About a year ago, my wife Marti and I and our friends Pam and Rob were having dinner and a beer at a brew pub on Hawthorne. Pam works for the Portland Office of Sustainable Development and told about how she receives frequent calls about people looking for green buildings. This inspired her idea of developing a website containing a directory of green buildings. Marti and I were really excited about the idea, and the GreenRenter team was formed!

More information and our new site can be found at GreenRenter.org.

The 4 of us worked in fits and starts over the past year or so to get the site launched. Pam and Marti knew a lot about green buildings, Marti from her work at PECI, and Rob and I covered the technical end of things. The site is based on the excellent Drupal platform. It is very basic at this point, containing listings of commercial and residential buildings featuring an in-depth break down of each building, focusing on the green aspects. We have big plans for the site moving forward, and would welcome any feedback with open arms. Marti and Pam contacted many local building owners and managers and have seeded the site with about 40 buildings, although this barely scratches the surface just in Portland. If you know of, own, or manage a green building, please create an account and list your building. Our initial release is focusing on Portland, but we will quickly expand the system to cover more areas.