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Archive for May, 2010
$150 Cash Back Bonus Promotion from Energy Trust of Oregon
(May 21, 2010 • Energy Efficiency Tips, Green Building, Healthy Home Trends, Weatherization • 0 comments
This year, we launched the Renovation Concepts Energy Efficiency team. This team was developed to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. We are all Trade Ally’s with Energy Trust of Oregon.
The team consists of A Cut Above Exteriors, Olson & Jones Construction, AAA Heating & Cooling and JB Insulation.
This was a $150 Cash Back Bonus promotion from Energy Trust of Oregon that homeowners can take advantage of when they schedule three or more projects to be completed.
Here are the details below:
$150 Cash-Back Bonus Coupon for Your Home Performance with ENERGY STAR
Follow these easy steps to save energy and earn your bonus cash incentive: 1) Find a Home Performance contractor at www.energytrust.org/hp. 2) Install at least three qualifying improvements. 3) Complete this coupon, following the instructions on the back. 4) Mail this coupon together with a completed Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Form 320HPWES (available from your contractor or online at www.energytrust.org) and a copy of your contractor invoice marked “paid in full” to the address listed on the back. See reverse side of coupon for eligible improvements and additional rules and instructions.
For more information on making your home more Energy Efficient please contact LaDonna Miller- President of Renovation Concepts for more information (503) 310-9076 or ladonnamiller@earthlink.net
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The Rebuilding Center is hosting a fundraising Event
(May 19, 2010 • Calendar of Events, Sustainability in Portland • 0 comments
OPEN THE DOOR TO SUSTAINABILITY
Please join us on June 19th to celebrate the
vibrancy of sustainability in our region with
local food, one of a kind reclaimed art and
entertainment .
Open the DOOR to Sustainability will be
Portland’s first waste-free fun(d)-raising
event full of recognition and continued joint
efforts to bring sustainable living to the
forefront of our communities. Show your
support for sustainability and the work of
The ReBuilding Center while enjoying the
spirit that makes our region such a unique
and wonderful place to live.
THE AUCTION
The event will feature a very special door carved by premiere Northwest artist, LeRoy Setziol, on display for the first time. To learn the unique story of how this door almost wound up in the landfill click here.
Inspired by the story of how LeRoy’s door came to The ReBuilding Center and by his incredible craftsmanship, over 50 local artists created original works of art from our own salvaged doors. Each art door embodies the ethos of sustainability. These doors will be auctioned at the event — offering a unique opportunity to own an original work of art by a talented local artist. For more information about the doors and the artists behind them, click here.
An exciting “Best of Live” raffle offers the opportunity to win the Live Auction item of your choice for only $100. Only 100 tickets will be sold.
The auction event will be full to the brim with amazing packages and items including:
- LeRoy Setziol hand carved door
- Sustainable art doors by local artist
- One Week vacation rental on Orcas Island
- Electric Scooter from Columbia Scooters
- Mt. Hood Meadows 2010-2011 Season Lift Tickets
- An escorted, behind the scenes tour of Trailblazers Central – for 15 people
- Two Nights of casual sophistication at the Nines Hotel
- “Romeo and Juliet” two night package at The Heathman Hotel
- One full year of Organic Valley Milk
- And so much more…
ENTERTAINMENT
In addition to a live and silent auction, guests will enjoy live music; local, organic food catered by Abby’s Table; and locally produced beers, wines and spirits. We hope you’ll join us.
While we already have many exciting auction items, there is always room for more! We’d love to hear from you if you’d like to support this event with a donation. Consider things like: pottery, stained glass, items made from salvaged materials, tickets, gift certificates, dinners, art, music and vacations. Get creative! Click here to learn how.
Creating Healthy Indoor Environments in Portland Homes
(May 18, 2010 • Calendar of Events, Healthy Home Trends • 0 comments
This is an interesting Calendar of Event item on Indoor Air Quality sponsored by the Oregon Environmental Council.
On June 12, OEC will host a day-long training for volunteers to learn the key principles of creating healthy indoor environments. Join our session and get the tools you need to spread the word about reducing chemical exposure and improving environmental health in your home and community.
OEC is offering a full-day training for volunteer leaders interested in learning the principles of toxic reduction in the home and the benefits to human health. Participants will also learn tips and tricks for becoming effective community advocates and for leading community workshops to bring the Eco-Healthy Home materials to more social circles.
Participants will be the first to receive our new Eco-Healthy Homes Check-up Kit.
The workshop is free, but space is limited to 16 participants. We’ll give first priority to current OEC volunteers and others who’ve shown a commitment to our mission through our action network or as supporting members.
For more information on improving the Indoor Air Quality by having a Home Performance Review completed by the Renovation Concepts Energy Efficiency Team, please contact LaDonna Miller- (503) 310-9076 to schedule an appointment.
April 2010 RMLS/Portland Real Estate Updates
(May 17, 2010 • Portland Real Estate, Portland Real Estate Market • 0 comments
When comparing April 2010 with the month prior, March 2010, closed sales grew 7.9% (1,941 v. 1,799) and pending sales were up 24.5% (2,991 v. 2,402). New listings, on the other hand, dropped 5.5% (4,713 v. 4,987).
At the month’s rate of sales, the 14,182 active residential listings would last approximately 7.3 months, the lowest of the year so far.
For more information on purchasing Real Estate in Portland, OR please contact LaDonna Miller- Broker- Oregon First Real Estate
Understanding Sustainability Forum at Portland State University
(May 10, 2010 • Calendar of Events • 0 comments
Since the City of Portland is known as a leading Green City- it is always interesting to attend a forum where great minds unite and talk about Sustainability. This event being held at Portland State University on May 20th from 7-9 pm, is one that you should mark on your calendars and plan to attend.
For more information read the following article from the Oregonian.
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News: The Oregonian: Portland State University offers second annual forum: ‘Understanding Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities’Author:By Carrie Sturrock Posted:May 10, 2010
http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2010/05/portland_satte_university_offe.html
A humanities scholar, a social scientist, a city planner and an artist might all come at sustainability from a different perspective but together they can enrich and inform each other. That’s the goal behind Portland State University’s second annual forum “Understanding Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities” May 20-22.
The forum is free and open to the public and promises to be less academic and more accessible to regular people like me than last year’s. The three-day event brings together 60 scholars from different disciplines and backgrounds “to draw out the controversies over the meaning and practice of sustainability” through panel discussions and conversations. Natalie Jeremijenko will give the keynote address “After Copenhagen: Emerging Strategies of Political Participation” Thursday, May 20, 7-9 p.m. after opening remarks.
Jeremijenko, the event’s promoters write, “is an internationally recognized artist and engineer whose work primarily explores the interface between society, the environment and technology. She is currently an associate professor at New York University in the Visual Art Department, and has affiliated faculty appointments in Computer Science and Environmental Studies.”
For more information on purchasing a green home in Portland. Please contact LaDonna Miller- Real Estate Broker with Oregon First.
ladonnamiller@earthlink.net or (503) 310-9076