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October 8, 2025

Jam on Hawthorne boosts comfort and cuts costs with kitchen upgrade

Jam on Hawthorne has been waking up Portland with eggs, coffee and brunch since 2002. Tucked…

Read more about restaurant energy savings.
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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 of Oregon’s new on-demand training offers a deep dive into La Plaza Esperanza, Latino…

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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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August 13, 2025

From drafty to efficient: How Umpqua Homes modernized their HVAC system

Umpqua Homes, Inc. (UHI) is a Douglas County-based nonprofit that supports people with intellectual and developmental…

Learn how Umpqua Homes improved comfort while cutting costs
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July 11, 2025

Energy Trust offers fifth round of small grant opportunity to nonprofit organizations

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Energy Trust has launched its fifth round of Working Together Grants with $100,000 in funding available…

Learn more about the Working Together Grants
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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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June 20, 2025

Clackamas County’s new courthouse sets a higher standard for energy efficiency

Clackamas County unveiled its new courthouse, a project years in the making. Designed to meet the…

Learn more about Clackamas County's new courthouse
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June 10, 2025

Filbert Grove Cooperative makes summer safer with a community cooling space

Filbert Grove Cooperative residents outside the community club house.

Filbert Grove Cooperative in Springfield, Oregon, is a special place to live. Five years ago, this…

Read about how they’re keeping residents cool

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