The Architectural Community for the Environment (A COTE) works to advance, disseminate, and advocate – to the profession, the building industry, the academy, and the public – design practices that integrate built and natural systems and enhance both the design quality and environmental performance of the built environment. A COTE meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 6pm-7:30pm PT.
If you are interested in learning more about, sharing your expertise, and/or collaborating to promote green buildings, and meaningful climate change action in the building/energy sector, this committee is for you!
Questions about green building certification systems such as: LEED, Living Building Challenge, & CHPS or tools to measure environmental performance can be addressed.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND!
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AIAEB A COTE’s Mission Statement:
AIA East Bay A COTE’s mission is to promote role of architects as:
Leaders of sustainable and resilient design,
Advocates for environmentally sound construction, and
Protectors of the planet’s natural systems.
Community Chair(s):
- Shivani Bhalla, Assoc. AIA
- Ned Reifenstein, AIA
Programs/Events:
- (4/15/2020): Virtual DDX Workshop, Getting Across the Finish Line in 2020
- Streaming available here
- (6/25/2020): Mass Timber: How it can SAVE the World!
- Streaming available here
- (3/05/2021): Introduction to 2030 Commitment
- Streaming available here
- (3/24/2021): DDx Hackathon
- Streaming available here
- (06/08/2021): Embodied Carbon 101
- (08/18/2021): Automated Energy Analysis in the Early Stage of Design
- Streaming available here
- (10/12/2021): “Visual Delight in Architecture,” a Book Talk with Lisa Heschong
- Streaming available here
- (11/16/2021): Ins & Outs of Low Carbon Concrete
- (10/24/2023): Reducing Whole Life Carbon From Buildings – How And Why
- Streaming available here
National Resources:
- AIA National Committee on the Environment
- AIA Resolution 19-11 for Urgent and Sustained Climate Action
- AIA Announces Big Move Toward Environmental Stewardship
- Where We Stand: Climate Action
- AIA Board Ratified Resolution 19-11
- The AIA Framework for Design Excellence
State Resources:
- AIA CA Climate Action
- White Paper: The Business Case for Climate Action
- Written by: Henry Siegel, FAIA, Jonathan Feldman, AIA and William Leddy, FAIA
- White Paper: The Business Case for Climate Action
- AIA CA Snapshot
- AIA CA COTE 2020 Agenda