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Often thought of as an innovative, green construction technology, strawbales are a proven, time-honored building material. Strawbales have been used to construct homes in parts of the western US for more than...
Net zero construction has come to Oregon. SolAire Homebuilders of Bend built and sold a zero energy home in 2011. A zero energy house was recently completed in the John Day Fossil Beds as part of the National Park Service’s larger effort to make the Painted Hills unit carbon neutral.
The Reach Code is Oregon’s first optional code. State of Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) is happy to report that the ‘first’ residential Reach Code project is going through the permitting process with the City of Portland Bureau of Development Services (BDS).
High Performance Homebuilding program has approximately $1.7 million in tax credits available on a first-come first-serve basis during 2012. The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) incentive program focuses on builders and residential construction that exceeds current Oregon Building Code.
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