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6/26/2019 Willamette Education Service District: “Train the Teacher” Educator Externship
On Wednesday, June 26, forty-five educators from Salem, Albany, and surrounding areas attended Willamette Education Service District's "Train the Teacher" event.
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5/22/2019 WA County Green Business Leaders Roundtable
A recent roundtable event highlighted simple business practices for sustainability.
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04/10-12/2019 OSFMA Annual Conference – Transforming No to Yes
NWESI was once again honored to attend the 2019 Oregon School Facilities Management Associations (OSFMA) Tradeshow. This event continues to provide us with wonderful opportunities to connect with past, current, and future clients that live and work every day in school facilities of all kinds.
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Statement of Qualifications

2019 Statement of Qualifications
NWESI has a new Statement of Qualifications! Take a look inside!
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Media

01/31/2019 – BestHQ’s “What’s your story?” Produced by Pamplin Media Group
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07/27/2018 – Incorporating Distributed Energy Generation Projects into Whole Building Commissioning
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Upcoming Events

6/7/2019 Oregon APEM 2019 Summer Forum: A Deep Dive into Pools
The Oregon Association of Professional Energy Managers (APEM) is holding a forum at the Clackamas Community College Harmony Campus, in Milwaukie, OR. The topic: Common engineering principles through and examination of pools and natatorium systems.
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06/13/2019 CREW June Lunch Program–Timbers Stadium Expansion: Hardhats and Shin Guards Required Beyond this Point
Come and listen to the stories, first-hand, from those who were closest to driving, designing and executing the Timbers’ expansion project.
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07/11/2019 CREW July Lunch Program: Bringing Home the Bacon: Where and What will be the Regional Job Growth in the Next 20 Years?
The panel in this program will discuss industry growth, recent innovative land use and how public-private partnerships are more important than ever to ensure we continue to grow our job base.
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Newsletters

2018 Q3 NWESI NEWS: Get back to class… What’s the Buzz About?
Even more fundamental than supporting COBID (OR) and OMWBE (WA) firms is our goal to get kids excited about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). A great side-benefit to our work with Portland Public Schools has been the opportunity to work with Partner Connect, their well-established arm with a mission to promote technical careers to K-12 students. . .
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2018 Q2 NWESI NEWS: Resilience, Emergency Kits, and Cascadia
Diesel gensets have been used as backup power for decades, of course, and we’ve all seen buildings with solar panels and the occasional combined heat and power system. But tw o factors are contributing to a much greater level of complexity in the Pacific Northwest. . .
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Q1 NWESI NEWS: New WEBSITE for a 60-Year-Old Company
NWESI is celebrating its 60th year as a Company. Read about our new website and one of our high profile projects.
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Other Resources

Corporate Social Responsibility Policy – 2019
The Corporate Social Responsibility Policy is important to NorthWest Engineering Service, Inc. and its team members. Management supports our green team to participate in defined programs that work with regional waste management agencies, who guide and support sustainability as part of everyday operations. NWESI and its subsidiary, Air Introduction and Regulation, are proud to have received awards from both Washington County and Lane County, certifying our business practices tangible actions. This year NWESI has earned the Gold Washington County Green Business Award in appreciation of our efforts.
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A Surprise to Analysts: Less CHP in Microgrids, More Solar October 18, 2018 By Lisa Cohn
Combined heat and power (CHP) provides year-round baseload energy in microgrids — something renewable resources don’t do. Yet solar PV now overshadows CHP in planned microgrid projects, according to a new microgrid database by ICF. Read entire article...
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Energy Efficiency Jobs in America, by E4TheFuture
2.25 Million Americans Work in Energy Efficiency: "This report focuses solely on the energy sector of the economy such as jobs in retail trade, vehicle efficiency-related work. Energy efficiency added the most new jobs in 2017 of the entire energy sector. Its workers now outnumber elementary and middle school teachers and are nearly double those in U.S. law enforcement. In fact, there are now as many energy efficiency workers as there are waitstaff in U.S. bars and restaurants."
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