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Friday, March 6th, 200975+ Portland Weekend Events & Parties
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Want to know what’s going on this week around town? Here’s 75+ Portland Weekend Events & Parties from March 5-8.
Gerding Edlen selected for Green Center study
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Damin Tarlow is at it again, but this time on the cover of the Daily Journal of Commerce.
Gerding Edlen, along with SERA Architects and GBD Architects, has been selected to perform a feasibility study for the Sustainability Center of Excellence in Portland.
From the DJC article:
A selection committee concluded that the Gerding Edlen team is best positioned to do the project. “After lengthy deliberations, debate and discussion the committee unanimously agreed that Gerding Edlen Development is the most qualified and experienced team to deliver this complicated project within the schedule and meet as many objectives as are likely to be met for this ambitious project – such as satisfying LEED platinum and the Living Building Challenge,” the committee said in its notice of intent to award, released Wednesday.
Check out their full article for more details.
Did you know Oregon is a leader in alternative energy?
Friday, February 27th, 2009Here are just a few tidbits:
- Largest solar cluster in America: $1 billion investment
- Top five in the US in wind with >1,100mw and 2,500 mw approved
- Adopted targets for lower CO2 emissions and cap and trade system
- Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and Oregon Global Warming Commission
- Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies (best): partners include OSU, PSU, UO, OIT and numerous private organizations with the primary goal to accelerate cutting-edge research and facilitate partnerships to turn that research into on-the-ground business opportunities
- State Government 100% powered by renewable by 2010
- Oregon Renewable energy 10% by 2010 and 25% by 2025
- PGE1st in country in sales of green power, PacifiCorp 4th
We’ll share more soon!
15 Creatively Funky Floors and Flooring Designs from WebUrbanist
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Need some good ideas for what to do with the floor in your new Cyan apartment? Here’s 15 Creatively Funky Floors and Flooring Designs from WebUrbanist. Enjoy!
Video from Damin’s Ignite Portland talk last night: Suck or Blow?
Friday, February 20th, 2009
So proud of Damin! He did a great job last night discussing what could otherwise be a boring topic: the environmental impact of buildings. View and/or download his slide deck »
Ian is living on display in our model apartment
Friday, February 20th, 2009At Ignite Portland last night we shared the news that Ian Johnson will be living on display in our showroom apartment. He’ll be there for two to three days per week for three months! Don’t worry, it’s not David Blane style. Ian brought his guitar and plans to host a few events.
We’ll be posting updates on this blog and Ian will be giving us live updates of his life inside the sales center. I’ve got some videos of Ian giving me a tour of the space he’ll be occupying, which I’ll post on Monday.
Damin’s Ignite Portland 5 talk: To Suck or Blow? It’s really a matter of energy
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Damin Tarlow is the project lead on Cyan and just presented at Ignite Portland on the environmental impact of buildings. He is concerned about getting on Twitter, so please drop him a comment encouraging him to join!! He’s a super smart guy and has a lot of unique perspectives to offer.
Gerding Edlen, developers of Cyan, are passionate about green building, so much so that they have more green buildings than employees. But, the LEED rated projects that they built their reputation on, are just the beginning for them. This blog is opening them to the conversation, so if you want to see more of GED online, say so below.
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Our own Damin Tarlow speaking at Ignite Portland, tickets available at 10 am today
Thursday, February 5th, 2009Damin Tarlow is the man behind Cyan within Gerding Edlen. He recently submitted a talk for Ignite Portland 5 and was among the lucky few selected! Damin’s talk is If we want to change our environmental impact, forget the cars we need to fix our buildings.
Tickets for the event are free and will be made available today at 10 am. Tickets for the last Ignite Portland were gone in a mere 3.5 hours! So, if you would like to see Damin’s talk or one of the dozen other compelling talks, make sure to check out http://www.igniteportland.com/ at 10 am.
Cyan PDX is sponsoring Ignite Portland
Friday, January 30th, 2009
On February 19th, Ignite Portland will deliver its fifth show, which will be held at the Bagdad Theatre. If you’re not familiar with Ignite Portland, let us take a moment to share what the buzz is all about.
The Ignite series was started by the O’Reilly media group and has grown into an international phenomena with dozens of cities around the globe organizing local events. The format of the event is 13 speakers who get 5 minutes each and 20 slides to share interesting topics ranging from How to buy a car for under $1,000 to Why Deutschland Loves David Hasselhoff to Cup Noodle: Innovation, Inspiration, and Manga. Organized by a local non-profit known as the Legion of Tech, Ignite has been a sold-out show for each of the previous four events. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. The tickets are free, and are generally gone within hours of their release!
We’re a sponsor for the fifth appearance of this series, which has had a record 80 submissions for the coveted 13 spots. Because the freely available tickets are claimed within hours of the event, leave us a comment below if you’d like us to notify you the second they are available. Make sure you include your email address in the email field below!!
