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Committee on the Environment

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The Committee on the Environment (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.

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2013 COTE Agenda to Support AIA Repositioning

The AIA Committee on the Environment is passionately committed to the belief that now, more than ever, architects have an historic opportunity to employ the transformative power of design to help lead our society to a just, sustainable future for all.

2013 COTE Top Ten Green Projects Announced!

This year’s Top Ten Green Projects include a range of project types, such as single and multifamily housing, education projects, mixed-use community projects, office spaces and government projects.

The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program celebrates structures that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide architectural solutions which protect and enhance the environment. Entries are examined in regard to their design and innovation, integration with their community, land use and effect on site ecology, bioclimatic design, energy and water use, approach to light and air, materials and construction, long-life considerations, and feedback loops. This year’s entrants also included information on their cost and payback analysis as well as their design process.

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Presentation file for session held at BSA on July 13, 2012

Conceptual modeling during early design stages is not a luxury for a project anymore, it is and will...

A simple analysis of thermal comfort in an office building on a space with glass curtain wall facing...

Visualizing Glare

Reducing Lighting Load through daylight harvesting is key to achieving 2030 challenge, but daylight...

Through simulation engines, these images show the effects of daylight and artificial light in a space....

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