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October 8, 2025

Learn how La Plaza Esperanza’s design principles incorporate community-centered and culturally specific programming

A modern eco-friendly building with a sloped roof covered in solar panels. The exterior features vertical wooden slats with geometric accents and large glass windows. Landscaped garden beds with young trees and shrubs line the paved sidewalk, and a small parking area is visible. Tall evergreen trees surround the site, emphasizing its natural setting.

Energy Trust’s new on-demand training offers a deep dive into La Plaza Esperanza, Latino Network’s new…

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September 18, 2025

Beaverton Year-Round Shelter provides 24/7 transitional housing in a calming, sustainable space

Modern indoor space featuring a circular wooden seating area with neutral-toned cushions surrounding a planted tree. The background includes wooden slats, glass walls, and rooms with colorful chairs. The floor is polished concrete, and ceiling lights provide illumination.

The Beaverton Year-Round Shelter is Washington County’s first-ever year-round shelter, offering transitional housing and 24/7 services…

Read about the Beaverton Year-Round Shelter
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August 25, 2025

How Medford School District turned roof repairs into year-round energy savings

Jacksonville Elementary School has been a familiar fixture in the Medford School District since 1954, a…

Learn more about the school district’s upgrades
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August 15, 2025

Aging apartments get quieter, warmer units with window upgrades

Two-story residential building with beige siding and two chimneys. Each unit features an upper-floor balcony and a fenced patio on the ground level. Multiple windows are visible on both floors. The building is surrounded by a neatly trimmed lawn and bushes, with a lamppost in the foreground. The sky is mostly clear with a few scattered clouds.

Built in 1979, Timberhills Apartments in Corvallis, Oregon, is home to 52 residential units spread across…

Read more about energy-saving window upgrades
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July 8, 2025

Energy-smart manufacturing at its best: A-dec’s new pretreatment system saves energy and improves workers’ comfort

When A-dec, a leading dental equipment manufacturer based in Newberg, Oregon, set out to improve the…

Read more about how A-dec took processes improvement to the next level
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June 27, 2025

Will we see you at the Farwest Show?

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As one of the largest horticultural trade shows in the country, Energy Trust of Oregon wouldn’t…

Read more about how we’re showing up at Farwest this year
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May 20, 2025

Custom projects made easy: How to uncover energy savings in any project

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Not every energy-saving project fits neatly into a standard incentive offering. That’s where custom incentives come…

Read more about applying for custom incentives
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May 20, 2025

2025 Business Lighting – Funding is available for all our offers

Energy Trust offers a wide range of options for Business Lighting. Whether you buy the lighting…

Learn more about our Business Lighting offers
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May 8, 2025

Tamale Boy brings flavor and smart energy choices to Portland’s food scene

After working in his parent’s restaurant for years, Jaime Soltero Jr. struck out on his own…

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April 29, 2025

How Threemile Canyon Farms is leading energy efficiency in Eastern Oregon

In the heart of Eastern Oregon, Threemile Canyon Farms is proving that agriculture and energy efficiency…

Read more about how agriculture and energy efficiency can go hand in hand

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