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Sustainability ,
Plans Drawn for Sustainability Center
Facility would target green economy
T he Portland C ity C ouncil has
directed the Portland Bureau o f Plan
ning and S u stain ab ility and the
Portland Developm ent C om m ission
to initiate schem atic design for the
O regon Sustainability C enter, a p ro
posed facility to grow the green
econom y and m ake O regon a w orld-
class leader in sustainability.
"The O regon Sustainability C en
ter is a pioneering project. W e're
doing som ething here that's never
been done before at this scale,” said
Portland M ayor Sam Adam s. “ W e're
seizing an opportunity to show the
w orld that Portland's engineers, a r
ch itects, d e v elo p ers, c o n tra cto rs
and building professionals are at
the forefront o f green-building in
n o v atio n .”
T he O regon C ongressional d el
egation also announced W ednes
d ay th a t th e y h a v e s e c u re d a
$300,000 appropriation to help d e
sign the center.
As one o f the highest perform ing
com m ercial buildings in the w orld,
the proposed cen ter w ould achieve
triple net-zero perform ance in e n
ergy and w ater use and carbon em is
sions. It is designed to m eet the
w o rld ’s m ost stringent green b u ild
ing criteria: the C ascadia R egion
G reen B uilding C o u n cil’s Living
B uildingC hallenge.
The design team , led by Sera
A rchitects, G erding Edlen D evel
opm ent and G B D A rchitects, e x
pects to com m ence schem atic d e
sign in m id-Septem ber.
T estim ony by rep resen tativ es o f
SolarW orld, Intel and G eneral E lec
tric em phasized the private sec to r’s
enthusiasm for the p ro ject’s jo b cre
ation potential as well as its cap ac
ity to create an im m ediate m arket for
O regon products and services and
incubate the co m m ercialization o f
new products.
Officials say the design and con
struction o f the center will create more
than 1,300jobs in the near term , with
workers gaining unique experience in
innovative prototype building that
will accommodate a growing dem and
for green construction.
L ocated on the edge o f the P ort
land State U niversity cam pus in
d o w n to w n P o rtla n d , th e c e n te r
w o u ld bring to g eth er acad em ic,
g overnm ent, nonprofit and b u si
ness sectors to advance the re g io n ’s
innovation in sustainability.
An a rtis t’s rendering
shows the proposed
Oregon Sustainability Center
at Portland State University, a
facility that would grow the
green economy and make
Oregon a world-class leader in
sustainability.
Oregon Department of Transportation
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goals
for Federal Fiscal Years 2011-2013
This will serve as notice of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s proposed
overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goal of 11.50% for Federal Highway
Administration.
As a result of the statewide Disparity Study, ODOT has received a waiver from
FHWA to allow contract goals for specific groups identified as having a significant
contracting disparity. The annual goal has been calculated as 11.5%, of which 1%
would be a race-conscious goal for Black American owned DBF firms and Asian
American owned DBF. firms. The remainder of the annual goal, 10.5%, would con
tinue to be race- and gender-neutral. The 2011 Goal is 1.0% for Federal Transit
Administration contracts and grants, and will be entirely race- and gender-neutral.
This calculation is made in accordance with 49 CFR Part 26 to comply with U.S.
DOT requirements.
ODOT invites all interested parties to a public meeting to discuss the proposed
FFY 2011-2013 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goal. We’ll review the pro
posed Goal and hear comments from the public.
When: August 23, 2010,1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: ODOT Headquarters, 3 55 Capitol St. NE, Room 122, Salem
Written comments may be submitted, by mail or fax, to:
ODOT, Office of Civil Rights
Attn: C Jill Miller
355 Capitol St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
Fax: (503) 986-6382
ODOT will consider all comments and quantitative and anecdotal data in de
termining its final DBE goals, and will post its analysis and final goals at
www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/CIVILRIGHTS/.
For more information, contact the ODOT Office of Civil Rights at
503-986-4350.
MNMI
Appliance Rebate Offer
Expands for Homeowners
O r e g o n ’s A p p lia n c e R e b a te
p ro g ra m h a s p ro v id e d e lig ib le
lo w -in c o m e h o m e o w n e rs w ith a
70 p e rc e n t re im b u rse m e n t, up to
$ 2 ,0 0 0 , fo r E N E R G Y S T A R h eat
p u m p s and fu rn ac es.
N ow the p ro g ra m has b een e x
p a n d e d to in c lu d e e lig ib le low -
in c o m e h o m e o w n e rs w h o p u r
ch ase E N E R G Y ST A R w ater h eat
ers, refrig era to rs, d ish w ash e rs and
c lo th e s w ash ers.
A v a ila b le re b a te v o u c h e rs are
d is trib u te d on a “ first-c o m e , first-
s e rv e d ” b a sis. In te re ste d O re g o n
h o m e o w n e rs can call 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 3 -
5511 to le arn a b o u t th e p ro g ra m
a n d a p p ly fo r a re b a te v o u c h er.
A fte r p u rc h a se an d in s ta lla tio n
o f e lig ib le E N E R G Y S T A R a p p li
an ces, q u a lifie d h o m e o w n ers m ay
re d e e m v o u c h ers fo r 7 0 p e rc e n t o f
th e p u rc h a se p ric e , up to a s p e c i
fied m axim um . O ld appliances m ust
be le g a lly re c y c le d , n o t re -s o ld o r
re -u se d , in o rd e r to re c e iv e re b a te
fu n d s .
T h e p ro g ra m is fu n d e d by $ 3 .6
m illio n o f fe d e ral R e c o v e ry A ct
(s tim u lu s) fu n d s.
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