Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center
Self Guided tours of the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, home to Ecotrust, opened September 2001, as a landmark green building. The building has become the first redevelopment project in the US to be awarded the Gold LEED Certification.
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Originally constructed as a warehouse in 1895, it is the first gold-level LEED-certified building in Oregon and the first gold-level LEED-certified historic restoration in the nation, incorporating environmentally-innovative materials and techniques. More than 98% of the construction waste has been recycled or reclaimed.
Michael Smith is the vice president of convention sales for Travel Portland, the convention and visitors bureau of Portland. For more information on planning a sustainable meeting, visit the Green Meetings Toolkit.
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