Green Hammer - Design | Build | Energy in Portland, Oregon

We are a small design and construction firm whose mission is to massively decrease energy consumption and carbon emissions in our built environment by designing and building ultra high-performance living and work spaces that inspire urban livability. Our passion is to integrate beauty, and affordability with the world’s highest standards for energy performance, while promoting responsible, non-toxic, and local materials. Learn more

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GH Project is the First FSC-Certified Building in the US

Media Release: PORTLAND, Ore. – Two residential projects in the Portland area by Green Hammer will use, top to bottom,...Read the full post

DJC Covers 1st Passive House Office Building

Green Hammer project, the CAPACES Leadership Institute, is aiming to be the first Passive House office building in the US. ...Read the full post

Daryl Rantis, Design Director, featured in Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Media Release September 19, 2011 Portland, Ore. — A budget-conscious, urban home in North Carolina designed by Portland architect Daryl...Read the full post

Green Hammer Kitchen on Apartment Therapy blog

Green Hammer client and extraordinary chef, Adrian Hale, was featured by Apartment Therapy, while working her culinary magic in her...Read the full post

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America's First Passive House Office Building

Green Hammer is collaborating on the design of America’s first Passive House office building, the CAPACES Leadership Institute, a project of Oregon’s nonprofit farmworker union, PCUN. Features include a super-insulated shell with triple-pane windows, airtight construction, heat-recovery ventilation, night-flush cooling, a planted roof and shading system, and increased thermal mass (earthen walls). The 2600 square foot office will use 70% less energy than a comparable conventional office building.

Green Hammer Publishes "Urbanize & Insulate"

Home Performance Testing Architectural designer and energy consultant Dylan Lamar has authored his first book, Urbanize & Insulate: The Development of a Fossil-Fuel Exit Strategy. The book provides a succinct and well-researched account of how these two basic agendas can radically reduce carbon-emissions in the built environment. Read more