ECO PIONEERS
"PORTLANDERS NOW HAVE MORE LOW- CARBON OPTIONS TO GET TO SCHOOL AND WORK, MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO HEAT AND POWER THEIR HOMES" Mayor Sam Adams
gramme – the hotel stores guests’ bikes for up to 14 days for free, allowing travellers to cycle to the air- port. Portland’s DoubleTree Hotel, meanwhile, was the fi rst Green Seal certifi ed convention hotel in Oregon, and has a Green Meetings Specialist who can help business guests design a carbon neutral meeting. The Hotel Monaco Portland, part of Kimpton Hotels, is Green Seal Silver Certifi ed and employs a range of green meas- ures including recycling bins in guest rooms, printing on recycled paper with soy-based inks and using only environ- mentally-friendly cleaning products.
BEER AND BIKES
The founders of Hopworks Urban Brewery and Hopworks BikeBar describe the bars as Portland’s fi rst ‘Eco-Brewpubs’. Their mission is to provide “world-class beer and food as sustainably as possible,” and their efforts to do so has seen them win numerous sustainability awards. The Urban Brewery opened in March 2008, and features a 125-capacity restaurant and a 75-capacity bar serv- ing ‘hand-crafted’ organic beers, while Hopworks second bar, Hopworks Bike Bar, opened in North Williams last summer. The second bar is on what Hopworks owner Christian Ettinger dubs the ‘Williams bike highway’ – 3,000 riders commute past the bar each day – and has been designed to appeal to cyclists, with 75 bike parking spaces, locally-made bicycles frames hanging above the bar, and the free loan of bike tools and bike locks. Both bars are powered with 100 per cent renewable energy and all car- bon emissions are offset. Other green measures include capturing rain-water for dry season irrigation and clean-
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Hopworks Urban Brewery is 100 per cent renewably powered PORTLAND’S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PROGRESS REPORT
n April, the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and Multnomah County Offi ce of Sustainability released a two-year progress report for Portland and Multnomah County’s 2009 Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan is a three-year plan to put Portland on a path to achieve a 40 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, and an 80 percent reduction by 2050. According to the progress report, by the end of 2010 carbon emissions were 6 per cent below 1990 levels, while national carbon emissions were up almost 12 per cent over the same period. "We’re making solid progress on our ambitious Climate Action Plan goals, in part because we’re creating a more connected city,” said Portland Mayor Sam Adams. “Portlanders now have more low-carbon options to get to school and to work, more effi cient ways to heat and power their homes and new ways to deal with household waste."
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The plan aims to reduce carbon emissions by 40 per cent by 2030
More than 1,400 homes and businesses have installed solar panels since 1990 across the county. While the population of Multnomah County has increased 26 per cent since 1990, fewer gallons of gasoline were sold in the county in 2010 than in 1990. Since 2009, the number of cyclists has increased by 14 per cent. Portland is home to nearly 150
certifi ed green buildings, and has more LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum buildings than any other city in the US. Over 7,000 trees were planted in
Other highlights from the report: Portland homes use 10 per cent less energy per person compared to 1990, and a larger percentage of the energy that is used now comes from sustainable energy sources.
ing, the use of low-fl ow toilets, sinks and dishwashers and energy effi cient light bulbs, timers and sensors. All company vehicles are run on a mix of biodiesel and used fat fryer grease, the company has a zero percent waste initiative in place and staff are trained
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Portland in 2011 through a variety of programs including partnerships with Friends of Trees and the Youth Conservation Crew. Over 500 organizations and individuals have signed on to support the Multnomah Food Action Plan. Source: City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
in sustainability methods. The bars host regular beer and bike festivals, which feature live bands, activities, BMX trick riders and breakdancers. So from bikes to breweries, and exhi- bitions to exercise bikes, Portland is staking its claim to a greener future. ●
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