After wowing over 300 guests at the Portland BetterBricks Awards, Kevin Kampschroer, Director of the Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings for the U.S. General Service Administration (GSA), was invited by SERA Architects… and NEEA’s BetterBricks initiative to tour the extensive energy efficient renovation of GSA’s Edith Green

Are you hankering to design an ambitious Net-Zero Energy Building (NZEB), but you just can’t overcome your assessment of the potential risk? Ever wanted the designers and project managers who have been there before you to whisper lessons learned into your ear? Well, here’s your chance to hear from some…

At the AIA Convention in Miami last Thursday, several Northwest firms presented on their efforts to track and benchmark energy performance on all their projects. The session focused on how firms are doing in meeting their AIA 2030 commitments. Margaret Montgomery, Director of Sustainability for NBBJ and Chris Chatto on the ZGF…

For energy-minded architects and designers, a building’s façade has consistently been a  critical and complex topic.  It has the potential to capture, filter and integrate natural ventilation, daylight, manage solar heat and provide visual and physical connections between indoor and outdoor environments.  One of the challenges is to create a…