Nonprofit Takes Comfort in Energy Savings

Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington faced excessive utility bills to heat and cool their 80s-era Portland office building, yet discomfort reigned: decades-old technology couldn’t modify the temperature according to individual building zones. With solar exposure warming up east offices in the mornings and west offices in the afternoons, the dated HVAC system had … Read more

Small Businesses, Big Impact

Ashley Rose Salvitti had a touch of the tour guide in her all along. Whenever friends and family came to Portland, she’d cook up itineraries jam-packed with food, fun and plenty of craft beer. It wasn’t hard; after years working as a brewery server, this woman knew her brews. She also knew how to educate … Read more

This week’s picks

Food waste, Amazon and Nike dominate our coverage this week.  Plus, what will happen if the Trail Blazers take a knee?

Despite setbacks, analysts still bullish on Nike

Although the athletic apparel giant issued a lukewarm earnings report yesterday, and industry watchers say the company’s grip on the sneaker market is slipping, analysts expressed optimism about Nike’s new consumer-focused growth strategies. “Most sources acknowledge that Adidas…is giving Nike a run for its money,” Morgan Stanley analyst Jay Sole wrote in a recent stock … Read more

Wasted

Companies chuck thousands of tons of food a year. Now they’re on a mission to unspoil the future.