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ALBION DISTRICT LIBRARY BY PERKINS + WILL IS A 2018 COTE TOP TEN RECIPIENT. IMAGE: DOUBLESPACE PHOTOGRAPHY

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The Committee on the Environment (COTE®) is an AIA Knowledge Community working for architects, allied professionals, and the public to achieve climate action and climate justice through design. We believe that design excellence is the foundation of a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. Our work promotes design strategies that empower all AIA members to realize the best social and environmental outcomes with the clients and the communities they serve.

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Starting a local COTE or sustainability group and need some guidance? Check out the AIA COTE Network Resources here.

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Founding sponsors: Building Green
Premier sponsors: Sherwin-Williams
Sustaining sponsors: GAF Roofing, Milliken, Andersen Windows,
BlueScope Buildings
Green sponsors: EPIC Metals
Allied sponsors: TLC Engineering, Sierra Pacific Windows

COTE Network Update: March/April 2023

By Elizabeth J. Brant AIA posted 02-13-2023 11:17 AM

  

We enjoyed hearing from all of the COTE components at our first quarterly meeting on February 7 -- so many fantastic educational and outreach programs are happening around the country!  The next Network call will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2-3pm Eastern. We hope to see you there! To get more information or if you are not already on the calendar invitation, email cote@aia.org 

 

The COTE Network is excited to share an updated resource for local and state chapters: the 2023 COTE  

Chapter Guide and version 2023.0 of the Common App for Design Excellence. The 2023 COTE Chapter Guide provides resources for new and growing chapters alike. Volunteers developing the Guide synthesized best practices from across the country. We recommend all COTE Chapter leaders take a look at the Guide at the start of each year, to consider new approaches and opportunities. The 2023 COTE Chapter Guide can be found here:  

 

The Common App for Design Excellence is an Excel based tool to streamline sustainability reporting for all AIA design awards. Since its inception, more than two dozen Design Awards Committees at the state and local level have adopted the Common App as part of the submission requirements for their chapter’s design awards.  

 

Over the past six months, the COTE Network Common App Subcommittee refreshed the Common App to improve consistency with the recent development of the AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence and to enhance user functionality.  Most recently, the committee worked quickly to make an improvement to the energy calculation, so we have also included a detailed change log highlighting the improvements to v2023.1.   

 

In addition, the Subcommittee has collected educational resources to support the use and/or adoption of the Common App in your chapter, including a formatted presentation to make the pitch to your local Design Committee! The latest version of the Common App and supporting resources can be found here.  

 

The Common App for Design Excellence is an Excel based tool to streamline sustainability reporting for all AIA design awards. Since its inception, more than two dozen Design Awards Committees at the state and local level have adopted the Common App as part of the submission requirements for their chapter’s design awards.  

 

Over the past six months, the COTE Network Common App Subcommittee refreshed the Common App to improve consistency with the recent development of the AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence and to enhance user functionality.  Most recently, the committee worked quickly to make an improvement to the energy calculation, so we have also included a detailed change log highlighting the improvements to v2023.1.   

In addition, the Subcommittee has collected educational resources to support the use and/or adoption of the Common App in your chapter, including a formatted presentation to make the pitch to your local Design Committee! The latest version of the Common App and supporting resources can be found here.  

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