The Environmental Center

Benefits of Efficient, Energy-Wise Homes: for Builders, Buyers, Homeowners
2020-09-28 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Benefits of Efficient Energy Wise Homes for
Builders, buyers, Homeowners
Financing, Appraising, Why Home Energy Score Programs Make it Happen
Sandra K Adomatis, SRA, LEED Green Associate, NAR GREEN
Sandra is a national speaker on valuing high-performance features. Her background as an active real estate appraiser, realtor, instructor, and course developer brings insightful dialogue to share with builders, retrofit contractors, lenders, and real estate professionals. You might even say she wrote the book because she did author, “Residential Green Valuation Tools.” She is powered by her desire to see people living in healthier buildings that cost them less. In this session she will discuss the benefits to builders, and others.
Green Choice Mortgages
Dennis Smith, Freddie Mac Single Family
Looking for a way to update your home with energy and efficiency improvements during financing? Doing so often reduces your energy payments. Dennis will discuss how you can secure this financing and the options it can pay for.

2021 Northwest Green Building Slam + Summit
2021-10-13 - 2021-10-15
Join the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild for this LIVE virtual event and design your unique experience to ensure you don’t miss the sessions you want to see most! Find out what your peers have been working on, and share what you’ve accomplished over the past year at this annual event. Exchanging ideas, tips, and tools is the best way to transform the built environment for long-term sustainability.

Electrical Panel Upgrades - A key to scaling home electrification
2022-10-10
An overview of electrical panel solutions to supply the additional service needed for electrical heating, cooking and EV charging.

The Inflation Reduction Act - What's in it for you
2022-10-11
The IRA is packed with incentives for home electrification, EVs, and more – find out how it will impact home retrofits and new construction.
