Portland Spaces features an article about a proposed smart tower

Late last year, Portland Parks & Recreation released a “request for proposals” – or RFP – for the old Portland Visitors Information Center, aka McCall’s Restaurant. Who would have expected that one of the applicants would imagine the tallest, most radical addition to the city’s skyline in history: a 650-foot spire festooned with more than 250 wind turbines.

This innovative project, while not without some controversy, represents the kind of approach we need to take in order to begin solving the pending energy crisis.

Thanks to Plenty, The World in Green.

Greenrenter.com guarantees you treehugging roommates who'll compost right in the bathroom!

Charles Redell of the Sustainable Industries interviewed Pam and I in writing a great summary of what GreenRenter is currently offering and our future plans.

Portland-based GreenRenter is trying to help by offering online listings of homes, apartments and office spaces with energy-efficient, good indoor air quality and other green building attributes.

We really appreciate the exposure!

We added a new feature today making it easy to share green buildings with other social sites like Delicious and Flickr, in addition to emailing your friends. On a building detail page, simply look for the "Share" tool bar on the right side of the page.

We had the honor of being covered by one of Portland's leading bloggers, Rick Turoczy of Silicon Florist. He writes

So, the next time you’re seeking a new humble abode or some new digs for your new gig, you might want to saunter over to GreenRenter to do the proper Portland thing by going green.

Read the full article and don't forget to vote for us on Oregon Reddit.