Rogue now selling Portland State IPA
By John Foyston, Special to The Oregonian June 01, 2010, 2:35PM View full sizeIt just makes sense that Portland State University would have its own beer, and thanks to Rogue Ales, you can now buy Portland State IPA in 22-ounce bottles with the legend, “Think local, buy local, learn local (ly).” “It’s a fun way […]
Marriott International Goes Green in a Big Way With its First LEED-Gold Certified Property in Downtown Portland, Oregon
The Newly Redesigned Courtyard by Marriott® Portland City Center is Just One of Nine U.S. Hotel Properties to Achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Certification Portland, OR (PRWEB) May 22, 2010 — Coinciding with Earth Day’s 40th year, Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center now stands out among the Marriott family of hotels […]
Driving Makes You Fat, Urban Sprawl Bankrupts You, Other Life-Saving New Urbanist Epiphanies
BY Greg LindsayThu May 20, 2010 On the afternoon of July 6, 1999, Dr. Richard Jackson was summoned to the office of his boss, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jackson was then the head of the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health, and he knew that his boss was […]
Rewarding consumers for saving energy.
Tuesday, 18th May 2010 Source : Joyce Gioia, Strategic Business Futurist Recently, Hilton Worldwide announced it has been secretly monitoring the energy use in 1300 of its 3500 hotels worldwide. Using its proprietary system LightStay, the corporation has calculated and analyzed its environmental impact. In the first full-year of findings, the 1,300 LightStay-equipped properties conserved […]
Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally
Kaid Benfield Director, Smart Growth Program, Washington, DC Blog | About Posted May 12, 2010 in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming Yesterday the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program released its signature report, The State of Metropolitan America. The study is a comprehensive examination of a range of data indicators on […]
City recommends Nashville firm run garages
Portland Business Journal The Portland Transportation Bureau has recommended that a Nashville, Tenn., firm receive a contract to oversee the city’s six SmartPark garages. Central Parking System won the recommendation to receive the garage management contract over four other companies, including Star Park, which had won the contract seven years ago over a group overseen […]
Portland Employers Find It’s Easy Being Green
Companies in the Oregon city don’t just talk about sustainability and renewable resources—they follow through. Employees wouldn’t have it any other way. By Michelle V. Rafter n Portland, Oregon, your company isn’t really green unless you’ve got a bike cage in the parking structure, a compost bin in the lunchroom, fume-free paint on the walls, […]
Another U.S. Federal Agency on Board with Sustainable Transport
Submitted by Megan McConville on April 2, 2010No Comment The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is joining the growing list of federal agencies recognizing the benefits of active and sustainable transportation. Photo: shoothead. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation…and now Health and Human Services, all […]
SmartTrips Business reports successful first year
By Inna Levin SmartTrips Business is an outreach program of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) that helps local businesses inform their customers and employees of sustainable transportation options to reach their destination. Its final report for the first year in the North and Northwest Portland neighborhoods is now out and can be found here. Between […]
Bend solar parts maker PV Powered bought by Colorado’s Advanced Energy
By Jeff Manning, The Oregonian March 24, 2010, 4:20PM A promising Bend-based solar power company has been bought out by a Colorado competitor for as much as $90 million in cash and stock. Advanced Energy Industries Inc. of Fort Collins, Colo., has purchased PV Powered, a maker of so-called inverters, a fundamental component of solar […]