CLIMATE RESPONSIVE DESIGN – REFLECTIONS ON PLACE-BASED BUILDINGs
Presenter: Clark brockman, sera architects
Sponsored by: oregon renewable energy center

 
Mr. Brockman will cover a variety of related topics in this presentation, all dealing with trends
in the green building industry and related research: the Architecture 2030 Challenge and its
significant impacts on federal policy, the Living Building Challenge and its financial and
code/policy implications, and the idea of University EcoDistricts. His presentation will explore
the leading edge of the green building movement and how the design and construction
professions are changing (or need to change) to meet the challenges before us.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH 5:30 to 7:30 PM
OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
College Union, Mt. Mazama Room
 
Free of charge. No registration necessary.
Questions: contact Linda Riley, linda.riley@oit.edu, 885.1823
http://www.oit.edu/orec/events

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Clark Brockman AIA, LEED AP – Associate Principal
Clark is Director of SERA Architect’s Sustainability Resource Team.  He is the former Chair of
the Cascadia Region Green Building Council Board of Directors and a current board member. 
He is also a new founding board member for the International Living Building Institute and
serves on the Advisory Board for The Natural Step Network.  He has served in a green building
advisory capacity to Portland’s Office of Sustainable Development, the Portland Development
Commission, Multnomah County, the office of the Oregon Governor, the Oregon Business
Council and both Oregon Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and David Wu’s offices. He is a
frequent lecturer and panel participant on sustainable design, green building and energy
efficiency policy, and the impact of the built environment on climate change.
 
 
SERA Architects, Inc.
SERA is a multi-disciplinary firm committed to a sustainable
approach to problem solving. They offer their clients expertise in
integrated architecture, urban design and planning, and interior
design. Their design approach stresses urban infill, reuse and
redevelopment as important strategies for creating a new sense of
community. They direct this civic pride for all of their projects
toward achieving architecture that balances urban and natural
resource flows. SERA is proud of their history of creating
successful, award winning projects that strive for a sense of
beauty, proportion and specificity of place while maintaining
functionality and durability over time.
 
Since the firm’s organization in 1968, SERA has been instrumental
in the development of Portland’s national reputation for livability.
Their leadership within national organizations that promote
sustainability in the construction industry, such as the U.S. Green
Building Council and the Oregon Natural Step Network, puts them
at the forefront of green building design. SERA is 100% employee-
owned and managed, a team in the truest sense of the word.