Sustainable Urban Built Environments

You’ll examine leading-edge sustainable design principles at work in a mix of commercial, industrial, residential, and infrastructure projects throughout the Portland Metro Area. The Oregon Sustainability Experience allows participants to explore this rich environment, learning from innovators in sustainability in four sectors: business, university, government, and not-for-profit. You’ll join other innovators and thought leaders in dynamic case-study discussions of these examples and their application to your own opportunities and challenges.

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The Program

The 2010 program offers five intensive days with a mix of powerful experiences:

  • Site visits, such as green buildings, new development projects, renovations, urban natural resources, energy and infrastructure facilities, the urban growth boundary, and organizations involved in related programs.
  • Guest speakers, including experts from leading companies, policy leaders, sustainability experts, and leaders of successful sustainability projects.
  • Workshops and projects, providing an opportunity for participants to work with program leaders and each other to get hands-on experience working with real-world challenges.
  • Classroom time, used sparingly, allowing coverage of new methods, and enabling a dynamic exchange between the participants and leaders.

What you'll do:

  • Learn from innovators in four critical sectors: university, business, government, and not-for-profit.
  • Examine leading-edge sustainable design principles at work in a mix of commercial, industrial, residential, and infrastructure projects.
  • Join other leaders in dynamic case-study discussions of these examples and their application to your own opportunities and challenges.

What you'll take home:

  • The latest approaches to implementing sustainable strategies and policies in the urban built environment.
  • Direct input on situations you're facing in your community or projects.
  • Powerful tools and models, with strategies to apply them to your projects.
  • Connections with a network of fellow thought-leaders, including the presenters and program participants, facilitated by on-going online resources.

Engage the Topic through In-depth Coverage:

  • Policy and Planning
  • Legal and Regulatory Issues
  • Finance and Economics
  • Infrastructure: Energy, Water, Transportation
  • Natural Systems / Urban Ecology
  • Design and Engineering
  • Construction
  • Building Operations
  • Art, Culture, Public Life and Civic Engagement
  • Behavioral Sciences

Join a Diverse Group of Committed Professionals:

  • Architects
  • Engineers
  • Lawyers
  • Developers
  • Construction Managers
  • Public Officials & Planners