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This Thursday at Three
It must be fall. Everybody has been sharpening their No. 2 pencils and getting to work. The 64-pack Crayolas still refuse to double up on the most popular colors, guaranteeing that black and flesh and silver will be gone before magenta and burnt umber and spring green. Some things never change. And shouldn't.
But you want to know what's new, or you wouldn't be here. So read on.
TBG Needs One Talented Intern
Immediate Job Opening at TBG Architects + Planners for experienced architectural intern. Must be AutoCAD proficient and productively familiar with REVIT. SketchUp, Photoshop and Hand-Drawing skills are a bonus. Full-time position with great benefits in our 14-person studio in Downtown Eugene. Salary commensurate with experience and performance. Please submit resume and references to JF Alberson jf@tbg-arch.com or call 541-687-1010 ex 18. Tell them "Thursday@3 sent you."
People's Choice Awards Dinner
Wednesday, Sept. 21
There's no better display of the verve and collegiality of southwestern Oregon's design community than this evening. Bring a favorite client, a key employee, your family, or even a prospective client. They often remark afterwards how lucky we all are to have one another and it's true. It's also good to be reminded of it. And this year, you'll be able to meet and thank Eugene's mayor, who is planning to join us for dinner. You'll also be supporting Opus VII, an important venue for art, architecture and creativity of every sort.
If you attended Art Walk on Friday, Sept. 2, then you know who won the People's Choice Awards. But unless you were on the committee, you don't know yet who won Colleagues' Choice or the Mayor's Choice awards this year. (Those will be announced to the public in time for next month's Art Walk on Oct. 7.)
The program will be a fast-paced barrage of architectural excellence. Imagine a visual poetry slam, with over a dozen winners each speaking for just a few minutes about the challenges and opportunities they faced to bring design excellence to their project. If you enjoyed last year's program (or heard from others what you missed), then you'll want to mark your calendar.
Look for your invitation in your in-box next week, and a reminder about it in next week's Thursday@3.
Look for your invitation this afternoon, or click here to RSVP.
Craftsmanship Awards Banquet
Wednesday, Nov. 16th
Every few years, we set aside a month to celebrate the craftspeople who make us look good to clients and the public. That opportunity will be this November, but planning is well underway. You can contact Kurt Albrecht for the details, but here's what we want right away from you (or somebody exactly like you.)
Please give us a short list of local talent you would like to nominate. The deadline for "Intent to Enter" is Thursday, Oct. 20, and the rest of the materials necessary for entry can come later. But we'd like to see many nominations this year and that's how you can help. (There is no cost.) This is a terrific opportunity to show our community all the talent that stands behind us every day on every job we do.
You Already Look Like a Planning Commissioner
 Why don't you apply?
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
Sunday, September 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The BRING Home and Garden Tour is designed to inspire people to rethink their use of resources; encourage the exchange of ideas; foster individual action; and ultimately reduce our community’s collective carbon footprint. Learn about the benefits of smaller homes and secondary dwelling units, designed for compact urban living.
THE SELF-GUIDED TOUR OF 14 HOMES AND GARDENS INCLUDES:
• Leading-edge construction techniques as well as low-cost, do-it-yourself remodels;
• Passive and active solar applications;
• Energy conservation;
• Creative reuse of materials;
• Organic gardens, edible and medicinal landscaping;
• Rainwater catchment systems and water wise landscaping;
• A cob greenhouse and oven;
• Honeybees, and everyone’s favorite – chickens.
VOLUNTEER for a 3-½ hour block of time or more (morning/afternoon) on Tour Day and receive a FREE ticket for the BRING Home and Garden Tour!
For more information, please contact Renee Benoit at reneeb@bringrecyling.org.
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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.
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.
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