Coming Soon! Buildings in Balance Lecture Series Presentations

Leed User Groups Presentations and Material

Green Value: Making Money from Green Building -Buildings in Balance Lecture Series
February 3rd, 2006 in Seattle, WA

Underfloor Air Distribution Workshop (September 7 & 8, 2005 - Portland and Seattle)
How Low Can You Go? Airflow Performance of Low-Height Underfloor Plenums

Crossroads: The Intersection of Green Building and LIfe Cycle Assessment
September 9, 2004 in Portland, OR and September 10, 2004 in Seattle, WA

Building Commissioning for a LEED Rating
December 12, 2002 "Building Commissioning for a LEED Rating" presentation by Todd Maguire of Engineering Economics Inc., Craig Hawkins of CHDS Commissioning and Engineering and Bryan Welsh of Keithly Welsh Associates.

Green Buildings in British Columbia, USGBC Vancouver Branch, March 12th, 2003
Background and current status of the adaptation of the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) building rating system to B.C. An overview of green building in B.C. is provided along with current initiatives by the provincial government, the GVRD and the City of Vancouver. click here for the presentation (pdf - 1,840KB)

Forum on Sustainability and the Economy
In the spring of 2004, the Institute presented a special series of Forums on sustainable development in the Portland region entitled "Designing with the Environment: A Portland Way?", underwritten by an Environmental Partnership Program grant from the Port of Portland. This four-part series analyzed the art, science, politics, policy, and bottom-line financial realities of designing buildings, businesses, public institutions, and communities with the environment in mind. The sessions are available to view online. To view archived streaming video you will need Windows Media Player 9 Series and a broadband (LAN, DSL, or Cable) internet connection. Online video at http://www.media.pdx.edu/PSU/IMS_040204.asx

Green Building Videos

"Architecture to Zucchini: The people, companies and organizations pioneering sustainability"
Arnold Creek Productions just released “Architecture to Zucchini: The people, companies and organizations pioneering sustainability.” This two-hour, 12 segment video on DVD is designed to educate academic, business and government audiences about the principles, practices, challenges and benefits of moving toward sustainability. The focus is on taking into account the social, environmental, economic and health impacts of doing business. It’s the first of a series of video productions on sustainability in the works at Arnold Creek, a company founded by media producers Doug Freeman and Dave Decker.

"Blue Vinyl"
Since its triumphant debut at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and its broadcast on HBO in 2003, BLUE VINYL has been part of a revolution to reduce our country's dependence on polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the most common plastics in our consumer society and one of the most toxic known to science.

"The Next Industrial Revolution"
Using the stories of five projects that represent a revolutionary change in the direction of the human economy, THE NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION inspires people to: reconsider their current efforts for the environment,reinvent their businesses and institutions to work with nature, and to redefine themselves as consumers, producers, and citizens to promote a new sustainable relationship with the Earth.