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KOIN 6 Reports on ‘A Place For You’

We've recently completed building 2 ADUs for Multnomah County's A Place For You program. This program has now put 4 families in ADUs around Portland. Their lives have changed for the better almost immediately. KOIN 6 did a deep dive into the program to discuss everything from the lives

Earth Advantage Builder of the Month

SQFT Studios started working with Earth Advantage within the last year. We share a similar ethos with Earth Advantage: buildings should be built responsibly, lived in responsibly, and deconstructed responsibility. So it was a no-brainer that we should team up and make all of our ADUs Earth Advantage

2022-02-07T14:40:59-08:00Categories: News, Sustainability|0 Comments

Sustainability at SQFT Studios: Indoor Environmental Quality

Healthy Indoor Environments for a Healthier Life   As Americans, we spend the vast majority of our lives inside buildings - about 92% of our time. 6% of our lives are spent in-transit and only 2% of our time is spent outdoors (The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS)

Sustainability at SQFT Studios: Energy

Energy Choices to Last a Lifetime Energy use is a key component in the struggle with climate change. Electricity and fuel in our buildings, fuel in our cars, trucks, ships, and trains, and everything else that powers our modern world contribute to the complex challenge of maintaining our environment.

2022-11-18T12:59:46-08:00Categories: Sustainability|0 Comments

Sustainability at SQFT Studios: Materials

Choosing Building Materials Every building, and every building material has an impact on the Earth. Deciding to build means coming to terms with this fact and building sustainably means working within this context to minimize the impact each project has on the environment. A building’s life cycle can be understood in

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