power of savings. US Dept. of Energy Energy Skilled recognized course.
Part 2:
AO Smith's manufacturer representatives, Hollabaugh Bros. & Associates, will present product and sales training on AO Smith's line of heat pump water heaters. This will include the unitary ProLine XE Voltex AL (HPTS) models and the all-new Voltex X split system HPWH.
Split systems not only offer excellent efficiency, but also allow for installations in tight spaces, multifamily residences, and other places where a unitary HPWH is not a good fit.
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WED October 7
4:00 - 6:00 PMOnline
Cómo Trabajar en Proyectos Sostenibles y Ahorro de Energía
Celebra la Semana de Construcción Sostenible con nosotros y asiste a "Cómo Trabajar en Proyectos Sostenibles y Ahorro de Energía", presentada por José B. Una introducción a construcción sostenible y que es lo que significa trabajar en los proyectos de program de mejoras para el hogar. Discutiéramos las oportunidades en Construcción Verde, que necesita para trabajar y los beneficios de construcción sostenible. Clase será en español.
Celebrate Sustainable Building Week with us by attending "How to work in Sustainable and Energy-Saving Projects", taught by José B. An introduction to sustainability in construction and what it means to work on home retrofit projects. We will also discuss the opportunities within Green Construction, what is takes to work in the world of sustainability, and the benefits of sustainability in construction. Class will be in Spanish.
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WED October 7
5:30 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
Step-by-Step: Home Electrification with an Electrify Oregon Coach
If it feels overwhelming to move your appliances, water heater, home HVAC system, vehicle, and/or yard tools toward clean energy, come to this open session with Electrify Oregon. We're a statewide volunteer organization that helps people overcome the obstacles to home electrification. We offer one-on-one help from free, certified coaches. No matter where you are in your electrification journey (or if you're just electrify-curious), we can help answer questions from renters and homeowners about the many options for electrifying your life in Oregon.
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WED October 7
5:30 - 7:30 PMPortland, OR
SHE ROSE with SHEROES
Inspiring stories about mentorship, empowerment, ageism and allies that helped spur the success of six women+ in sustainability.
Join WISE (women in sustainable endeavors) during Sustainable Building Week for a panel discussion featuring six women+ at different stages of their careers in sustainability. You'll hear inspiring stories about the importance of mentorship, empowerment, the effects of ageism, and the advice from allies that helped shape them and spur their success.
Open to ALL genders and persuasions to celebrate these inspiring women. Complementary snacks & drinks included.
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THURS October 8
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Portland, OR
Exploring Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems in Affordable Housing
Sabin CDC’s new 78-unit affordable multifamily development, Nicole Sandoval, will be heated and cooled by a geothermal ground-source heat pump system. Through drilling 600 feet down below the building, we are able to use the relatively stable temperature of the earth to keep the building cool in the summer and warm in the winter. This system is designed to reduce energy consumption, operating costs, and greenhouse gas emissions while improving long-term comfort and resilience for residents. It also has a significantly longer lifespan than alternative heating and cooling systems such as mini-splits, helping to lower future operating costs.
Come learn from Nicole Sandoval’s development team, geothermal contractors, and project engineers, about the technical elements of this system, the benefits it can provide to the building and its residents, and what funding sources made it possible. The presentation will include a site tour where participants can see where the geothermal bore holes were drilled earlier this summer!
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THURS October 8
4:00 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
ReBuilding Center Fall ReUse Open House
A Sustainable Building Week Event.
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No Registration Required
FRI October 9
Portland, OR
Building Belonging: Equity and Access in Action
The ZERO Coalition’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee invites you to Building Belonging: Equity and Access in Action, an afternoon conversation and sustainable home tour exploring how we can create buildings and communities where everyone can participate, contribute, and belong.
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TUES October 13
5:30 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
Level Up! Finance and Taxes Demystified
Level Up! is Oregon Tradeswomen's educational social hour where we will welcome subject-matter experts to discuss topics to enhance your life and career. These sessions are FREE and open to everyone!
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WED October 21
5:00 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
Oregon Tradeswomen Social Hour
Oregon Tradeswomen welcomes tradesworkers in our region to join our monthly gatherings to connect, network, discover opportunities, and give or receive support. Join us to share how you're doing and spend a little time with your community. Light refreshments are provided.
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Various Dates
Various Locations, OR
Volunteer with Catalyst Partnerships NW
Join us as Taking Ownership PDX presents their powerful, community-rooted model for supporting Black and Brown homeowners through critical home repairs, retrofits, and housing stability services. This session will highlight how their work helps residents remain in their homes, avoid displacement caused by rising repair costs, and build long-term wealth and equity in neighborhoods that have faced historic and systemic disadvantages. Attendees will gain insight into their impact, approach, and the broader movement to preserve homeownership and strengthen community resilience across Portland.
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November
WED November 18
5:00 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
Oregon Tradeswomen Social Hour
Oregon Tradeswomen welcomes tradesworkers in our region to join our monthly gatherings to connect, network, discover opportunities, and give or receive support. Join us to share how you're doing and spend a little time with your community. Light refreshments are provided.
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December
TUES December 8
5:00 - 7:00 PMPortland, OR
Sustainable Building Monthly: Holiday Party
Join us for the end-of-year Holiday Party as SBM, ASHRAE Oregon, and partners come together for a festive evening of good food, drinks, and warm community vibes to close out 2026. This celebration is all about connection, bringing together colleagues, collaborators, and new friends from across the sustainability and building industries. Come unwind, share gratitude, and enjoy a cozy, more-the-merrier gathering as we toast to another year of progress and partnership.
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