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First Net Zero Certificates Awarded 22 Mar 2013 | 07:48 pm
Earth Advantage Home Certification's newly launched Net Zero and Net Zero Ready certifications awarded its first certificates and plaques in Bend, Oregon. Matt Douglas provided the custom bamboo plaqu...
Repair and Repurpose is the Future of Buildings 28 Feb 2013 | 06:25 am
If you live in one of Portland’s close-in, well-established neighborhoods, there is a good chance that a home on your street has been remodeled or even torn down. Do you know where all of the construc...
A New Era Begins at Earth Advantage Institute 14 Feb 2013 | 11:18 pm
A Profile of Earth Advantage Institute’s New Executive Director, David Heslam David Heslam, the former director of business development, has now been officially appointed executive director as of Jan...
Designing A Playbook for Energy Disclosure 1 Feb 2013 | 11:40 pm
Despite positive experiences with nutritional and vehicle miles-per-gallon labels, the U.S. has been slow to create the necessary components for similar efforts in residential energy performance. Rece...
Suncrest Homes & Earth Advantage 16 Nov 2012 | 01:48 am
Charlie Hamilton of Suncrest Homes has been building in Southern Oregon for 23 years. Before the recession hit, Suncrest was rolling out 40 homes a year, mostly in sub-divisions. Though they were prof...
Relationships Matter 28 Sep 2012 | 09:41 pm
Amanda Kolson Hurley’s recent post about her experience receiving a home energy audit highlighted the key role of the energy professional. It is a topic Earth Advantage Institute has been studying for...
Human Behavior 28 Sep 2012 | 09:21 pm
Before I caved and signed up for an energy audit, I had my own, inexpert opinion about how our house lost so much energy. I knew that it did: The house was built (hastily) as military housing back in ...
Oregon 10-year Draft Energy Action Plan 30 Aug 2012 | 03:29 am
Last month, Earth Advantage Institute had the opportunity to share comments on Oregon’s 10-year Draft Energy Action Plan, which contained several forward thinking, aspirational, and innovative approac...
How 29 Nations Made a Plan 30 Aug 2012 | 02:17 am
Time for a U.S. version of an Energy Performance of Buildings Directive I attended a regional council meeting in Oregon recently, where the topic was energy efficiency and how to increase its collect...
Winners keep score, and Metro shows us how 29 Aug 2012 | 02:41 am
In early July, I received an email from a familiar name; Dylan Rivera. Dylan had been our "contact" at The Oregonian for many years. He is now at Metro as a public affairs specialist. Metro is an elec...
