Get ready for Electrify Portland!
Saturday, Oct. 7th | 11am-3pm
The Redd on Salmon St.
The Electrify Portland! Home Electrification Fair is a free, festive, one-day event for homeowners and renters curious about transitioning their homes from gas (or old electric) to efficient electric.
We are very excited about our inaugural event. It’s shaping up to be a really fun day! Here’s a sneak peek:
- Check out heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, electric fireplaces and more, on display by local contractors
- Sign up for community solar (bring a recent electric bill)
- Watch an induction cooking demonstration by a local Portland chef. Eat samples!
- Sit down for a one-on-one home consultation with experts from Canopy Climate and GreenSavers
- Curious about e-bikes and scooters? Take some for a spin!
- Free Ruby Jewel ice cream sandwiches and other tasty treats!
- Speakers, including Electrification 101 by Brian Stewart of Electrify Now, Senator Jeff Merkley, and Sam Baraso from PCEF
- Fun for the kids! Bouncy castle, live music, and kid activities
Visit ElectrifyPortland.org for more information.
Get your free ticket!Volunteer to make our first big event a success!
Want to come join the fun and help us make this the best home electrification fair Portland has ever seen?
Check out our Volunteer sign up sheet!
Meet our Sponsors
Our event wouldn’t be possible without the generous support from these amazing sponsors:
Sun Glow has been providing high-quality HVAC services to the residents and business owners of Portland for more than 47 years. Whether you are looking for residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) or commercial heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) assistance, our team of North American Technician Excellence (NATE) certified professionals is here for you. Sun Glow is family-owned and operated, so family is important to us—we treat everyone like family. In the HVAC industry, technologies, techniques, regulations, and products are continually changing. We constantly strive to remain on top of it all.
Founded in 2014 on the belief that everyone deserves access to clean energy, Arcadia manages the nation’s largest community solar portfolio, helping to tackle energy injustice while spurring economic growth with more than 1.8 GW of solar under management. Join us in our mission and find out how you or your business can help achieve the vision of a 100% zero-carbon future at www.arcadia.com.
Elemental Energy is a locally owned and operated solar PV design and installation firm based in Portland, Oregon. Founded by graduates of the first and only accredited Bachelor’s of Science degree program in Renewable Energy Engineering, our mission is to critically address the way that society uses and thinks about energy. Elemental Energy is a leader in residential, commercial, and mobile system installation in Oregon and Southern Washington, as well as in South America, Central America, Africa, and Asia in partnership with Twende Solar.
GreenSavers is a certified B Corp™ contractor specializing in home energy efficiency. We take a holistic approach to ensuring each home we service is as comfortable, efficient, and safe as possible. We are Portland’s local experts in heat pumps and electrification.
Great Northwest Installations is a plumbing company committed to helping homeowners with energy efficient water heating and plumbing needs. Our services include installation of Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heaters, Electric Storage Tanks, Split Heat Pump Water Heater Systems, and Ductless Heat Pumps. Consumer satisfaction and education is our priority in support of clean energy transformation and conservation. We’ll pursue all applicable rebates and incentives to help our customers save money and conserve energy. We serve Oregon and Washington along the I-5 corridor from Salem to Tacoma.
Rewiring America is the leading electrification source, focused on electrifying our homes, businesses, and communities. Our world-class team develops accessible, actionable data and tools. We’re the conduit for Americans to achieve energy efficiency, tackle nationwide emission goals, improve health, save money and build the next generation of the clean energy workforce. We believe in an abundant, flourishing, climate-safe future, and know that, together, we can realize one.
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Lake Oswego United Methodist Church
1855 South Shore Blvd. Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Presented by the Lake Oswego Sustainability Network, this event will feature speakers, exhibitors and expert help for a 100% electric lifestyle.
Find out more about this event
Go Zero! Home Tour
Saturday, October 14th | 1-5pm
The Go Zero! Tour is a great opportunity to learn about the steps homeowners are taking to increase their sustainability and be zero energy. Early bird tickets are only $20 and are on sale now! Discounts available for students and families
Learn more and get your tickets
Portland Sustainable Building Week
October 9th – 14th
The second Monday of every October kicks off the annual Sustainable Building Week (SBW), which will offer a balance of in-person and virtual events. Our aim is to bring the best and brightest together to educate, connect and foster opportunities for future collaboration to Keep Portland Green. Whether its combating climate change, protecting our natural resources or investigating the increasing number of dangerous chemicals in our indoor spaces, the multitude of issues that need to be addressed require more attention by all of us.
Check out this year’s schedule of events
Hot off the presses! Oregon’s new Rental Home Heat Pump Program
Do you own a rental property? Oregon just launched a Rental Home Heat Pump Program to help landlords install heat pumps in rental homes. With $15M of total funding from the 2022 legislative session, funding commitments are now available. Grants are larger where tenants are low or moderate income and for more efficient systems. Bundled with other incentives, this can cover most or all of the total heat pump cost!
To participate, heat pumps must be installed by ODOE-approved contractors. Several of them will be at our Electrify Portland! event on Oct. 7th, ready to answer your questions: Sun Glow Heating & Cooling, GreenSavers, Great Northwest Installations, and The Heat Pump Store.
Friendly Reminder to apply your badges!
If you’ve signed up for ElectrifyPDX (yay!) and have a sign out in your yard (yay!) then you’ve probably already earned at least one badge. Don’t forget to celebrate your progress and let your neighbors know what you’re doing!
Here are a few possibilities. Have you …
Signed up for community solar or your electric utility’s green power program? Then go ahead and stick on the Off-Site Renewable Electricity Badge!
Replaced your gas stove with an efficient electric or induction stove? Pop on the Appliances tab!
Taken advantage of tax credits in the IRA and gotten an efficient heat pump installed to both heat and cool your home, then you get to put on the Air Heating & Cooling badge!