Events

In this full day, interactive, workshop with Sam Rashkin, Founder of Retooling the US Housing Industry, attendees will be presented with design and optimization strategies that yield $10,000’s of cost savings, improving the homeowner’s day-to-day experience and increasing the home’s value. Using a hands-on-approach attendees will start applying the framework before the end of day.

Wildfire season, and the smoke it brings, is upon us in the Pacific Northwest. Fueled by drought and climate change, these threats to the health and safety of our homes are arriving earlier each year. Fortunately, there are simple steps homeowners and builders can take to mitigate the impacts of wildfire smoke on indoor air quality of homes.

Join the NW EcoBuilding Guild in partnership with Sound Foundations NW of a presentation and tour of The Hope Factory.
Every person experiencing homelessness deserves a place to live that is warm, dry, safe, and healthy. This goal, spearheaded Sound Foundations NW in building tiny homes through an assembly line process. As a result of collaboration with the Low Income Housing Institute, Sound Foundations NW is helping provide people experiencing homelessness with transitional tiny homes, a sense of community, and essential services.

Join the NW EcoBuilding Guild for our Annual Picnic taking place at Ravenna Park. This is a great opportunity to network and connect with NW EcoBuilding Guild members, builders, architects, and developers in our region.

Wildfire season, and the smoke it brings, is upon us in the Pacific Northwest. Fueled by drought and climate change, these threats to the health and safety of our homes are arriving earlier each year. Fortunately, there are simple steps homeowners and builders can take to mitigate the impacts of wildfire smoke on indoor air quality of homes. Join us for a series of presentations by technical experts in the health and building industry.

The Built Green Conference has been occurring annually for over a decade, with the aim of providing valuable and cutting-edge information on green building and sustainability.

This forum is a professional training to gain knowledge, best practices, and experience from industry
leaders. Topics that impact the multifamily market to be discussed include sustainability, affordability,
community, quality of life, energy efficiency, air quality, health initiatives, safety, best practices and more.

On September 28th at 6:30 PM via Zoom, join us for a walk through on the importance, health impacts, and available alternatives of non-toxic building materials. Materials in everything from insulation to flooring, have a huge impact on the health of residents and the planet. Learn from technical and industry experts of the non-toxic materials…