Advocacy
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While a number of cities, including Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto and New York, have adopted a combination of regulatory and voluntary bird-friendly building guidelines, Portland's guidelines will remain NON-REGULATORY!
Visit http://www.naylornetwork.com/bor-nwl/pdf/Bird_Friendly_Guidelines.pdf to view the full article online. |
Education
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October 16: HVAC, Lighting, Commissioning and more!
November 5-8: RPA® Course: "The Design, Operation & Maintenance of Building Systems, Part 2" November 6: Portland General Electric November 13: How to Work with Property Managers November 20: Ask a Lawyer December 4: Industrial Properties Most BOMA educational offerings qualify for 1.0 hours of OREA continuing education credit! Check the BOMA website for details. Visit http://www.bomaoregon.org/ to view the full article online. |
Sustainability
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The City Energy Efficiency Scorecard ranks 34 of the most populous US Cities on their policies and other actions to advance energy efficiency. Boston achieved the highest score overall, 76.75 out of a possible 100. PORTLAND ranked second, with an overall score of 70!
It should be noted that while Boston's energy efficiency activities are, for the most part, mandated, Portland is second on the list and our energy efficiency activities are VOLUNTARY! Portland scored highest in transportation and local government operations! Visit http://www.naylornetwork.com/bor-nwl/pdf/ACEEE_News_Release.pdf to view the full article online. |
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The Bureau of Environmental Services has just released a new video highlighting green roof benefits and beauty.
Visit http://www.naylornetwork.com/bor-nwl/pdf/green_roof_video_release.pdf to view the full article online. |
Member News
Upcoming Events
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Attention BOMA Building Members! You can still register!
Although you have missed the deadline to be entered into the grand prize drawing, you can still enter the drawings from all 42 of our vendor sponsors! Prizes range from fabulous dinners to electronics, wine, and cash! Don't miss out! Visit http://www.bomaoregon.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=55 to view the full article online. |