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This Thursday at Three
Did you enjoy the Eugene Celebration? Can you match Trish Thomas's record? She has been to 28 of the 29 Eugene Celebrations —- "All three days each year!" she hastens to add. Hundreds say our best work and voted for the People's Choice Awards. Now the show moves to Opus VII and the winners will be announced at the September chapter meeting. And we'll just be cleaning up from that event, when preparations will begin for the Craftsmanship Awards in November!

Go See the People's Choice Entries
Kaz Oveissi is once again hosting our People's Choice Awards entries at Opus VII (on 7th Avenue, southwest of the Hult Center) beginning with tomorrow's First Friday Art Walk. By popular demand, a "then and now" display of downtown Eugene produced by the folks at Rowell Brokaw Architects is also sharing the space, as are several models from various projects by 2fORM Architecture.

Stop in and see what your colleagues' have been busy working on. If you miss this First Friday, the show will stay up through early October, so there will be another gallery walk to join if September's is coming too soon for you.

Mark Your Calendar: Sept. 21
Many of you remarked how much you enjoyed last year's People's Choice Awards, so this year will follow last year's model. It will again be at Opus VII, on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

This year, Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy will be with us to present her own Mayor's Choice Awards. (Last year, we had her on video, but not in person.) You'll want to join us for both sets of awards, plus of course the Colleagues' Choice Awards as well.

Many architects find this evening a wonderful opportunity for past of prospective clients, because it shows the richness of our local design culture, the incomparable comraderie, and the pride of place that comes from doing good work. If you're the type who is just a tad bashful about tooting your own horn, but you want a customer or a key employee or a favorite vendor to see what a celebration of excellence looks like, consider buying them a ticket to this event.

Look for your invitation in your in-box next week, and a reminder about it in next week's Thursday@3.

Looking Ahead to October
Our October meeting will focus on the Oregon Reach Code. Or should we say, the award-winning Oregon Reach Code?

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Building Codes Division received a national honor for its work in energy efficiency. The U.S. Department of Energy recognized the division with the sixth annual Jeffrey A. Johnson Award for “Excellence in the Advancement of Building Energy Codes and Performance.”

Oregon has long been recognized as a national leader in energy efficiency. The Oregon energy code has consistently been one of the strongest in the nation, spearheaded for more than two decades by the Oregon Department of Energy. Two years ago, official state support for the energy code moved to the Building Codes Division, which immediately began to aggressively pursue further improvements to the code.

The Building Codes Division developed and adopted the Oregon Reach Code on July 1, 2011. This optional code provides a 15 percent to 20 percent energy efficiency improvement over Oregon’s mandatory commercial energy code. The residential provisions, scheduled for adoption Oct. 1, 2011, are anticipated to provide another 5 percent improvement over mandatory residential code standards.

“Our new mandatory residential energy code will save Oregon families over $165 in energy costs per year. The Residential Reach Code will save $250 above that, and energy savings in commercial buildings will be even bigger,” said Patrick Allen, acting administrator of the Oregon Building Codes Division.

Volunteer for Home & Garden Tour
BRING would like to request volunteers for its Home and Garden Tour on Sunday, September 18, 2011.

They are looking for…

Day of Volunteers: Your task is to be friendly, welcoming, and fun!

- What this means: On Tour Day, you will be at a site taking tickets, counting & greeting civilians, directing traffic (if needed), assisting the homeowner, managing the door prize drawing.
- Time Commitment: a 3-½ hour block of time or more (morning/afternoon) on Tour Day.
- Please Bring: timeliness, reasonable attention span, your own canteen.
- Need: 84 recruits


To volunteer, or for more information, please contact Natasha Boska at natasha@springfield-chamber.org.

The Art of Sustainable Living

BRING Home and Garden Tour: the Art of Sustainable Living

Third annual tour is co-hosted by the City of Eugene and EWEB


EVENT: BRING Home and Garden Tour: the Art of Sustainable Living
WHEN: Sunday, September 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Eugene
WHAT: Self-guided tour of 14 homes and gardens featuring green building, solar energy, water and energy conservation, creative reuse of materials, organic gardening, edible and medicinal landscaping, chickens, bees, cob greenhouse, and more.
WHAT ELSE: Free workshops on solar hot water, ductless heat pumps, and solar energy. Door prizes by Burley, Down to Earth, and more.
TICKETS: Tickets are $10, or 2 for $18, or 15 for $100. Buy online at bringrecycling.org or at one of these outlets: BRING, Capella Market, City of Eugene/Atrium Building (10th & Olive), Down to Earth, Gray's Gardens/Eugene, and Lane Forest Products. A limited number of low-income tickets will be available at the City of Eugene/Atrium Building.
TRANSPORTATION: Tour is bike-friendly, or ride the bus for free with your ticket.

NWPR Conference Registration is Open!

Crafting the Future, is a conference in two parts. The first portion will be held in Tokyo and serves as the AIA NW&P Regional conference. The second portion will consist of travel south and west of Tokyo over a four day period and is hosted by AIA COD. You may register for each conference independently or may select both conferences.

Following the devastating earthquake in northern Japan, members of AIA Japan, AIA Committee on Design and the AIA Northwest & Pacific Region have been working to refine a dynamic program for the conference. Risks have been carefully assessed regarding travel to Japan. Colleagues in Tokyo have counseled the AIA regarding contributions architects can make to their fragile economy by visiting their country. In addition, significant and unique learning opportunities exist for this conference directly following the event of the recent earthquake. It is therefore with great care and a sense of responsibility that the AIA NW&P Region is moving forward with the Region Conference in Japan.