Amy Marie Joslin

a. Amy Joslin has dedicated over 11 years working for Multnomah County.

b. Amy gained respect and county-wide awareness when working for the County's Facilities and Property Management Division, where she led and expanded the County energy conservation program.

c. During her tenure at Facilities, Amy influenced policy makers regarding the need to begin investing dollars into the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard for the design of new buildings.Her work in recent years has helped the County to adopt very strict construction guidelines for its own facilities with energy targets 30% more stringent than new local building codes.

d. In 2001, Amy was appointed to lead and formulate the County's new Sustainability Initiative and has served as the program's manager ever since.Her work in achieving the triple bottom line (improving our economy, environment, and community simultaneously) has been accepted by programs in County departments as the "green-standard" of practice.

e. To spread the sustainability movement in the County, Amy's programs have created a grass roots corps of teams and task forces working on a number of key issues.One of these groups, the Green Team, is an ongoing band of dedicated staff from across the County working toward decreasing our impact upon the environment.

f. The County's Sustainability Program has developed a growing list of resources available to managers and staff to help them seek better solutions in the areas of recycling of office materials, electronic hardware and other common or not so common items used in operations throughout the County.

g. With the Multnomah County Commissioners' endorsement, Amy project-managed the installation of the Multnomah Building green roof.The project goal was to create a landmark demonstration eco roof with amenities such as a stone terrace and educational signage.

h. Despite the complicated, technical and laborious project before her, Amy excelled above and beyond her duties.
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1. The Multnomah Building green roof is dedicated to Amy Joslin and will be known as the Amy Joslin Eco Roof.

2. A plaque in her honor will be created and displayed prominently on the Eco Roof signifying this dedication.

Adopted this 10th day of November 2005

a. Amy Joslin has dedicated over 11 years working for Multnomah County.

b. Amy gained respect and county-wide awareness when working for the County's Facilities and Property Management Division, where she led and expanded the County energy conservation program.

c. During her tenure at Facilities, Amy influenced policy makers regarding the need to begin investing dollars into the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard for the design of new buildings.Her work in recent years has helped the County to adopt very strict construction guidelines for its own facilities with energy targets 30% more stringent than new local building codes.

d. In 2001, Amy was appointed to lead and formulate the County's new Sustainability Initiative and has served as the program's manager ever since.Her work in achieving the triple bottom line (improving our economy, environment, and community simultaneously) has been accepted by programs in County departments as the "green-standard" of practice.

e. To spread the sustainability movement in the County, Amy's programs have created a grass roots corps of teams and task forces working on a number of key issues.One of these groups, the Green Team, is an ongoing band of dedicated staff from across the County working toward decreasing our impact upon the environment.

f. The County's Sustainability Program has developed a growing list of resources available to managers and staff to help them seek better solutions in the areas of recycling of office materials, electronic hardware and other common or not so common items used in operations throughout the County.

g. With the Multnomah County Commissioners' endorsement, Amy project-managed the installation of the Multnomah Building green roof.The project goal was to create a landmark demonstration eco roof with amenities such as a stone terrace and educational signage.

h. Despite the complicated, technical and laborious project before her, Amy excelled above and beyond her duties.
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1. The Multnomah Building green roof is dedicated to Amy Joslin and will be known as the Amy Joslin Eco Roof.

2. A plaque in her honor will be created and displayed prominently on the Eco Roof signifying this dedication.

Adopted this 10th day of November 2005

Amy Joslin, Sustainability Manager, Multnomah County, Portland, OR

Amy JoslinSustainability Manager

Amy Marie Joslin would not allow bleach in the house.She insisted on a hemp shower curtain.She talked with her husband about ripping out the lawn at their Northeast Portland home and replacing it with native perennial plants that required less watering and care.No one so much as raised an eyebrow at Joslin and her ecofriendly mission and mandates.For the last five years, Joslin worked as Multnomah County's sustainability manager, and she worked in the county's facilities department for six years before that. (11/22/05) From the Portland Tribune