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Portland's Green Investment Fund (GIF), will now be supported by three city bureaus and the Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc. Portland claims to be the only U.S. city to offer financial incentives for development that employs cutting-edge techniques for reducing resource and energy use in construction and renovation projects.
Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman created the GIF as a competitive grants program designed to spur innovation in green building technologies and practices. The Energy Trust announced that it will provide $750,000 to the Fund. Combined with $1.75 …