NARPM Annual Training Conference

The 18th Annual NARPM Training Conference was held from July 7 through 11, 2008, in Portland, Oregon at the Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center Portland-Lloyd Center.

To view or download materials presented at the 2008 NARPM Annual Training Conference, visit the NARPM conference agenda tab.

Links to details about the training courses and sessions at this year’s training conference are provided in the sidebar for reference.

Additional information, such as evaluation data and participant list will be coming soon.

View the 2008 NARPM Agenda
The agenda is provided in portable document format (PDF). If you cannot view the brochure in your browser, please Right-Click the link above and select "Save Target As ..." to download a copy to your computer.

NARPM went green in 2008

Hotel and Meeting Facility

For further information about the Doubletree’s dedication to sustainability, visit www.doubletreeportlandgreen.com.

The Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center - Lloyd Center is Portland's First Sustainable Hotel. The Doubletree believes that sustainability means good business, so they are the first lodging property in Oregon to achieve a Green Seal certification. Doubletree’s accomplishments to date include:

Reduced overall waste disposal by 65% since 1996
Diverted kitchen waste into compost at an average rate of 17 tons per month
Employee paper-saving program has reduced office paper purchasing by 20% annually
Retrofits have reduced water usage by 15%
Total energy consumption has been brought down by 32%
Employee mass transit subsidies have saved 7,800 gallons of gasoline per year, since 1999
Established property-wide recycling program including containers, office products, cooking oil, and fluorescent light bulbs
Implemented a comprehensive Environmental Purchasing Policy
Purchases 900,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually from renewable energy sources such as wind, geothermal and biomass
Purchase 65% of food products from within a 500-mile region
Converted to a 100% non smoking hotel as of January 1, 2008
Offsets 15% of electricity use, or about 900 tons of carbon emissions, with Blue Sky purchases

The Doubletree offers door-to-door MAX light rail service from and to the Portland Airport. Once you are at the hotel, Portland's easy to use light rail and bus system will get you around the Metro area easily and comfortably. For further information about the Portland’s MAX light rail, visit trimet.org/max/index.htm.

Training Conference Logistics

Lanyards are made from 100% recycled soda and water bottles
Recycle posters from previous training programs and conferences to create room signs
No longer printing pre-training conference brochure; information is available on the EPA NARPM Training Conference Web site